{"id":393,"date":"2018-05-12T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/?p=6009"},"modified":"2018-05-13T17:28:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-13T22:28:42","slug":"heres-how-to-hide-all-windows-on-your-mac-so-you-can-work-on-the-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.macworks.com\/blog\/heres-how-to-hide-all-windows-on-your-mac-so-you-can-work-on-the-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s How to Hide All Windows on Your Mac So You Can Work on the Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If your Mac is anything like ours, you end up with lots of apps open, each with one or more windows that obscure the Desktop. For those people who like to save in-progress documents to the Desktop and keep current project folders there, all those windows get in the way. macOS has a solution. Open System Preferences &gt; Mission Control, and in the Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts section, from the Show Desktop pop-up menu, choose a keyboard shortcut. Try the right-hand modifier keys\u2014we\u2019re fond of Right Option\u2014because they\u2019re easy to press and aren\u2019t likely to be used for other purposes. Then, whenever you want to see and work with the icons on your Desktop, hit that key, and do what you want. If you like, you can press that key again to bring the windows back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6010\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/heres-how-to-hide-all-windows-on-your-mac-so-you-can-work-on-the-desktop\/mission-control-show-desktop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mission-Control-Show-Desktop.png\" data-orig-size=\"1338,1072\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mission-Control-Show-Desktop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mission-Control-Show-Desktop-300x240.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mission-Control-Show-Desktop-1024x820.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6010\" src=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mission-Control-Show-Desktop-1024x820.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mission-Control-Show-Desktop-1024x820.png 1024w, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mission-Control-Show-Desktop-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mission-Control-Show-Desktop-768x615.png 768w, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mission-Control-Show-Desktop-1080x865.png 1080w, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Mission-Control-Show-Desktop.png 1338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If your Mac is anything like ours, you end up with lots of apps open, each with one or more windows that obscure the Desktop. For those people who like to save in-progress documents to the Desktop and keep current project folders there, all those windows get in the way. macOS has a solution. 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