All those who occasionally use the OS X minimize feature: What benefit does it have over hiding an app using ⌘-H?

Jan 16, 2014 · 6:07 PM UTC

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@stilkov minimizing is per window, isn’t it? But I don’t use it either…
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@stilkov the latter can not be clicked
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@stilkov the former can. For some people the mouse pointer still has a meaning ;-)
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@stilkov lol was even not aware of the shortcut .. So hard to tell
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@stilkov more visible when you want to get them back, as you see the minimized windows in the dock
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@stilkov nice when I need to switch between two editor widows for a task, but need other windows for the next.
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@stilkov Conceptional difference: It hides the app, but „Minimize“ works for windows. In OSX that’s really not the same (apps w/o windows).
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@stilkov Use minimize or ⌘-M to hide only current window. ⌘-H will hide all windows of the application.
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@stilkov the behavior on moving the focus to the app is diff. Hidden + focus -> active; Min + focus -> nothing
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@stilkov Cmd-H hides the whole app, Cmd-M allows me to use the app and only move some of the windows out of my way.