
If the document hasn’t been saved, the window opens in its app so that you can save it.ĩ. Control-click (or right-click or use a two-finger tap) on the window’s icon, and then choose Close from the pop-up menu. You can close minimized documents from Microsoft Office apps without first retrieving them from the Dock (I haven’t found any other apps that provide this occasionally handy option).

Close a minimized window without retrieving it first Or, Option-click one of the minimized window thumbnails in Mission Control to open all the windows for the application.Ĩ. Option-click a minimized window in the Dock to retrieve all the minimized windows for its application. Retrieve all windows for an applicationĪdding the Option key can also change some of the ways you retrieve a minimized window into a “retrieve all” operation. Or, Option-double-click a window’s title bar if you’ve turned on that capability as described in the first tip.ħ. Option-click a window’s yellow Minimize button.

When you have a bunch of windows open in an application and want to minimize all of them at once, add the Option key to any of the methods for minimizing a single window. A blue frame shows the currently selected window, which can be opened with a click or by pressing Return. In Mission Control’s Application Windows view, an application’s minimized windows are shown as thumbnails beneath its other windows. Or, use the down-arrow key to move from the large windows to the minimized thumbnails, and then the right and left arrow keys to select one press Return to retrieve it.
