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    Maximize in os x

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by vaio_boi, Sep 22, 2006.

  1. vaio_boi

    vaio_boi Notebook Evangelist

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    I just went to a near by store and played around with the macbook. I have no idea how to use os x. How come I couldn't maximze and screens? The three cirlces on the top left was CLOSE, TAKE OFF SCREEN, and + which didn't increase much. How can you maximize screens in macbook?
     
    vaio_boi, Sep 22, 2006
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  2. mAjEsTiC

    mAjEsTiC Notebook Guru

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    the mac's + button doesn't maximise the screen like in windows...it's like a "best fit" button...so it expands it to whatever the os thinks is the best fit for that particular program/window...i'm not sure if there's an actual maximise shortcut or not but i generally just drag the window out to however big i want it...
     
    mAjEsTiC, Sep 22, 2006
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    Yeah, you know... I found that really annoying at first. However, I 'm really starting to dig not having all my windows full screen now.

    And there are things you can download that will change teh behavior so it does maximize the window.
     
    hollownail, Sep 22, 2006
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    yah, its a best fit maximize. Think if you had a 24 or 30 inch cinema display with those really high resolutions, would you really maximize a window that doesn't need all that much space to fill that huge of a screen? its a waste of screenspace. so its quite handy to make it only as large as it needs to be.
     
    RadcomTxx, Sep 22, 2006
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    Maximizing is outdated. On older monitors it made sense. The resolutions were 800x600 at best, so you needed to use all the real estate. With todays high-res widescreen monitors, maximizing wastes a lot of space. It takes a little getting used to, but I now never maximize in Windows either. I like being able to easily stack windows.
     
    cashmonee, Sep 23, 2006
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    and because os x benefits a lot of drag and drop, so it makes sense that windows will not fully maximized.
     
    pina, Sep 23, 2006
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    Yeah, only a few apps need all the desktop space.

    I.E. Aperature, Logic, Photoshop, Ableton Live...

    Most other apps you'll get used to, and love using it in a not so full sized setting. I used to only use FF and IE fullscreen, but now.. .meh. I have it about 3/4 of the way across so I have room for other stuff on teh side of it.
     
    hollownail, Sep 23, 2006
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