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Reduce CPU usage of apps by hiding their windows
Authored by: gdsimms on Apr 08, '04 12:56:20PM

The Quartz Extreme window compositing is a mixed blessing, I suppose.

This performance hit (and the particular fix) is actually kind of disappointing. I was finally getting used to using Exposé for all my window switching needs, and avoiding "Hide" altogether since hidden and minimized windows do not show up in Exposé.

BTW, is there anyone who knows of a third party app (a la WindowShade) that performs "Send Window to Back" and binds it to a key?



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Reduce CPU usage of apps by hiding their windows
Authored by: mproud on Apr 09, '04 04:35:23AM

Command-` (same key as the tilde '~') does that for you. It sends the current window to the back, revealing the window now closest. Should work system-wide and across all applications with windows not also binding this keystroke.



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Reduce CPU usage of apps by hiding their windows
Authored by: Squeak on Apr 09, '04 07:36:45AM

I use a little thing called menustrip - http://www.macpoweruser.com/
I don't use it all the time, but once in a while it comes in handy.
I mainly got it to add color to my menu bar (the colorful dots)
and the app menu, but the auto hide function is useful and perhaps
will contribute what you need here. It's been around for a while
and never has broken through many updates..

Squeak

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"where the wheel gets the grease"



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