Slow Motion Window Minimizing

While not one of the most practical Mac tips, it sure is fun to look at. To create the slow motion effect while minimizing a window, hold shift as you double click the titlebar. This will send the window off to the Dock in slow motion.

Similarly, you can hold shift while clicking an item from the Dock to see the same effect in reverse.

This tip isn’t just limited to windows, however. When you activate Dashboard, hold shift. When you use Expose to show your desktop, hold shift.

As you can see, with pretty much any transformation, you can slow it down by holding shift.

Neat huh?

 
 

Submitted on August 1, 2005 at 3:51 pm - Slow Motion Window Minimizing was written by Brad Jasper - There have been 5 comments - Categorized in Easy Tips, General Tips

5 Responses to “Slow Motion Window Minimizing”

1. 
   jha
   cute. it brings smile in me whenever I try it. thanks for the tip August 2nd, 2005 at 5:36 am
   
   
2. 
   Santiago Anglés
   also works with Exposé ;) August 2nd, 2005 at 10:52 pm
   
   
3. 
   Ryan Maxwell
   It also works in iTMS when you click the little side scroll arrows in the panes of artists August 4th, 2005 at 8:11 am
   
   
4. 
   Trackback
   More Cool Leopard Eye Candy - MacTips: OS X Tips & Tricks

   [...] Another piece of eye candy I found today in Leopard involves Stacks. If you hold down Shift when clicking on a stack, it will fan or grid out in slow motion. This can be done with minimizing windows as well, as we described a while back here. [...]

   October 31st, 2007 at 8:51 pm
   
   
5. 
   Danic13
   If you will hold shift+control end press minimise it will be 2x slower than just shift)) But it doesn't work with dashbord and others. December 30th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
   
   

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