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Along with being a contributing editor to TidBITS since its inception in 1990, Mark works at Cornell Information Technologies at Cornell University, where he is part of the Advanced Technology & Architecture division. He is also a part-owner of Public Communications, a consulting and Web design company based in Ithaca, NY, and a jack-of-all-trades and board member of WVBR.

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Option-click to Hide Apps Quickly

This trick has been available in the Mac OS for years, but many people still don't know it. If you have too many windows cluttering up your screen, you can hide specific ones easily as you work. When you're in any application, hold down the Option key and click on another app's window, on the Dock, or in the Finder to switch to that other app and simultaneously hide all the windows in the previously current app.

 
 

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 iPhone Gets Short End of SlingPlayer Stick

 FileMaker Reaches iPhone with $4.99 Bento App

 Apple Yanks Crass "Baby Shaker" iPhone App

 Apple Quietly Improves Low-End MacBook

 Big Discounts on Macs at Best Buy This Week

 Microsoft Office 2008 and 2004 Receive Updates

 Best Buy to Sell iPhone in United States

 Apple Stores Ready for 3G Onslaught

 AT&T Waking Up Early Friday for iPhone Sales

 SlingPlayer Mobile Would Drive Slingbox Owners to iPhone

 Palm Centro: Another Look at the Original Smartphone

 Making Macs Shine in a Windows Environment

 Latest iMacs Offer Faster CPUs and Nvidia Graphics Option

 AT&T Offers iPhone for Enterprise

 When Is a Warranty Not a Warranty?

 Flying to Macworld? Carry On Your Batteries!

 Update Fixes Unresponsive Laptop Keyboards

 Black Friday Office 2008 Deal Too Good to Miss

 German Court Forces Unlocked iPhone

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