> That fullscreen mode was introduced in 10.7 Lion and a lot of long time mac users have found it silly from day one. Personally I never use it.
Agreed, however it's arguably for a different mental model. If people think of it as "focus mode" or "workspace mode" it makes more sense. Four finger swipe to slide between the workspaces or focuses.
More importantly, you don't need MOOM.
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To maximize a window to the dimension of the screen without entering full screen mode, either:
1) hold shift option ⌥ and click the green maximize button on the top left of the window
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2) hold the Option key and double click a corner of a window to maximize without full screen focus, and doing that again will size it back to where it was
> To maximize a window to the dimension of the screen without entering full screen mode, either:
This is a handy trick to know, but has caveats. Option-green-functionality is actually defined by apps, not the OS, and so in some cases it will for example act as a “fit window to content” button.
Option-double-clicking a corner appears to be consistent across windows however.
Agreed, however it's arguably for a different mental model. If people think of it as "focus mode" or "workspace mode" it makes more sense. Four finger swipe to slide between the workspaces or focuses.
More importantly, you don't need MOOM.
- - -
To maximize a window to the dimension of the screen without entering full screen mode, either:
1) hold shift option ⌥ and click the green maximize button on the top left of the window
- or -
2) hold the Option key and double click a corner of a window to maximize without full screen focus, and doing that again will size it back to where it was