{"id":40821,"date":"2023-10-18T14:40:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T18:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=40821"},"modified":"2024-08-09T14:55:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T18:55:10","slug":"clicking-to-hide-others-in-sonoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/18\/clicking-to-hide-others-in-sonoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Clicking to Hide Others in Sonoma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chip Loder<\/a>:<\/p>\n

In previous versions of macOS, if you wanted to hide all running apps containing a UI on your display, you could simply Option-click anywhere on the Finder’s Desktop. This would hide all other visible running apps and display only the Desktop.<\/strike> [see comment<\/a>]<\/p>

Now in macOS Sonoma, if you Option-click on the Finder’s Desktop, only the frontmost running app is hidden. All other visible running apps are still visible in the background.<\/p>

If you want to hide all visible running apps except Finder in macOS Sonoma, you now click on the Finder’s Desktop without holding down any keys on your keyboard.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I end up triggering this by accident when I click on the desktop to clear the current Finder selection.<\/p>\n

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If you want the same behavior as in previous versions of macOS - namely to be able to instantly hide all non-Finder apps without the new border or zooming animation, you can still do so. Just Command-Option-click anywhere on the Finder’s Desktop to immediately hide all visible apps.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Or you can turn off the new behavior in System Settings ‣ Desktop & Dock<\/strong> by setting Click wallpaper to reveal desktop<\/strong> to Only in Stage Manager<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

Update (2023-10-24): Christian Tietze<\/a> posted a screenshot of the “notification” the first time you click on the desktop.<\/p>\n\n

Update (2023-10-27): ednl<\/a>:<\/p>\n

An annoying side effect: now, when another app like Safari has focus and I select files on the desktop to delete, the Finder doesn’t get focus! So I can’t immediately use Cmd-Backspace. Example video: starts with Safari in focus, drag on desktop files, Safari still has focus, click on selection to give Finder focus (and don’t lose selection..).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2024-08-09): ednl<\/a>:<\/p>\n

This, or maybe 14.6 because I hadn’t checked before I installed the patch, fixed the issue I mentioned to you a while ago: if you selected a few files on the desktop by dragging while another app (usually the browser) had focus, focus stayed on the browser. So you couldn’t immediately do stuff with the selected files, had to give them another click first. But carefully, inside the selection. This has been fixed: dragging to select now again also gives focus.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Oh wait, it’s very strange. The fix is not stable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n