Impress your friends with slow-mo Mac OS X animations

27. Oct, 2009 7 Comments

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Hold the Shift key when launching Exposé, Spaces, Dashboard, minimizing a window into the Dock, or even when using a Dock Stack, and you will get a slow version of the feature’s animation. This has worked at least as far back as Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, and probably earlier.

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7 Responses to “Impress your friends with slow-mo Mac OS X animations”

  1. Wendelboe Reply 27. Oct, 2009 at 6:27 am

    Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's been there since at least 10.1.. And to this day, it still rocks!

  2. Gravitron Reply 27. Oct, 2009 at 7:05 am

    This has been in OS X since at least the Public Beta. I like to call this one the “Steve Effect”. I'm betting it was put in so Steve could demonstrate the cool graphics capabilities in Mac OS X.

  3. chriscogdon Reply 27. Oct, 2009 at 7:55 am

    Oh, and how I wish wish wish wish wish wish wish wish there was a way to turn that feature OFF! :)

  4. chartier Reply 27. Oct, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    Why? Do you want some other behavior to happen when holding Shift and invoking these features? Or are you simply a “chronic shifter?” It's ok, you can tell us. :)

  5. chriscogdon Reply 27. Oct, 2009 at 2:22 pm

    I'm a cute shifter :)

  6. chartier Reply 27. Oct, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    Why? Do you want some other behavior to happen when holding Shift and invoking these features? Or are you simply a “chronic shifter?” It's ok, you can tell us. :)

  7. chriscogdon Reply 27. Oct, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    I'm a cute shifter :)