A Mac OS Keyboard shortcut, How to maximise a minimised window

Ali Alp - Dec 21 '19 - - Dev Community

If you love working with Mac OS only using the keyboard like me, so keep reading.

According to the Apple

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However, I prefer to use the trackpad as less as possible, hence I was looking for a way and to be honest it took a while for me to find a way to maximised a minimised window with the keyboard in Mac OS.

So here is how I have managed to do it:

  • Press CMD + TAB
  • Hold the CMD and press the TAB key until the focus is on the app that you have minimised by CMD + M or using the minimised button by mouse
  • While holding the CMD key press Down-Arrow key

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  • When the above screen appeared, release the CMD key
  • Press Down-Arrow key one more time to select the window that you desire to maximise

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  • Press enter

and voilà, you have maximised a minimised windows without usage of the trackpad, It is a simple thing but it was annoying for me, so I thought it can be worth sharing.

happy coding :)

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