Macbook Pro help!

[Simbazz]

I've asked this across at a Mac forum I visit, but didn't get much help.

I'm new to this Mac world, and I'm dying to know exactly how I can minimise games without quitting them. I'm quite addicted to FM10 at the minute, but I either have to play it in windowed mode, or quit the game to be able to do anything else on the Macbook.

Does anyone know how to minimise games without quitting?

Cheers.

 

[Chewie]

I suppose you've tried apple+M?

 

[Simbazz]

Apple? You mean "cmd", if so, yes

Sorry, I'm a total dumbass when it comes to Mac's as this is the first I've owned.

 

[Chewie]

I haven't played a full screen game on my mac yet so I wouldn't know. Normally I play that sort of game in a window anyway

I suppose you've also tried expose?

(I'm used to saying apple because I think that button was an apple on early versions of mac osx)

 

[Simbazz]

Haha, I understand I'm like that when explaining thing on the PC, if a Mac user converted over, I'd be speaking in second nature language for most of us, but they'd be like "WTF"

Whats this Expose? I've had this since Sunday, so still very, very new to the game. Do enjoy how good the touchpad is, and how clever it is as well.

 

[Chewie]

It should be the f3 button, it shows all your open windows and lets you choose between them.

I'm still getting used to my MBP, got it just under two weeks ago

 

[sohum]

Googling, it seems that one of the following may work:

Command+M
Command+H
Command+Return

Check this page: Minimize a full screen app or game? - Mac Forums

There's no universal way to do it like in Windows.

 

[Simbazz]

Bah, might be stuck just windowing from in the game, not ideal but it'll do.

 

[sohum]

Another solution: run Windows.

 

[Simbazz]

Another solution: run Windows.

I've been on windows ever since my first PC, i'm bored of it.

 

[sohum]

To each his own, but don't gripe about missing features, then. You can't have your cake and eat it, too!

 

[sachin_rocks]

Another solution: run Windows.

A better one run linux

 

[sohum]

He should run Linux if he doesn't want to run any other commercial grade software.

 

[Cricketman]

or you could just cmd tab out of it.