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Re: Finder "Hide Others"
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Re: Finder "Hide Others"


  • Subject: Re: Finder "Hide Others"
  • From: Jon Pugh <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:06:11 -0800

On Nov 21, 2011, at 5:59 PM, Irwin Poché wrote:
> I want to get everything except the frontmost window hidden.  That means quitting the Finder, hiding the current app's other windows, and hiding all other apps.  Accomplishing a "Hide Others" I can't figure out.

tell application "System Events"
	set visible of every process whose frontmost = false to false
end tell

I'll leave quitting the Finder as an exercise for the reader.

Jon

PS
ix.netcom.com, there's a blast from the past!

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