I dont understand why Apple just doesn't make the green button, a button that makes the app your using use the full desktop space, like a maximize button. Why is that so hard?! Yosemite needs to include that instead of the green button being full screen.
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maximize a window on Yosemite
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It does. Just hold down the option key and it changes from full screen arrows to a plus. The button is dual function. Except for non full screen apps, then it defaults to the old style plus button.
Hasn't maximise always meant full screen? Even on Windows the third button in the corner is always the one that makes the window fill your screen. In Yosemite Apple have just made it so this button opens the app in full screen mode rather than having the arrows in the right hand corner like in Mavericks.
You can also double click in the title bar, the default behavior is maximize.
... Jeff
Fix
See here ... Apple support posted a fix:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/ques...t-behaviour-of-the-fullscreen-maximize-button
See here ... Apple support posted a fix:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/ques...t-behaviour-of-the-fullscreen-maximize-button
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Unfortunately, Right Zoom is not fully compatible with several key apps used by clients.
Opening a window to the full available window space is a fundamental issue. Users from Linux and Windows camps are shocked when they discover there is no true "Maximize" button on the Mac.
Clients have been asking me about this with every OSX release since 2007. Every year clients want to know if this issue has been fixed. Each year the answer is the same - unfortunately no.
Apple needs to provide some options in System Preferences to set the default behavior of the green zoom button.
My suggestions are:
Maximize Window for Content (Default before Yosemite)
Full Window (Max Window size excluding menu bar and Dock)
Full Screen (Yosemite Default)
One other request:
An option in Get Info for setting the default window size for an App. Windowed, Full Window, Full Screen.
If you want to get involved, you can contact Tim Cook and Craig Federighi on Twitter. They are easy to find.
Unfortunately, Right Zoom is not fully compatible with several key apps used by clients.
Opening a window to the full available window space is a fundamental issue. Users from Linux and Windows camps are shocked when they discover there is no true "Maximize" button on the Mac.
Clients have been asking me about this with every OSX release since 2007. Every year clients want to know if this issue has been fixed. Each year the answer is the same - unfortunately no.
Apple needs to provide some options in System Preferences to set the default behavior of the green zoom button.
My suggestions are:
Maximize Window for Content (Default before Yosemite)
Full Window (Max Window size excluding menu bar and Dock)
Full Screen (Yosemite Default)
One other request:
An option in Get Info for setting the default window size for an App. Windowed, Full Window, Full Screen.
If you want to get involved, you can contact Tim Cook and Craig Federighi on Twitter. They are easy to find.
on mine this minimizes the window. i think i set it up this way years ago but i cant remember. It used to be called Windowshades? i think this goes back a lot longer than i realize..
When I double click the title bar it actually minimises the window.
For me this happens in the old OSX - Leopard, Snow Leopard, Mavericks as well as my clean installed Yosemite. I wonder why some people it works as maximise and others as minimise! Any ideas?
There is a setting to minimize on double click in;
System Preferences/Dock
Undo that and it maximizes on double-click.
Did my part
Just sent a feedback through Apple's website. Until they change that, i'll keep using SizeUp.