Close or minimize all of the Windows
There are a number of ways to close or minimize all windows at once.
... and other window tricks
To simultaneously close every window that is open on your Desktop, hold down the Option key while you click in any window’s Close button (the red one); all the windows will go away one after another!
In the File menu there is a command to “Close Window.” If you hold down the Option key, that command changes to “Close All.”
The keyboard shortcut to close a window is Command W. To close all the windows at once, press Command Option W.
To minimize all the windows at once, hold down the Option key and click the Minimize button (the yellow one) in the upper-left corner of any window. This also works in applications when ...
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