Q: What Is The Opposite Of Command-H? - Apple Support Communities

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User profile for user: Lanny Lanny User level: Level 6 13,225 points

Dec 16, 2016 6:36 PM in response to Whickwithy

If you hit command-H, everything on your screen disappears ("H"ide).

No, Command-H only hides the active application, not everything.

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User profile for user: Barney-15E Barney-15E User level: Level 10 122,654 points

Dec 17, 2016 5:54 AM in response to Whickwithy

I'm with Lanny on this.

Cmd-H should only Hide the active Application. Are all of your apps hiding when using cmd-H?

Long ago, there was a mode that would always hide everything else, but you had to access it via an undocumented preference setting. I don't know if it is still possible to use that mode.

And, to answer the question, no, there is no opposite to hide. The OS would have no idea what you wanted to unhide.

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User profile for user: Drew Reece Drew Reece User level: Level 6 10,684 points

Dec 17, 2016 6:06 AM in response to Whickwithy

System Preferences > Keyboard, shortcuts tab. Examine what cmd+H is set to use. I wonder if it is set to 'Hide others' (normally cmd+alt+H). You can restore the defaults if you think that will help and are willing to lose other modifications.

You can also see that setting in the Applications own menu.

If that does not help you may need to investigate if an old 'defaults write' setting has altered the way it should behave. Have you migrated this OS from earlier versions? Does the same behaviour happen in another user account?

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User profile for user: Niel Niel Community+ 2026 User level: Level 10 742,619 points

Dec 16, 2016 5:55 PM in response to Whickwithy

Go to the application’s menu and choose Show All. There isn’t a keystroke for this unless you set one up.

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User profile for user: Lanny Lanny User level: Level 6 13,225 points

Dec 17, 2016 6:05 AM in response to Whickwithy

Additionally, Option-Command-H, will hide all other applications with the exception of the active one.

That's all folks.

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User profile for user: Whickwithy Whickwithy Author User level: Level 1 118 points

Dec 17, 2016 4:11 PM in response to Barney-15E

Nope, you and Lanny are correct.

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