{"id":41214,"date":"2020-07-30T19:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/blogs\/?p=38755"},"modified":"2020-07-30T19:01:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T19:01:00","slug":"hide-windows-and-reveal-your-desktop-with-one-click-with-show-desktop-tool-from-parallels-toolbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/hide-windows-and-reveal-your-desktop-with-one-click-with-show-desktop-tool-from-parallels-toolbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Hide windows and reveal your desktop with one click with Show Desktop tool from Parallels Toolbox"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p>Do you manage your files, screenshots or shortcuts on your Mac desktop? If so, then you probably find yourself needing to clear away your open windows and applications&nbsp;quickly&nbsp;to access your desktop. I find myself needing to do this multiple times during my workday. If you manage the real estate of your Mac like me, your screen might look like this: <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/blogs\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-29-at-1.53.10-PM-1-1024x640.png\" alt=\"messy desktop macos\" class=\"wp-image-38765\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/blogs\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-29-at-1.53.10-PM-1-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/blogs\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-29-at-1.53.10-PM-1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/blogs\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-29-at-1.53.10-PM-1-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/blogs\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-29-at-1.53.10-PM-1-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/blogs\/app\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screen-Shot-2020-07-29-at-1.53.10-PM-1-2048x1280.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Do not&nbsp;be like me.&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Luckily,&nbsp;there\u2019s a way&nbsp;to easily hide windows so you can see your desktop on macOS\u2014with one click. The&nbsp;<strong>Show Desktop<\/strong>&nbsp;tool in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parallels.com\/products\/toolbox\/?utm_source=pdblog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=learnmore&amp;utm_content=showdesktoptoolbox\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parallels Toolbox<\/a>&nbsp;<strong>enables&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>you&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>to hide or close all opened windows at once.<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When a window is hidden, it can easily be accessed by clicking on the application icon in the macOS dock.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X_JDkAfcOTQ\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Parallels Toolbox tool Show Desktop in action. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our engineers designed <a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parallels.com\/products\/toolbox\/?utm_source=pdblog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=learnmore&amp;utm_content=showdesktoptoolbox\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parallels\u00ae&nbsp;Toolbox<\/a> as an all-in-one suite for creative individuals, students, small-business owners, chronic multitaskers, IT managers and everyone in between. The&nbsp;helpfulness of&nbsp;Show Desktop is not restricted to a specific industry.&nbsp;A&nbsp;wide variety of users in the digital workplace often find themselves stuck minimizing, closing, quitting and deleting files that were needed to get their task done. <\/p>\n<p>Our goal with the Show Desktop tool is to save those precious files, save your time and&nbsp;provide&nbsp;peace of mind knowing you never have to&nbsp;click more than once to get this job done.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips and&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>t<\/strong><strong>ricks<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the tool\u2019s preferences, the default \u201chide\u201d can be changed to \u201cquit\u201d to quickly wrap up what you might be working on.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>To see which applications will be quit by this tool, use CMD + Tab as a shortcut.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parallels Toolbox is our all-in-one solution with over 30 tools for macOS and Windows 10. With just one click, you can save space on your hard drive, create high-quality content, quickly optimize your computer for a presentation and so much more. Our economical suite of tools replaces the need for multiple applications and programs.&nbsp;Try a free 7-day trial of Parallels Toolbox for macOS or Windows 10 from the links below!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n<p><strong>Helpful resources:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/try\/toolbox?utm_source=pdblog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=trial&amp;utm_content=ShowDesktopToolbox\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Automatic Download for Parallels Toolbox for macOS 7-day Free Trial (.DMG)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/try\/toolbox-windows\/?utm_source=pdblog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=trial&amp;utm_content=ShowDesktopToolbox\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Automatic Download for Parallels Toolbox for Windows 10 7-day Free Trial (.EXE)<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kb.parallels.com\/123955\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parallels Toolbox for Mac Updates Historical Summary<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kb.parallels.com\/en\/124216\"  rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parallels Toolbox for Windows Updates Historical Summary<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/blogs\/show-desktop-one-click-toolbox\/\">Hide windows and reveal your desktop with one click with Show Desktop tool from Parallels Toolbox<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parallels.com\/blogs\">Parallels Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/parallels\/XFIF?a=IJaMTc5cyVw:2nfxPQOZ0DE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/parallels\/XFIF?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you manage your files, screenshots or shortcuts on your Mac desktop? 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