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This is great! Coming from Windows I am always annoyed when cmd-tab does not restore a minimized window in MacOS. I don't really understand the logic of it. If the app window is minimized it is obvious (to me) that it should be restored when I cmd-tab to it. Why doesn't it do this?

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cmd-tab to the minimized window then hold option(alt) before removing your finger from cmd will restore a window (or create a new window if none are available). I don't know if it's documented somewhere, which is a real shame because it's not obvious, but I guess that's been the behavior since Leopard (10.5).

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