Possible OT: New to Mac - No Grey 'Work Area' in Photoshop?

Having worked for years on a PC, I'm accustomed to seeing a blank 'grey' area that fills the screen, hiding the desktop, when Photoshop is opened. Now I own a Mac (I am so green it's embarrassing; learning a new OS is not too easy, but not as hard as it was to learn on PC) -- can anyone tell me if it's a 'Mac' thing to see your desktop and any other open windows when working in an open application? It's really distracting and I cannot find any preferences to adjust. Basically I don't want to see anything but the normal PS palettes and open do***ents.

Please help, TIA

Harv

This is the way Macs work and it's one of the features we like best.

Hit F to work in full screen mode, if you'd like.

and hit F again and again to learn more about the Mac

See those 3 little buttons at the bottom of the tool bar.

Ramon -- thanks for the reply, however I'm not looking to work full screen mode (I can do that on a PC too) because then it only allows me to see one file at a time. Sometimes I have multiple files open within PS; on the Mac this is when I see my desktop and any other apps that are open. All I want is for PS to take up the full screen so I cannot see anything else.

Is this clear as mud? Would a screenshot help? Is this because I have a trial version of PS?

TIA

Harv

option click on the desktop from other applications, hides them
(most PC users I know have no idea how many programs run in the background; I do, I'm in control : )

Update -- I believe this is a feature of MacOSX... could just take a while for me to get used to seeing the desktop all the time.

Like I said, I'm a totally green Mac user ;-)

Harv

welcome!

Harv,

This is the way Macs work and it's one of the features we like best.

that… and:
when moving to Arizona from New York City (for health reasons), don't take your… plants with you
(you'd be susceptible to many of the old allergies : )

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2 20th March 19:06 ramón_g_castañeda@adobeforums.com External User Posts: 1	Possible OT: New to Mac - No Grey 'Work Area' in Photoshop? This is the way Macs work and it's one of the features we like best. Hit F to work in full screen mode, if you'd like.

3 20th March 23:41 eltee External User Posts: 1	Possible OT: New to Mac - No Grey 'Work Area' in Photoshop? and hit F again and again to learn more about the Mac

4 21st March 03:53 by_buko@adobeforums.com External User Posts: 1	Possible OT: New to Mac - No Grey 'Work Area' in Photoshop? See those 3 little buttons at the bottom of the tool bar.

6 21st March 08:43 eltee External User Posts: 1	Possible OT: New to Mac - No Grey 'Work Area' in Photoshop? option click on the desktop from other applications, hides them (most PC users I know have no idea how many programs run in the background; I do, I'm in control : )

7 21st March 08:43 harvcraven External User Posts: 1	Possible OT: New to Mac - No Grey 'Work Area' in Photoshop? Update -- I believe this is a feature of MacOSX... could just take a while for me to get used to seeing the desktop all the time. Like I said, I'm a totally green Mac user ;-) Harv

8 21st March 08:44 eltee External User Posts: 1	Possible OT: New to Mac - No Grey 'Work Area' in Photoshop? welcome!

9 21st March 12:41 ramón_g_castañeda@adobeforums.com External User Posts: 1	Possible OT: New to Mac - No Grey 'Work Area' in Photoshop? Harv, This is the way Macs work and it's one of the features we like best.

10 21st March 12:41 eltee External User Posts: 1	Possible OT: New to Mac - No Grey 'Work Area' in Photoshop? that… and: when moving to Arizona from New York City (for health reasons), don't take your… plants with you (you'd be susceptible to many of the old allergies : )