Exposé

Hi, I might be missing something obvious here.
My hot corners seem to have stopped working when I select them on expose in system preferences, I assume that I have changed some settings somewhere along the line??!
Hardly a catastrophe but it would be nice to get them back.
If anyone can help it would be much appreciated.
Thanks, Ben.

Oh. What did you do????? Mine is having the same pro

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Hi Apple community,
This is my first go at this so be kind,
My question concerns launchpad. Coming from Snow Leopard I had been using spaces. I like to keep certain bundles of programs on separate desktops, for example all word processing related tasks in one place. I have set up the equivalent on Yosemite.
My problem is concerns the loss of exposé. Now I know when you swipe into launch pad you get a very similar effect but the issue I am having concerns the "zoom out" effect when you swipe into launchpad. With exposé all open apps/pages etc would be fully exposed - in my case several (sometimes as many as 9 word documents). What I am running into is when I do this in / into launch pad the "pile" of docs is exposed but they are still overlapping so I can't get a good look at which is which and visually identify where I want to navigate to.
My question is this; Is there a way to adjust the settings on launchpad so that when I swipe into it all the open apps/pages are fully separated (like in exposé) so that I can fully view all of them simultaneously? If so, instructions on how to do so would be greatly appreciated. Any alternative suggestions to doing this outside of launchpad are also welcome. If there is an exposé app for example, I would be quite willing to go that route.
My main concern is being able to quickly (ie a touchpad gesture) expand all the open pages so I can bounce between them.
Much thanks from a loyal Apple friend.

Hey Eric,
Thanks for taking the time. Unfortunately no that does not solve it. Same as swipe it will get me there and it will show separate programs spaced out. The issue I am having is that all my open word files are bunched up in a pile on top of each other. I can see the edges of each one but I want them to be separated from each other enough that I can visually identify what file is what.
Again, thanks for trying, it is appreciated.

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Now it's doing it at any point randomly, even when the MP hasn't been restarted. I'll be working along and then need to use the calculator, hit F13 and nada. I then check the preferences and nothing is selected. So set it back to F13 and go back to work. A couple hours later I try hitting F13 again and mind you without a reboot or shut down or sleeping it "forgets" the key selected again. Quite frustrating albeit a minor imposition compare to the RAW issue. Anyone have any suggestions?

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What can you do when you get a little tired of exposé...?

Exposé is a fine way to switch between applications, but I have grown a little tired of it - sometimes at least. If I'm running a lot of apps it tends to work slowly and with a lot of apps open it's hard to tell the difference between them.
So I was thinking: When you ctrl click on an app icon in the dock you can see what windows you have open in that app. But it's a bit clumsy system. Is there an easier and faster way to see these windows? Some kind of addon to the dock maybe?
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"Expose can show All Windows, which you've been using apparently, but it can also show only Application Windows"
I've been using that to, but thanks for the suggestion anyway! I actually don't know why I don't wanna use exposé cause I thought it was brilliant at first. And I still think it's okay, but sometimes I get tired of all the corners I accidently touch and suddenly my windows fly around the screen Also I sometimes feel that exposé requires a lot of moving around the mouse because it's hard to know where the various windows are gonna show up.
I just realized that there's a "Window menu" in every app. I forgot about that. So it is possible to navigate a Mac without exposé. I was just looking for something ... I don't know, maybe more Mac like, you know? Intuitive and efficient (which many will probably say that exposé is, but I've been through that). Sorry to be so demanding
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Comment: Lion's lack of Exposé is lame.

I am not saying that I don't see potential in the new Mission Control (i.e., the all new "Über Master Control Center Station" - whetever).
All I am saying is that I really don't like that the "new" Exposé (i.e., "All Windows") does NOT do two very handy things:
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1. I was unaware that a question needed to be posted. The service said that this was a "forum" for "discussions", and that I could "Start a new discussion." I was unaware that this was JEOPARDY™, and all discussions needed to be phrased in the form of a querstion.
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I looked up and down the help but can’t figure out how to do this simple thing. I looked in Apple Help and it said:
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THAT TURNS OFF THE SPEAKER!

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1. Failure to reveal all windows (as above)
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3. When cmd-tabbing (or using the dock) to switch applications, the background applications all hide automatically.
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(PPC running 10.4.8)
iMac G5/ Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Not so fast, Fiachra!
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This is a fuller install, as opposed to an incremental "delta" update so it should overwrite any files that are damaged or missing. It does not matter if you have applied it before. It has worked well for many.
Remember to Verify Disk before updateand repair permissions after update from /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
-mj
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