How do you disable the zoom effect / window animations in the new OS X Lion?

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I'd like to disable the Zoom effect that the windows produce when they are being opened. Does anyone know a way to disable them?

Community · Answer 1 · 2011-07-25 21:39:09Z

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Open Terminal.app In your /Applications/Utilies folder and run the following command:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool NO

and press Enter

Note: Changes might only take place after restarting your mac

edited Jul 25 '11 at 21:39

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answered Jul 25 '11 at 5:39

XAleXOwnZX
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	The command is `defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSAutomaticWindowAnimationsEnabled -bool NO` and the change is instant. The next app you launch will just appear rather than zooming into existence. No need to restart. – bmike♦ Jul 25 '11 at 14:19
	That's great :P I didn't want to try it myself because I rather like the new animations, but I can understand how a slower machine might have problems with it. – XAleXOwnZX Jul 25 '11 at 21:42

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