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The behaviour of this green button can be changed using a tiny accessibility add-on. Follow the instructions at http://osxdaily.com/2015/03/11/change-the-green-button-maximize-behavior-in-os-x-yosemite-with-bettertouchtool/

Basically, this application (once installed and authorized) with let you enhance the UX of OSX by allowing you to define new behaviours and modify existing ones. This adds for instance the Windows Snapping capability to the finder and also lets you define new gestures for the magic mouse and the trackpad.

There is one little thing to know though. Once you will modify the behaviour of the green button of the OSX Windows, this will not change the appearance of that button to make it look like a plus (+) instead of a fullscreen icon.

It allows also specifying modifier keys for mouse related action (ex. cmd + left click, ...)

The behaviour of this green button can be changed using a tiny accessibility add-on. Follow the instructions at http://osxdaily.com/2015/03/11/change-the-green-button-maximize-behavior-in-os-x-yosemite-with-bettertouchtool/

Basically, this application (once installed and authorized) with let you enhance the UI of OS X by allowing you to define new behaviours and modify existing ones. This adds for instance the window snapping capability to the Finder and also lets you define new gestures for the Magic Mouse and the Trackpad.

There is one little thing to know though, once you will modify the behaviour of the green button of the OS X window, this will not change the appearance of that button to make it look like a plus (+) instead of a fullscreen icon.

It allows also specifying modifier keys for mouse related action (ex. cmd + left click, ...)

The behaviour of this green button can be changed using a tiny accessibility add-on. Follow the instructions at http://osxdaily.com/2015/03/11/change-the-green-button-maximize-behavior-in-os-x-yosemite-with-bettertouchtool/

Basically, this application (once installed and authorized) with let enhance the the UX of OSX by allowing you to define new behaviour and modify existing ones. This add for instance the Windows Snapping capability to the finder and let you define also new gestures for the magic mouse and the trackpad.

The is one little thing to know though. Once you will modify the behaviour of the green button of the OSX Windows, this will not change the appearance of that button to make it look like a plus (+) instead of a fullscreen icon.

It allows also specifying modifier keys for mouse related action (ex. cmd + left click, ...)

The behaviour of this green button can be changed using a tiny accessibility add-on. Follow the instructions at http://osxdaily.com/2015/03/11/change-the-green-button-maximize-behavior-in-os-x-yosemite-with-bettertouchtool/

Basically, this application (once installed and authorized) with let you enhance the UX of OSX by allowing you to define new behaviours and modify existing ones. This adds for instance the Windows Snapping capability to the finder and also lets you define new gestures for the magic mouse and the trackpad.

There is one little thing to know though. Once you will modify the behaviour of the green button of the OSX Windows, this will not change the appearance of that button to make it look like a plus (+) instead of a fullscreen icon.

It allows also specifying modifier keys for mouse related action (ex. cmd + left click, ...)

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The behaviour of this green button can be changed using a tiny accessibility add-on. Follow the instructions at http://osxdaily.com/2015/03/11/change-the-green-button-maximize-behavior-in-os-x-yosemite-with-bettertouchtool/

Basically, this application (once installed and authorized) with let enhance the the UX of OSX by allowing you to define new behaviour and modify existing ones. This add for instance the Windows Snapping capability to the finder and let you define also new gestures for the magic mouse and the trackpad.

The is one little thing to know though. Once you will modify the behaviour of the green button of the OSX Windows, this will not change the appearance of that button to make it look like a plus (+) instead of a fullscreen icon.

It allows also specifying modifier keys for mouse related action (ex. cmd + left click, ...)

The behaviour of this green button can be changed using a tiny accessibility add-on. Follow the instructions at http://osxdaily.com/2015/03/11/change-the-green-button-maximize-behavior-in-os-x-yosemite-with-bettertouchtool/

Basically, this application (once installed and authorized) with let enhance the the UX of OSX by allowing you to define new behaviour and modify existing ones. This add for instance the Windows Snapping capability to the finder and let you define also new gestures for the magic mouse and the trackpad.

The is one little thing to know though. Once you will modify the behaviour of the green button of the OSX Windows, this will not change the appearance of that button to make it look like a plus (+) instead of a fullscreen icon.

It allows also specifying modifier keys for mouse related action (ex. cmd + left click, ...)