B.6. Window Menu

The Window menu is filled with all the standard Mac OS X window-manipulating commands.

B.6.1. Minimize

Collapses the GarageBand window into the Dock, in standard Mac OS X fashion. It's just like pressing -M or clicking the yellow Minimize button in the upper-left corner of any window.

B.6.2. Zoom

Enlarges any GarageBand window to fill your entire screen (although it's kind enough to avoid covering up your Dock). Choosing this command is the same as clicking the green Zoom button in the upper-left corner of the GarageBand window. (You'll probably want to use this feature every time you start up GarageBand, because you'll need all the room you can get.)

If you choose the Zoom command (or click the Zoom button) again, the window shrinks back to its original proportions .

B.6.3. Keyboard

Opens up the beloved GarageBand onscreen keyboard; in a pinch , you can use it to record notes by clicking the little piano keys with your mouse.

Keyboard shortcut : -K.

B.6.4. Musical Typing

Here's a much more satisfying way to trigger notes when you're stranded without a physical instrument: by playing on your Mac's keys. This command opens up the new Musical Typing onscreen piano keyboard, which reveals the key assignments for triggering the various "piano keys." (Complete details are on Section 4.3.)

Keyboard shortcut : Shift- -K.

B.6.5. Bring All to Front

Every now and then, the windows of two different Mac OS X programs get shuffled together, so that one GarageBand window is sandwiched between, say, two Safari windows . This command brings all your GarageBand windows to the front so they're not being blocked by any other program's windows . (Clicking GarageBand's icon on the Dock does the same thing.)