How to manually resize a Window in Mac OS X El Capitan

Description: This article will show how to manually resize a window in Mac OS X. This gives full control over how much of the screen a specific application will occupy.

  1. Open the desired application. In this example, Safari is the desired application.
    Mac OS X Home Screen, Safari
  2. Click on any of the side of the program and you will see the mouse change. Drag the mouse to the desired position to resize the window.
    Target Application, Click and drag icon on window edge

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