Below are my compiz tweaks to reproduce some Mac OS X like window animations. I’m using Mint xfce with built-in support for compiz window manager.

Compiz tweaks

Enable rotate cube (3D Desktop)

  • Mouse binding: Middle mouse click & drag

Enable scale (Mission Control)

  • Hot corner: Top left corner
  • Key binding: Shift-Alt-W

Enable Shift Switcher (Cover Flow)

  • Hot corner: Bottom left corner
  • Key binding: Shift-Alt-Tab

Enable Expo

  • Bottom right corner
  • Shift-Alt-Up

Enable 3D Windows (VR like spatial windows)

Enable Wobbly Windows

Animations

  • Minimize animation
    • Change Glide 2 -> Magic Lamp
  • Unminimize animation
    • Change Glide 2 -> Magic Lamp