iBook Dropping Things into the Background

[RDReynolds]

I'm having something really weird with my iBook. Windows go gray as if they were going into the background while I am working on it. For instance, I open Photoshop and the images drop into the background. The program itself stays on top, so it's not like it's going to the desktop. However, I now have to 2x click on everything - once to bring it back to the foreground, once to activate whatever I want to do.

What the heck did I do wrong? I figure it must be a setting someplace, but I can't figure out what it is.

Thanks,

RD

[C-Mezak]

I'm having something really weird with my iBook. Windows go gray as if they were going into the background while I am working on it. For instance, I open Photoshop and the images drop into the background. The program itself stays on top, so it's not like it's going to the desktop. However, I now have to 2x click on everything - once to bring it back to the foreground, once to activate whatever I want to do.
RD

Could you be activating expose accidentally? Or hitting some other hotkey youre not aware of?

Charlie

[dotnina]

Are you running 10.3.5? I've been getting this occasionally ever since I updated.

Unfortunately I don't know of a fix. :(

[Edot]

Are you running 10.3.5? I've been getting this occasionally ever since I updated.

Unfortunately I don't know of a fix. :(

I have noticed the same thing since 10.3.5 just yesterday. Minimizing the window and de-minimizing it has seemed to fix it most of the time.

[RDReynolds]

Could you be activating expose accidentally? Or hitting some other hotkey youre not aware of?

Charlie

That's what I thought too, but I just hit a window, then don't touch ANYTHING...and it does it. VERY weird.

RD

[RDReynolds]

I've been running 10.3.4. I'm actually downloading 10.3.5 now just to see if it might reset something and stop it.

RD

I have noticed the same thing since 10.3.5 just yesterday. Minimizing the window and de-minimizing it has seemed to fix it most of the time.

[RDReynolds]

After installing OS X 10.3.5, the issue seems to have gone away. I wonder if there is a preference that controls expose that got corrupted or something?

RD