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How to Use the macOS App Switcher to Open Files, Hide and Quit Apps, and Launch Exposé
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Just discovered this doesn't work if you're currently looking at an app in full-screen view.
Is it me or does this trick not work with the calculator minimized?
Works for me, so just you I guess.
Are you saying it works for you with other apps, but not with the Calculator?
Works for me, so just you I guess.
Are you saying it works for you with other apps, but not with the Calculator?
Correct. I first tried with the calculator, and was frustrated that I couldn't get it to work. Then I switched to other apps "just in case" and got it work. I still can't get it to trigger on the calculator, however.
I am having a very unusual problem with the Mac Application Switcher. It has suddenly started hiding all but the active window. As I often drag and drop between several open applications, this has become a real headache. I have searched to see if others have had this problem, but no luck. Does anyone have an idea of what might be going on? The only thing I have thought of was a conflict with Keyboard Maestro, but I checked this out and it does not appear to be the case. Maybe a corruption somewhere, but where should I look in the system? Thanks for any thoughts...
What version of MacOS?
So when you switch to an app using the app switcher all other apps gets hidden?
The MacOS is 10.6.8
And yes, that's it exactly. Instead of just switching the active window (as it always has done), the app now switches and hides the other open application window.
Is that a typo? 10.6.8? If not, I think it's time to upgrade. Your OS is 8 years old, and at least 6 years out of security updates.
I have a specific reason for using this OS.
If anyone has an answer to my specific question I would be happy to hear from them.
So it's always like this, even after a restart?
If I remember correctly the App Switcher is a part of the Dock.app process.
To narrow things down a bit I would start by creating a temporary ”test” user account (System Preferences -> Users & Group) and see if the app switcher behaves the same in that – yes or no?
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First of all, thank you very much for that piece of advice. It started me along a process that ended with resolution of the problem!
First, I did as you suggested, and made a new test user. And discovered that the problem did not exist for the new account. Then I thought that the resolution might be to replace the dock.plist and .db files in my user preferences. Which unfortunately had no effect. Thus suggesting that the problem was not connected with the dock per se.
This started me thinking again about possible glitches or incompatibilities between Keyboard Maestro’s Program Switcher feature and the Mac’s Application Switcher. I use both in different situations, precisely because the Program Switcher hides the inactive windows, while the Application Switcher does not.
I looked again in the preferences of Keyboard Maestro, and unchecked “Always Hide Other Applications” under the General tab, which seems a bit contradictory. Miracle of miracles, things started working properly! So it appears that the problem was due to Keyboard Maestro after all and not the Mac App Switcher.
Everything is now working properly. Thanks once again for your time and advice!