Launched apps are not active. Finder jumps to front.

Since updating to OS 10.9, when I launch an app it does not become the active window. Instead, the Finder jumps to the front. Is there a way to change this?

I did some digging around and I am 95% sure that this issue was caused by a silly little app called Live Wallpaper. I have disabled it and I am no longer having the issue. I thought I'd post just in case it helps anyone else.

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I'm getting this with the Citrix Receiver uninstaller from the command line... but not on all Mountain Lion 10.8.5 systems. Googling turns up a lot of ideas about a problem with the app or in pre/post-flight scripts, but since it works on some, I wonder. What is the mechanism that generates this error? I'm guessing there's some setting or condition that exists on one system that isn't true on the other. How do I find out?
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms sudo[74325]: joliver : TTY=ttys000 ; PWD=/Users/joliver ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/Volumes/Citrix Receiver/Uninstall Citrix Receiver.app/Contents/MacOS/Uninstall Citrix Receiver --nogui
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: 3891612: (connect_and_check) Untrusted apps are not allowed to connect to or launch Window Server before login.
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: kCGErrorFailure: This user is not allowed access to the window system right now.
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: _RegisterApplication(), FAILED TO establish the default connection to the WindowServer, _CGSDefaultConnection() is NULL.
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: kCGErrorInvalidConnection: CGSGetEventPort: Invalid connection
Sep 25 10:55:21 --- last message repeated 3 times ---
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: CGSRegisterConnectionNotifyProc called with invalid connection
Sep 25 10:55:21 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: kCGErrorInvalidConnection: CGSGetDockRect: Invalid connection
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: CGSGetCurrentDisplayMode: Invalid display 0x00000000
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: kCGErrorInvalidConnection: CGSGetCurrentCursorLocation: Invalid connection
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: CGSGetDisplayBounds: Invalid display 0x00000000
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: kCGErrorInvalidConnection: CGSGetCurrentCursorLocation: Invalid connection
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: CGSGetDisplayBounds: Invalid display 0x00000000
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: kCGErrorInvalidConnection: CGSGetCurrentCursorLocation: Invalid connection
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: CGSGetDisplayBounds: Invalid display 0x00000000
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: kCGErrorInvalidConnection: CGSGetCurrentCursorLocation: Invalid connection
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Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: kCGErrorInvalidConnection: CGSGetEventPort: Invalid connection
Sep 25 10:55:21 palms Uninstall Citrix Receiver[74326]: kCGErrorInvalidConnection: CGSSetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection
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Contact Wacom. Unless they have updated drivers there is no workaround.
Update or remove Quicksilver.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.

Checking my plug ins there is a list of plugs that are not active. How do I find out if I should turn them on or not? Clicked on research no help?

When I checked the plug ins there are some that are not active. How do I know which ones to make active? When I clicked on research it just took me to a google search with a lot of different site to go to. Is there a way or a place to find out which ones should be activated? When I go to a site general don't understand what they are talking about. There were some that I thought I should activate, but don't want to do that with out checking. Last time I did something with out checking had lots and lots of problems. (some REALLY GREAT PEOPLE on this site helped me get things working again) Want to avoid that situation if possible. Thanks

You need to go to add-ons, and when it opens up, there are a list of things to the side, and then click extensions.

HT3149 iPhoto 09 When I click on the preview pane to move a photo into edit, it shows up black and the edit buttons are not active. How do I fix that?

When I click on the preview pane to move a photo into the edit pane, there is no image just a black square and the edit buttons are not active. A few images in an event will move to the edit pane but most will not. I cannot work with those images that do not enter the edit pane..no attaching to email, make a card, slideshow, etc.

There are several possible causes for the Black Screen issue
1. Permissions in the Library: Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Include the option to check and repair permissions.
2. Minor Database corruption: Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild.
3. A Damaged Photo: Select one of the affected photos in the iPhoto Window and right click on it. From the resulting menu select 'Show File (or 'Show Original File' if that's available). (On iPhoto 11 this option is under the File -> Reveal in Finder.) Will the file open in Preview? If not then the file is damaged. Time to restore from your back up.
4. A corrupted iPhoto Cache: Trash the com.apple.iPhoto folder from HD/Users/Your Name/Library/ Caches...
5. A corrupted preference file: Trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
If none of these help:
As a Test:
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Create Library'
Import a few pics into this new, blank library. Is the Problem repeated there?

After updating My iPad 2 to iOS 5.1.1 , my newly installed apps are not working.

After updating My iPad 2 to iOS 5.1.1 , my newly installed apps are not working . When I try to open the app the screen just flashes and then nothing happens. Built in apps works fine . Please help

I realize that installing apps is not the problem. Installing another app from the app store is a recommended troubleshooting tip from Apple if all of the third party apps will not open. It resets your iTunes authorization when you install the app because you have to enter your password.
If you didn't install another app try it. Read this support article as well.
iOS: Troubleshooting applications purchased for the App Store
Try this as well. Quit all apps, reset the iPad.
Go to the home screen first by tapping the home button. Quit/close open apps by double tapping the home button and the task bar will appear with all of you recent/open apps displayed at the bottom. Tap and hold down on any app icon until it begins to wiggle. Tap the minus sign in the upper left corner to close the apps.
Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.
If that doesn't work - sign out of your account, restart the iPad and then sign in again.
Settings>Store>Apple ID. Tap your ID and sign out. Restart the iPad.
Go back to Settings>Store>Sign in and then see if the apps will launch.

When I am trying to sign in to iTunes Store. I am requested to enter a password to the wrong Apple ID mail which does not belong to me... I can't connect to iTunes store and my Viber and Facetime are not active.

My Apple ID was disabled. I reseted it successfully. Afterwards, when I am trying to update the pending apps in App Store on my phone, in order to sign in to iTunes Store I am requested to enter a password to the wrong Apple ID which definitely does not belong to me ('[email protected]'). Of course, I don't know this password and, consequently, I can't connect to Itunes Store on my Iphone. As a result my Viber and Facetime are not active in the meanwhile. What should I do? Thanks in advance for kind help and solution.

Where did you get this iPhone?
Was it new or second hand?
You have to sign out then sign in with the correct Apple ID and password.
Settings > iTunes & App Store > Apple ID: > do it here.

Hi i just retired to iPhone 6 but my apps are not working please help

apps are not working on my new iPhone 6

What is not working? There are many apps out there. What have you tried? What happens when you launch an app?

My apps are not being updated when pressing the update all button. It just says installing and no update is being done., my apps are not being updated when pressing the update all button. It just says installing and no update is being done.

my apps are not being updated when pressing the update all button. It just says installing and no update is being done., my apps are not being updated when pressing the update all button. It just says installing and no update is being done.

Must be serious because you have stated the problem 4 times now.
Here are a number of things that you can try and maybe one of them will help.
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.
Make sure that you do not have a stalled download in iTunes - a song or podcast .... if you have a download in there that did not finish, complete that one first. Only one thing can download at a time on the iPad so that could be what is causing the problem.
If that doesn't work - sign out of your account, restart the iPad and then sign in again.
Settings>iTunes & App Store>Apple ID. Tap your ID and sign out. Restart the iPad by holding down on the sleep button until the red slider appears and then slide to shut off. To power up hold the sleep button until the Apple logo appears and let go of the button.
Go back to Settings>iTunes & App Store>Sign in and then try to update again. Tap one waiting icon only if necessary to start the download stream.
You can also try deleting the waiting icons - tap and hold down on an icon until it wiggles - the tap the X on the icon to delete it. Then try to download again.
You can try resetting all settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings. You will have to enter all of your app preferences and device settings again.
You can also try going to the App Store, find an app that needs an update, tap on the app icon to bring up the description page, then tap on install that way, rather than using the Update option from the app updates screen.
And ... You can always install the updates in iTunes on your computer and then sync them to the iPad.

I just updated my IPad to IOS 501 and now my apps are not opening. I tried the reboot suggestion and that did nothing. So now what can Ido?

I just updated my IPad to IOS 50.1 and now I can not open my apps. When I try to open them the screen flickers and goes back to my regular screen. I tried a reboot and that did not help. Can someone please give me some advice on what will work. Thank you

Tolepainter wrote:
You are a genius!,
No - but thanks! I read about the fix here on the discussion site. I'm glad it got your apps working again.
From the Apple kb article about troubleshooting app store issues ....
If all user-installed apps are not launching, it could be an Apple ID authorization issue. Download and install an app that isn't already installed on your device to reset this information.
Here is the link to the article.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1702

Does MAS show updates if apps are not installed ?

I got several apps from the Mac App Store but deleted some of them. In fact I deleted all traces of these apps even .bom and .plist files in "receipts".
Now updates of not installed apps are not shown in the App Store application. Is this due to the fact that these apps are not installed OR because I deleted the .bom and .plist files in "receipts" ?
Thx.

steps to find these "invisible" resources:
1) In Finder type Command F (Find)
2) In menu bar select "Kind"
3) Scroll down to "Other"
4) Wait a moment (menu has to rebuild itself)
5) Scroll down and select: "System Files"
6) In Finder type Command F (Find)
7) In menu bar select "System Files" and "Are included"
8) Type: "receipts"
voila ,with search results you will get the complete path which should be like: yourharddisk/private/var/db/receipts

[svn:fx-trunk] 7830: Update ASDoc on the new backgroundFrameRate property to WindowedApplication , to by default reduce the CPU usage in cases where an app is not 'active'.

Revision: 7830
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-06-14 15:57:29 -0700 (Sun, 14 Jun 2009)
Log Message:
Update ASDoc on the new backgroundFrameRate property to WindowedApplication, to by default reduce the CPU usage in cases where an app is not 'active'.
Bugs: SDK-21135
Reviewer:
QE Notes:
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-21135
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/mx/core/WindowedApplication.as
    flex/sdk/trunk/frameworks/projects/airframework/src/spark/components/WindowedApplication. as

By the way, I agree with sybrand: you need to tune
your redo log size.
Regards
Ignacio
http://oracledisect.blogspot.com
Ignacio,
The excessive waits on log file parallel write and the related client wait of log file sync may be due to insufficient CPU availability, and may not point at an actual redo log size problem or a problem with the disk speed where the redo is written to disk, especially if there are 3 Oracle instances on the server with a single CPU.
Paraphrased from "Optimizing Oracle Performance":
The log file sync wait event is one of the first events to show increased latencies due to the time a process spends waiting in a CPU wait queue while processing excessive logical IOs.
Kevin Closson wrote a couple blog entries that examined the potential problems of insufficient CPU capacity and its effects on log file parallel write when writing to solid state disks, and even when writing redo was explicitly disabled:
http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2007/07/21/manly-men-only-use-solid-state-disk-for-redo-logging-lgwr-io-is-simple-but-not-lgwr-processing/
"Once LGWR loses his CPU it may be quite some time until he gets it back. For instance, if LGWR is preempted in the middle of trying to perform a redo buffer flush, there may be several time slices of execution for other processes before LGWR gets back on CPU..." Fix the CPU problem, and the other significant waits may decrease.
JesusLuvR,
yingkuan's suggestion to look at the SQL statement that performs the 4,365,564 logical IOs, consumes 186.03 CPU seconds, and has an execution time of 225.06 seconds, is likely a very good starting point. You might also want to check the value of the SESSION_CACHED_CURSORS parameter to see if it needs to be adjusted.
Charles Hooper
IT Manager/Oracle DBA
K&M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.

TS1702 Since I upgraded this morning to IOS6, some of my apps are not opening, and I fear I have lost a

I upgraded to IOS6......now my apps are not opening.....not all, but some, and when in the iTunes store, the screen keeps jumping and hopping as I scroll.....I am very sorry I did the upgrade as everything was perfect before then. HELP!

All friends Please do not upgarde to ISO 6 as if now ....
I upgraded My Ipad 2 and my 2 I phones ( I Phone 4 & Iphone 4 S ) to IOS6......now some of my apps are not opening..... , and some are totally lost .....
( WhatsApp is keeps crashing on Iphne 4 . )
I am very sorry I did the upgrade as everything was perfect before then. HELP!

Why my apps are not transferring from PC to iPhone 5? When I connected to PC the icon shows when I select apps it show 'will install' but it never show on iPhone, I re installed iTunes, deleted all apps and downloaded again but its not working pls help.

Why my apps are not transferring from PC to iPhone 5? When I connected to PC the icon shows when I select apps it show 'will install' but it never show on iPhone, I re installed iTunes, deleted all apps and downloaded again but its not working pls help.

Next time an app update gets stuck try a reset. Press and hold both the home and power buttons for10-15 seconds till the Apple logo appears. Then release both buttons. Wait till your iPad starts on it's own. Try now. Also YouTube is still available. If you can't find it the the app store go to the bottom of the app store page and tap purchased. All your deleted apps will be listed and you can reinstall YouTube from there.

HT4623 I am on iOS 4, how do I update to iOS5 and later as several of the apps are not working now. Thank you

I am on iOS 4, how do I update to iOS5 and later as several of the apps are not working now. Does anyone know how to upgrade to at least iOS5. I am on version 4.3.5 now and it is a iPad2 16M. Thank you.

Upgrading iOS
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   2. iPhone Support
   3. iPod Touch Support
   4. iPad Support
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     b. If you are still using iOS 4 — Updating your device to iOS 5 or later.
     c. Resolving update problems
        1. iOS - Unable to update or restore
        2. iOS- Resolving update and restore alert messages

In my iPad mini some apps are not seen (voice recorder, calculator, compass etc)

in my iPad mini some apps are not seen (voice recorder, calculator, compass etc)er

Those apps aren't included in iOS on iPads
iPad Mini built-in apps : http://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/built-in-apps/
iPad manual (which has a chapter on each of the built-in apps) : http://support.apple.com/manuals/ipad/

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