Open windows on desktop go gray?
Hello.
I have a new Imac 2.4 ghz g5 and I am having a very strange issue. Whenever you open a new window on the desktop for any application the window act like you have clicked on the finder desktop and will "gray out". So if you are on Safari right now reading this, and you moved the cursor to the desktop and clicked there, your Safari window would dim or go gray and you would need to click back on the window to make the application work again. The weird thing is it is happening all the time and the menu bar at the top does not switch to the word Finder like if you click on your desktop. It still shows the name of the app that you have open, but it stops you from being able to work on that app or window until you use the cursor to click on it again.
I have a Macbook Pro, a Powerbook and a Imac g4 and none of these other computers have this problem. The MBP has the same OS 10.5.6 software.
Any ideas? I did a search but could not find anything.
Thanks
I got the answer I wanted by searching the knowledge base for Tiger. Here is what I found:
My favorite for closing all windows, and not listed much:
option-command and just click on the desktop.
Much more natural then trying to get the W at the same time.
Joe
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