Spaces and Cmd-Tab

I've found that Cmd-Tab to change between apps doesn't work after a while when I have spaces enabled. After I'd first installed Leopard Cmd-Tab would happily take me between spaces to the application I was moving to, but now it only appears to work for a short time after I've rebooted or if I disable spaces.
Anyone else seeing this? It's on my iMac G5.

I am also experiencing all these problems. 10.5 has some great features which I am really enjoying using, but I have to say I'm a little disappointed in Apple for releasing the system at this stage, it really is below the grade.
Command-tab will often switch me to the other app, but will not change from the current space to the space the app is in, let alone set the correct window focus. This is happening with many Leopard apps too, mail,, safari finder, not just third party.
Can't wait for 10.5.1, let's hope it fixes many of the bugs.

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Hi @Apple
1) Even if i switch with CMD-Tab to Terminal in Spaces 1 and then back to Firefox, i had to click into Firefox, because it's not active.
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3) Whish: Could you please give me the ability to change the effect when i switched between spaces. I whish the cube effect. It's so cool....

I am also experiencing all these problems. 10.5 has some great features which I am really enjoying using, but I have to say I'm a little disappointed in Apple for releasing the system at this stage, it really is below the grade.
Command-tab will often switch me to the other app, but will not change from the current space to the space the app is in, let alone set the correct window focus. This is happening with many Leopard apps too, mail,, safari finder, not just third party.
Can't wait for 10.5.1, let's hope it fixes many of the bugs.

Screen Sharing and CMD+Tab

Hi,
yes, my problem is solved. CMD+Tab now works within the screen you are sharing!
But, now of course, there's another issue. How to leave the shared screen using the keyboard? Meaning, how can I switch controls back to my own Mac using the keyboard.
Using the mouse works! But as a geek, I often prefer the keyboard.
Regards,
Roger

Before the cmd-tab was sent through to the remote computer I installed a control panel called liteswitch X which allows you to map alt-tab to switch apps. If installed on main computer, you could probably switch away from the screen sharing window with an alt-tab. However, I would really like to switch off the cmd-tab being sent to remote and the fix for ARD 3.3 (defaults write com.apple.RemoteDesktop DoNotSendSystemKeys -bool YES) does NOT work for me.
anyone ?

MBP freezes when doing too much and cmd-tabbing

My MBP sometimes freezes when I am doing a bunch of stuff on my laptop and then I cmd-tab to another application. When I say my laptop freezes, I mean that the system is frozen, keyboard input does not work, but moving the mouse DOES work (even though clicking on anything doesn't do anything.) I have to do a hard reset to get out of this, meaning I press and hold on the power button until the computer shuts down.
Any suggestions as to how I can fix this? I've encountered this numerous times, typically once a week usually. It actually seems like it happens during times when I am cmd-tabbing very rapidly (i.e. when doing web development, I will cmd-tab to my browser, refresh, cmd-tab to my text editor, etc. but how can this freeze my powerful system?! I only typically use about 1.5 GB of the RAM).
Thanks in advance!

If there any pattern to what applications you have open when you get the freezing? You will probably find it's an application rather than the application switcher itself. Also, check your Dashboard widgets. If you are using 3rd party widgets try closing them and see if the problem goes away.
You can also try deleting your Finder preferences by dragging the file…
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
… to the Trash (don't empty it just yet) and then immediately restarting and see if that makes a difference.

Spaces ctrl-arrow and cmd-tab no longer works after screensaver is active

MacBook 13", running 10.5.8
When the macbook boots up, these work fine, but once the screen saver comes on, none of these shortcut keys works any longer. Searched for this problem, and found a couple of suggested solutions, including removing the screensaver plist file. Nothing has worked so far. Of note, if I use the screensaver "test" button to activate the screen saver, this does not happen. This only happens after the screensaver activates on its own. The screensaver being used is the "Flurry" screensaver that shipped with it. I have tried all of the other ones, and get the same behavior.
Here are other special things about my system:
1. Digidesign Core Audio Driver
2. Logic Studio Pro 9
3. System runs in clamshell (although problem exists when using the 13" display as well)
4. Using the Apple keyboard with numeric pad
5. System's display is currently a 23" acer monitor
All of these things except for 3, 4, and 5 have been running since I bought the system in March 2009. 3, 4, and 5 were started about 3 weeks ago. This problem just became an issue within the past 3 days.
Any help is much appreciated.

Further update. I can no longer change the screensaver. When I try by right clicking on the desktop and then choosing change desktop background, system preferences hangs. If I open system preferences directly, it will open, but when I click on the icon to change the screen saver, it also hangs.

CMD Space and CMD {RIGHT}/{LEFT} have stopped working as config- any ideas?

I have CMD Space set to open Spotlight - set in Preferences/Keyboard&Mouse/Keyboard Shortcuts
Used to work but stopped over the last couple of days.
Also, I have set the Spaces to switch on a CMD {Right} or {Left} cursor. this has stopped too.
Have confirmed both are set in preferences.
Have done a reboot.
Keys still not working.
Any suggestions. Failing that I'll just live with it until I put SL on it.
Ta

Here was my solution to this. My left click button on both the trackpad and touch pad suddenly stopped working on me. After putting up with this for a few weeks I decided to investigate. I found if I disabled the touch pad the trackpad left click would start to work again. So I investigated by carefully popping off the left click button for touchpad. Everything looked normal, so I investigated a little father buy removing the small round blueish rubber piece in the middle of the button. Once I did this I realized it quite dirty, with a soft cloth and a toothpick I cleaned both the contacts on the PC and the the black spot on the rubber piece, putting everything back together and my left click worked once again.
The cause of my problem was just a build up of dirt under the rubber contact which caused the button to short out and disable itself.
I didn't have to reinstall any software or drivers.

CMD+Tab Issues In Mountain Lion (consolidated)

I've seen CMD+Tab Mountain Lion issues myself and some others have posted online, so I'm consolidating them here:
CMD+Tab fails to show all running apps that are running (includes native OS apps such as iPhoto, Mail, etc.)
Pressing CMD+Tab does nothing (no pop-up), although the cursor does appear as if the command is partially being processed. (window prepping?)
CMD+Tabbing OUT of a full-screen application takes you to desktop, but then hides app icon from dock and CMD+Tab menu won't appear again... effectively leaving you stuck outside of the full-screen app (SC2). Only option is to go to activity monitor and kill process.
Interesting Side Note: I also use Alfred (CMD+Spacebar) for a shortcut/index app, and whenever CMD+Tab fails, Alfred also fails and I'm forced to manually used Spotlight to open apps. This suggests something could be tying up the CMD button and preventing it from executing combination key presses... maybe?
FIXES: The only solutions so far involve killing the processes of the perpetrating apps, i.e. finder, dock and any full-screen apps which caused the problem. Even doing so, the problem will manifest itself once again within a few hours.
Cheers!

I haven't tried experimenting with a guest user account as I solely use my admin account, but I'll play around a bit tonight. I only posted as it's manifested itself multiple times on my machine, no matter whether I sleep my computer, power nap it, restart it completely, etc. and it seems as though others have been experiencing similar issues:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19236413#19236413
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19171533#19171533
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19106906#19106906
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19137798#19137798
It seems as though the problem may lie more with applications running but not displaying as if they're running, i.e. won't appear on dock, or if it's a native app, icon won't have indicator light, and also not available in cmd+tab menu.
Certainly odd behavior.

Update to 10.10.2 breaks dock, cmd+tab

Late 2010 MacBook Air. Updated to 10.10.2, dock freezes and cmd+tab doesn't page through open aps (nothing happens). Removed several 3rd party aps, no improvement. Restored 10.10.1, reupdated, same problem. Turned off auto-update and am sticking w/ 10.10.1 for now but would like to fix this. Ideas?

Try a restart.
Do a backup, using either Time Machine or a cloning program, to ensure files/data can be recovered. Two backups are better than one.
Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.
Isolating an issue by using another user account

Dock/Cmd+Tab Icons shows up as blank

Recently all icons relating to webkit (chromium, safari, mailplane, fluid, even pages (not sure if it relates to webkit though..)) shows up as blank in the dock and cmd+tab boxes, however they show up just fine in the applications folder. very odd behaviour.
any ideas what might be causing this?
screenshot http://bit.ly/bcG9b0

Simply, removing the concerned applications and re-adding them to the dock, reseted the icons. Duuh.

CMD Tab not switching to apps in different Spaces

This has been a problem in the past and looks like it's still lingering in Mavericks. Yes I do have the Preferences option set btw
I think it seems to be triggered for me when disconnecting my external monitor (connected via Thunderolt aka MiniDisplayPort to DisplayPort cable). So once I'm using the laptop screen only then CMD+Tab doesn't switch to the correct Space. Not sure if it's when I disconnect when my MBP is sleeping or awake, something else I can test I guess..
Anyone else still getting this, and in the same situation re ext screen?
killall Dock makes it work again though.

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to do that, or at least in my testing I can't make that happen.

Expose, Cmd Tab, Screenshot, Spaces all breaking

Not sure what causes this, I thought it was sleeping but apparently not.
All Expose, Cmd Tab, Screenshot and Spaces will all be fine but they theyll stop working and I also cannot reboot or log out, the Mac just wont.
I have to go Terminal -> "sudo reboot" to force a restart.

Couple of possibilities. The first thing I'd try is clearing your launchServices caches.
Launch Terminal and copy & paste this at the command line to rebuild LaunchServices:
Code:
<pre class="alt2" style="margin:0px; padding:3px; border:1px inset; width:640px; height:34px; overflow:auto">/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchSe rvices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user</pre>
Then press return. Wait until terminal returns to the command line. Quit Terminal. After that, log out and back in or restart. Let us know
-mj

Dear all, I have a MacBook Pro bought in April 2011. Last April, it got stuck while the wheel was spinning and I had to force it shut. That cost me my hard drive. Now, it's stuck again. I tried esc, cmd tab, moving the trackpad on the apple, but no. HELP!

Dear all, I have a MacBook Pro bought in April 2011. Last April, it got stuck while the wheel was spinning and I had to force it shut. That cost me my hard drive. Now, it's stuck again. I tried esc, cmd+tab, moving the trackpad on the apple, but no. HELP!

Dear John,
thank you for your prompt reply. After I sent the email, I left the wheel spinning to see if it would eventually stop. It didn't, but after a while the screen turned blue, so I decided to switch everything off with a forced shut-down. I could not restart with the OS DVDs because I am currently away from home, but fortunately everything was more or less fine after restarting. It then got stuck again, I forced it shut again, restarted again, and now it seem to work but I won't overdo it and will switch off smoothly after writing this (unless it gets stuck again). Last April I have replaced the HD, so it's now just under 6 months old. And, of course, since the crash occurred when I was abroad and had backed up just before I left, I have lost only a few days' work. Still, and I know this will make me hugely unpopular here, with my 5 previous laptops running on MS Windows I never had a problem. Which does not mean I loved the OS, or I would not have switched to Mac.
Anyway, and this is the main reason for this message, thank you very much again for your speedy intervention.
Claudia

CMD + Tab and dock spotlights not working

I've noticed the CMD+TAB intermittently no longer shows the open applications. It's only showing Finder. I can have any application open and still just the finder. At the same time, the blue spotlights under open applications no longer work. A restart seems to fix it.
Any idea what's going on and what I need to do besides conintually restarting my machine?
Thanks,
Jeff

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. For instructions, launch the System Preferences application, select Help from the menu bar, and enter “Set up a guest account” (without the quotes) in the search box.
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem(s)?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault in Mac OS X 10.7 or later, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The Guest login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode* and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including wireless networking on certain Macs.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
*Note: If FileVault is enabled under Mac OS X 10.7 or later, you can’t boot in safe mode.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem(s)?
After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of steps 1 and 2.

Questions about tabs, spaces and indenting

I tried to find some information about this in the forum, but I didn't succeed (perhaps I failed at the search). My apologies if this a trivial topic, but as I'm in the learning process of programming (I started with Python and php myself, and Pascal at college) this is a new world to me.
Yesterday I was editing a txt file in Vim, and I encounter a few issues trying to print it. That's when I learned that tabbing all the way thought to format some text maybe is not a good idea. Then a guy in #Vim directed me to use spaces instead of tabs for indenting and formating the text / programs that I write, as the tab indenting is -almost- only needed by makefiles. Also he showed me than in Python programming it is suggested to use spaces as well.
I googled a bit and I found sites like this, with pros and cons about both styles. Also I found a Vim plugin (Smart Tabs) that at first sight seems quite nice, like it have the best of both worlds.
So my question here is: what should I do? Choose one style and stick with it for ever? Choose according the language? Mix up both? Without any experience on this subject it's hard to know the right way, as it seems that both styles have (strong) advantages and disadvantages.
Also, if is not too much no ask, what tab size should I work with? 8 seems a bit large, although seems to be pretty standard for some languages.
Currently I've this on my .vimrc (the relevant part, of course):
set tabstop=4
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4
set expandtab
set autoindent
set smartindent
Thanks in advance for any advice.

Yes, I think to "choose one style and stick with it" is the most important thing.
I always use two spaces to indent because I like the way it looks. Besides makefiles, I don't use any language that forces me to use either tabs or spaces, so that's not a problem.
I really like this quote:
Linus Torvalds wrote:If you need more than 3 levels of indentation, you're screwed anyway, and should fix your program.
(from Wikiquote) After reading that, I don't think about indentation as much anymore.
Sorry for my English. Feel free to point my errors.
"Sorry for my English. Feel free to point out my errors." ^_^

Cmd + tab to change windows and not application

You might clearly see the former Windows and Unix user in me but using cmd+Tab to switch files (not only application) is a really powerful tool. Expose is not close to be as useful. In fact I can't see what good it might be to switch from an application to another.
Any suggestions on how to have cmd + tab change windows?
I think I saw Adobe Photoshop behave that way.
Thanks

Hitting ctrl-fn-f4 works well (thanks) but the order of the files does not change depending on usage. something the current cmd-tab does.
Quickly swapping is enjoyable when you can swap back and forth between 2 files.
Also, ctrl-fn-f4 does not work well with Words.
While scrolling, the flow of files stopped after le last Word window.
Pressing ctr-fn-f4 again makes nothing anymore and then it does. I'm don't see the logic of the command.
As for cmd-~ (Kappy), it doesn't appear to do anything. It might be because I have a French keyboard (~ is alt-ç).

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