Spaces / Firefox / CMD Tab

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.
2) If i have more terminal windows open and switched back to terminal in antother Spaces Window the last active terminal is now in background and another one has the focus.
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.

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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.

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

Cmd-TAB is not working in 10.9

Hi,
since Mavericks the application switcher is not working correct. When I switch to an other application using cmd-TAB the menue of the other application is shown, but no windows of this application will be shown. In older versions of OS X the app switching via cmd-TAB was no problem.
Is ist possible to bring back the old behavior of the shortcut cmd-TAB?
Gerhard

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Cmd+tab not functioning correctly

CMD+Tab to switch windows works correctly when i am trying to switch windows within the same desktop space.
However, it does nothing when i choose an application window running in a different desktop space.
I am on the latest update 10.10.3
Everything was working fine and still works fine, when i do a restart. However, it suddenly stops working. I havent figured out what is causing the switch to fail.

Ok. Small correction. The restart doesnt help. It simply doesnt work - across desktop spaces. within a desktop/space, it works fine.

Spaces confusing safari windows (on multiple spaces using command-tab)

Wondering if this is happening to anyone else.
I love spaces but something is messed when using safari windows on multiple spaces. Say I have two safari windows open on two different spaces, after command-tabbing to another app when I try to command-tab back to safari it doesn't always go to my last safari window. That is to say that sometimes it goes to the other safari window, and sometimes it doesn't. It's super unpredictable.
Give it a try, open two safari windows on two different spaces and the command tab to another app and then command tab back to safari - and repeat... you'll find that it will just randomly go to the other window, and then back etc.
Can't think of anything more annoying in spaces... that's got to be a bug.
Anyways, let me know if it's happening to you.
Jay.

same issue. i have multiple safari windows with multiple tabs on multiple spaces. let's say one space is a rails space; so it has some terminals, safaris, firefoxes, all perhaps with 2 or more tabs. command-tab does not necessarily go back to the window of the app i was just in. whether it's safari or firefox or whatever. this is horribly un-intuitive. come on apple. that's like your thing, right?

Why is the CMD-TAB app switcher still unable to properly focus apps?

On my MacBook Pro running OSX Lion 10.7.5, and on previous versions of OSX, I've noticed a very strange defect in the way the graphical environment switches applications.
To reproduce the problem, I open three apps (it does not seem to matter what apps are opened). At least two of the apps are on the same mission control (previously space) desktop so that they overlap. When I use CMD-TAB to switch between the same two apps on different miss.ctl. desktops, very often, as in, about every other switch, the app I'm switching to is underneath another application's window. It fails to rise to the top of the stack.
It is not regular. That is, sometimes the switched-to window does rise to the top. About half the time, it does not. This makes the app switcher a capricious interruption when I'm programming. I used to use spaces 2D spacial layout to spread out my windows and avoid the buggy behavior, but Apple jettisoned that with Lion.
I don't know if this is a problem with OSX's GUI, the libraries, or with the way developers write applications, but it has been a long standing issue. Has anyone else experienced this? It seems like it should have been fixed by now.
Anyone have any clues or fixes ?

Never mind. Apparently a duplicate of other threads. Possible fix: update the defective OSX Lion to Mountain Lion.

Mail, Calendar, Notes, Reminders missing from cmd-Tab

To switch between applications quickly, I like to use the cmd-tab method.
Occaisionally, since upgrading to Mountain Lion, I've noticed that even though any of the Mail, Calendar, Notes, or Reminders programs are running, they are not shown in the cmd-tab list, nor do they have a little 'dot' next to the respective icon in the doc. When this happens, the apps are running, since I can either click on a part of the window for the app, or click on the icon in the dock, and that application will come to the front. All the other running applications show up as expected in the cmd-tab list.
So far, I've found that if I logout, and then log back in, the problem will clear up.
I have not yet figured out what triggers this, since it's only happened about 5 times in the past couple of weeks since upgrading to Mountain Lion.
Have others seen this same problem? Is there something I can do to prevent it from occuring?
Thanks

Hi Bruce,
Re 1)
IN my case I would have to select a Category (Similar to Selecting an Existing Tag name) to get it added to the bottom of a Post (first one in a thread/Question Post)
I have a vague feeing that like certain tabs you can get certain Categories to be added "Automatically" to your Question Posts (Set in the Personalisation part of the Front page when logged in)
I must admit to giving up some time ago in trying to get the system to display what I wanted in a manner that i was comfortable with when the change happened and have learned "new" ways to post since.
Re 2)
There is lots to Mountain Lion I have not caught up with yet.
My iMac is from mid 2011 (i5 Core)
I am running Firefox, Mail, Messages and sometime iTunes and Skitch
However I can always access them by CMD + Tab if I try.
I mostly post about iChat and now specifically use the Messages filter to answer questions on that app alone from Mountain Lion.
That was how I came across your post.
I was wondering if some Keyboard shortcuts had been created that disabled the CMD + tab in some Apps ?
I could see nothing in the Help.
There were 53 responses for CMD + tab and 51 for Changing App (which might suggest some overlap but I did not see one)
10:46 PM Saturday; August 18, 2012
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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 ?

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

Wierd Problem with task switching ( cmd+tab)

I rather put an image, because it's rather difficutl to explain:
[img]http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/5439/14060612097cu.th.jpg[/img]
I'm using shapeshifter, no way I change the theme (or use the original one), the problem is still there.
I repaired permissions and all that stuff with Onyx, same thing
any idea?¿
Mini 1.42 80 Gb HD + EZ Mini 250 Gb / 1gb RAM/Bt/Ap/Sd Mac OS X (10.4.6) Apple BT Keyboard & NGS "Snake" BT Mouse + Samsung 913v + M-Audio Mobile Pre

I don't remember when it showed, but in any case, it's been a long time I use shapeshifter, and I don't remember having this problem.
So long, I have disabled shapeshifter, logged into a newly created account, moved non-essential fonts, cleared font cache... the problem remains.
I have made some extra few caps to explain better:
When I press cmd+tab, all open apps show on top
When selecting the first app (starting from the left), you can notice de name of the app is "slightly" shifted to the left.
This "sums" for each app, so at the third o fourth, looks like this:
If you have 7-8 open apps, the last one selected has no more the text inside the grey spot
And this is how it looks (yeaks)
Hope it's explained better....

[SOLVED] ok, so ever since I downloaded the newer version of Firefox my tabs icon (+) on the top is gone. I know I can hit cntrl T, but I really like just clicking the + which opens a new tab. How do I get that back??

ok, so ever since I downloaded the newer version of Firefox my tabs icon (+) on the top is gone. I know I can hit cntrl T, but I really like just clicking the + which opens a new tab. How do I get that back?? I've looked around the HELP section and can only find info about what tabs are etc... Even in all the picutres about the feature it shows the + icon at the top of the page to open a new one. What do I do??

NM, got it fixed. Thanks!!!

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

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Leopard reversed mouse wheel behavior in cmd+tab switcher

in Tiger when you have many apps open, pressing cmd+tab brings up the app switcher, and then pulling towards you on the mouse wheel scrolls to the right, and pushing away on the wheel scrolls to the left.
leopard has reversed this, making a pull on the wheel scroll left & push goes right.
is there any way to fix this?

Hi
Re: bug reporting
https://bugreport.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/RadarWeb.woa/wa/signIn (will have to become ADC member to use it)
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