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Q: calculator positioning problem

the calculator doesn't appear on top of the last window i opened, but seems to bring the last background it opened on along with it.

 

is this what another poster referred to as the calculator widget being broken starting with os x 10.10.4? note that the calculator still 'calculates'.

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Jul 16, 2015 2:43 PM

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  • by wmharvey,

    wmharvey wmharvey Jul 24, 2015 9:02 AM in response to wmharvey
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    Jul 24, 2015 9:02 AM in response to wmharvey

    since i first posted, i have experienced this problem going away, and now it's back.

     

    am i going to get any help on this problem from the support communities, or is it going to be another call to apple?

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jul 24, 2015 11:24 AM in response to wmharvey
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    Jul 24, 2015 11:24 AM in response to wmharvey

    Is this the Calculator application or the Calculator widget? If it is the widget, it will always default to the Dashboard space.

  • by wmharvey,

    wmharvey wmharvey Jul 24, 2015 1:05 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Jul 24, 2015 1:05 PM in response to Eric Root

    i'm not positive, but i think it's the application. 'about calculator' tells me it's Version 10.8 (123). i've been using it since i got my mac mini in 2009. on selecting it, it always became active and sat on top of whatever window i had last selected. i just retested selecting the calculator after selecting 15 applications i use a lot, and the only applications for which calculator didn't work as expected were Evernote and Safari:

    i selected Pages, then Calculator, then Evernote, then Calculator. result: Calculator on top of Pages. expected: Calculator on top of Evernote.

    i selected Spotify, then Calculator, then Safari, then Calculator. result: Calculator on top of Spotify. expected: Calculator on top of Safari.

     

    maybe there's a problem with respect to just Evernote and Safari?

     

    thanks for answering.

  • by wmharvey,

    wmharvey wmharvey Aug 5, 2015 9:59 AM in response to wmharvey
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    Aug 5, 2015 9:59 AM in response to wmharvey

    in my last post i gave a detailed, reproducible description of what appears to be an os x error or an error in Evernote and Safari.

    no one has responded. am i going to get any help on this problem from the support communities, or is it going to be another call to apple?

  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman Aug 5, 2015 11:13 AM in response to wmharvey
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    Aug 5, 2015 11:13 AM in response to wmharvey

    Use Mission Control.  That seems to be what it's designed for.

  • by wmharvey,

    wmharvey wmharvey Aug 5, 2015 12:48 PM in response to sberman
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    Aug 5, 2015 12:48 PM in response to sberman

    if, instead of using the Dock or Command-Tab to switch applications, i use Mission Control, i still get the same result:

    the Calculator appears on top of an unintended application instead of on top of the intended application, that is, the application showing some numbers that, for example, i want to put in the calculator to get a sum.

     

    two posts ago i went into a test case that, at least on my mac, fails. in that post, when i say 'i selected Pages, then Calculator, then Evernote, then Calculator', for example, it doesn't matter whether i use Mission Control or another method to switch between applications. the test always fails.

     

    sberman, did you actually try the test case i provided to see if you could reproduce the problem?

  • by sberman,

    sberman sberman Aug 5, 2015 1:29 PM in response to wmharvey
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    Aug 5, 2015 1:29 PM in response to wmharvey

    wmharvey wrote:

     

    sberman, did you actually try the test case i provided to see if you could reproduce the problem?

    No, and I have no plans to try it.  You mention some apps that I do not have and do not intend to obtain.

     

    I read your post and saw the "... is it going to be another call to Apple?" part.  I thought I would take one shot at helping you before recommending this latter approach.

     

    Good luck.

  • by wmharvey,

    wmharvey wmharvey Aug 14, 2015 8:56 AM in response to wmharvey
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    Aug 14, 2015 8:56 AM in response to wmharvey

    here's my final post on this problem.

     

    i spoke on the phone to apple support's 'dave' on 2015-8-14. we narrowed the problem down to occurring only with Safari and Evernote when they are in Full Screen Mode. dave is reporting this as a bug.