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Spaces stuck as a result need to kill Dock.app

Hello, many times when I press the key combination (ctr + number) or (ctr + Arrow keys) to change workspace this little window that shows on what workspace I'm going to never disappears and some times it disappears after a lot of time (like over 20 - 30 minutes) but I cannot use my keyboard (nor the build in macbook pro neither the wireless) so to solve this temporary I have to kill Dock.app from activity monitor to be able to use the keyboard again... until the next time it happens again (and it happens many times trust me....)

Check this screenshot too http://twitpic.com/112m9a

Thanks in advance

MacBook Pro 2.5, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Feb 2, 2010 1:29 PM

35 replies

May 23, 2011 9:48 AM in response to V.K.

Hi V.K.

I saw a thread from about a year ago that you participated with: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1591119?threadID=1591119

I'm having similar problems, but am not tech savvy enough with this process. What would you suggest to resolve this issue?

My post is:https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3075278

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

- wes

amoeba

Level 1

21 points

Jun 8, 2011 7:04 PM in response to panosru

I see this as well. Definitely seems to be related to use of Apple Remote Desktop.

I've found that when the spaces icons are stuck on my screen, simply hitting the return key on my keyboard makes it instantly disappear and I get my keyboard back. This works for me about 90% of the time. When it doesn't killing and restarting the dock usually fixes it.

Hope that helps.

Jun 20, 2011 4:13 AM in response to panosru

I am experienceing this problem as outlined in the original post.

Random spacer switch bezel image getting stuck, can switch spaces, use brightness and volume keys, but nothing else. Happens often when using Screen Sharing.

No fix for this yet?!

Mar 10, 2012 10:46 PM in response to panosru

I just started having this porblem a week ago. I've been fine until then. Apple seriously needs to fix this bug.

Apr 9, 2013 12:28 PM in response to panosru

You might have a sticky keyboard problem. I was having the same issue (workspace window wouldn't go away) and found out that when I removed the keypad cover that I use, the problem disappeared. I'm assuming the cover was causing some unknown key to stick down.

Spaces stuck as a result need to kill Dock.app