I used to run a nice little Terminal script which took care of opening applications from the Dock. When I started an app from there, the new application was opened and all other opened apps went to the background.
This Terminal script is no longer installed. Does someone have its details for me?? I miss it ;-)
iMac 27", macOS 10.13
Hi,
Thanks for your answer, but this is not what I mean.
I am looking for a specific Terminal script (which I cannot find back, in spite of all my googling ;-). Once it runs, I can launch any application from the dock while pushing all other running applications to the background (like what happens with the keyboard shortcut option-cmd-h).
I found the solution myself: this can be achieved by the nice little app Tinkertool. Recommended!
Opening which applications?
You can open any application from Terminal by typing "open", e.g.
open -a "Safari"
or
open -a "Final Cut Pro"
FWIW, it's not quite what you asked for but you can hide all but the active application by pressing "command + option + H".
Open app from Dock using Terminal
