Mac mail attachments are open in background not in foreground

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Mac mail attachments are open in background not in foreground

I have experienced after Big Sur installation that any Mac mail attachments are open in the background instead in the foreground like in the previous Mac OS versions. It is not comfortable as I never know after double click on the attachment whether the attachement has been already opened (so opening it several times) and I have to always take one more action - either click on the relevant app or check all opened windows in the background. Have you experienced the same probem? Is there a way to change it in the setting? Thank you.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.12

Posted on May 11, 2021 2:06 AM

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May 11, 2021 4:11 AM in response to ivourbi

You mean you just double-click an attachment in a mail message and it opens behind Mail, instead of becoming frontmost?

I cannot reproduce this.

I do not see any settings to change that might be related, either.

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May 11, 2021 4:29 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Hi Luis, yes. It is working like this. I did some further investigation and it is happening only with pdf files and it is happening also with pdf files opened in Finder. They are all open at the background without regards whether another pdf file was already opened. So perhaps it has nothing to do with Mail. I use PDF Exprt app on Mac for opening pdf files. It worked normally before Big Sur.

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May 11, 2021 4:30 AM in response to ivourbi

Maybe there is an update for PDF Expert.

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Mac mail attachments are open in background not in foreground

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