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windows do not appear when switching spaces

Hello, I am experiencing a slightly annoying problem when I switch full-screen apps.


I keep most of my apps full-screen for convenience, so they each have their own Space. But quite often (but not always) when I use cmd-tab to switch between them, the app name appears in the menu bar but their windows do not appear. The windows only appear if I switch back to the previous Space and then return to the Space I want, but not the first time. This does not seem to be related to any particular app, and seems to only happen if I have been in one app for a long period of time and then switch – once the switching is working as expected it carries on working until I remain in an app for a while.


As I say, this is annoying rather than a serious problem, but I wonder if anyone else had come across this?

Thanks!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 23, 2022 6:41 PM

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Posted on Jan 23, 2022 8:13 PM

Edward Sanderson wrote:

Hello, I am experiencing a slightly annoying problem when I switch full-screen apps.

I keep most of my apps full-screen for convenience, so they each have their own Space. But quite often (but not always) when I use cmd-tab to switch between them, the app name appears in the menu bar but their windows do not appear. The windows only appear if I switch back to the previous Space and then return to the Space I want, but not the first time. This does not seem to be related to any particular app, and seems to only happen if I have been in one app for a long period of time and then switch – once the switching is working as expected it carries on working until I remain in an app for a while.

As I say, this is annoying rather than a serious problem, but I wonder if anyone else had come across this?
Thanks!



I have seen some glitches / bugs here as well.

You can try rebooting...


Verify your software is up to date.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/get-macos-updates-mchlpx1065/mac


you can submit your Apple Feedback and/or file a bug report here, same link:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html

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Jan 23, 2022 8:13 PM in response to Edward Sanderson

Edward Sanderson wrote:

Hello, I am experiencing a slightly annoying problem when I switch full-screen apps.

I keep most of my apps full-screen for convenience, so they each have their own Space. But quite often (but not always) when I use cmd-tab to switch between them, the app name appears in the menu bar but their windows do not appear. The windows only appear if I switch back to the previous Space and then return to the Space I want, but not the first time. This does not seem to be related to any particular app, and seems to only happen if I have been in one app for a long period of time and then switch – once the switching is working as expected it carries on working until I remain in an app for a while.

As I say, this is annoying rather than a serious problem, but I wonder if anyone else had come across this?
Thanks!



I have seen some glitches / bugs here as well.

You can try rebooting...


Verify your software is up to date.

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/get-macos-updates-mchlpx1065/mac


you can submit your Apple Feedback and/or file a bug report here, same link:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html

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