High Sierra - clicking on dock application causes dialog box to open

Question

Level 1

12 points

High Sierra - clicking on dock application causes dialog box to open

I have no idea as to how I caused this, but cant seem to find a way to reverse this behaviour.

Clicking on an application in the dock causes the application to open - as well as an additional dialog box.

I dont want the dialog box to open - just the application (see screenshots).

When logged into a different user account, clicking on an application in the dock causes the application to open only, not the additional dialog box - the way I would prefer it.

So clearly this is a setting within my user account only, but I have no idea as to where this setting may be.

Posted on May 31, 2022 2:52 PM

Reply

Answer 1

Top-ranking reply

ivan54

Level 4

2,894 points

May 31, 2022 4:22 PM in response to GrantZA01

Howdy,

Thanks to ASC and dialabrain, I found a cause for this and verified it with QuickTime Player and Preview.

From the post, "Either disable iCloud Drive or open its options and disable Preview, TextEdit, QuickTime Player etc."

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

With these settings, Preview will launch with its Open Dialog box but QuickTime Player will not.

FYI, the solution was posted in OS X El Capitan, but I tested with macOS High Sierra 10.13.6

ivan

Reply