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command+tilde window switching not working well in Lion

Not sure if my computer is acting up or if it's a feature thing? It's acting really weird, I notice that in my web browsers I can't use command+tilde to switch between windows anymore, until ⚠ I click on the window below the top one, then I can switch between those two. If I click on yet another one, it adds it to the pile of windows I can cycle through.

It's incredibly annoying, as I was used to fly through my open windows this way, and now I don't even know how many I have open!
Lets say I have a webcast somewhere I want to get rid of - apple+tilde just doesn't get me there anymore, I have to minimize all my windows to get to the buried culprit.

Anyone has any ideas of how to solve my dillema?

I was recently having weird issues with my machine (i.e. not falling asleep when shut unless power was disconnected, sound panning left after jack plugged in).

Mac genius recommended that I reinstall my OS, which I did. The sleep issue went away. Sound thing is still there occasionally (no rhyme or reason).

I wonder if this is a bug or a new weird Apple feature?

Help!

My Apple is
MacBook Pro

15-inch, Early 2011

2.2 GHz Intel Core i7

8 gb 1333MHz DDR3

AMD Radeon HD 6750M 1024MB

OS X Lion 10.7.2

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Jan 7, 2012 10:11 PM

50 replies

fedex1

Level 1

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Feb 1, 2015 5:36 AM in response to Peter Berdovsky1

I've seen this also and for my case it was with Chrome.

The solution was to only have one group of tabs per Chrome profile.

In other words, no pop out windows or new windows in a Chrome profile.

For an explanation of Chrome profiles see https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824?hl=en

Hope this helps.

russoedu

Level 1

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May 4, 2015 9:15 AM in response to fedex1

There's an option for this shortcut in the Keyboard preference

My OS X is in portuguese, but I think you can find by the icons…

Maybe you disabled this default shortcut.

Jul 29, 2015 4:31 PM in response to russoedu

As russoedo suggests, try the Keyboard System Preference panel. That's what did it for me.

Aug 25, 2015 9:41 PM in response to Peter Berdovsky1

I had this problem, and as suggested by some, the problem was flash running in some windows. I quit all windows of Chrome, started two new windows, and cmd+~ worked as normal. You can search how to disable flash in chrome to prevent this problem in the future.

ikkeCC

Level 1

4 points

Jul 5, 2017 8:41 AM in response to 2raj

Thanks, this one worked.

command+tilde window switching not working well in Lion