My MacBook Air keeps switching between desktop and full screen apps by itself without me doing the 4-fingered swipe. I've tried quitting various apps and restarting the laptop but to no avail. Help?

Umm no you shouldnt be blaming, Google Drive isnt officially even supported for 10.9, as you can see from this system req page: https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2375082?hl=en&ref_topic=2463299

The only reason it runs is because your running the same kernel architecture.

Plus this doesnt happen in those other OS's like 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8, so whos the real culprit? non stable shiny new OS? or the user who thinks "it should just work"?

SO CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME, WHERE IS THIS "ICON" that i am supposed to click on, to turn off or delete this "GOOGLE DRIVE" from my computer. cause i have been searching for 3 days and i have NOTHING!!! this is a VERY stupid, and ANNOYING PROBLEM.

PLEASE help!!

I have exactly the same problem. I have only noticed it when in Safari. For me it happens once every 20 or so minutes.

I have a 13inch Air. And no other applications open. I am not touching my laptop when it switches.

Zane did you find a solution?

I'm having this problem with my 11" MacBook Air too. At first I thought it was only happening in Chrome or Safari, but tried to watch a movie in Quicktime today with fullscreen mode, and the same thing happended: it would randomly switch back to the finder with no response from me on the trackpad or keyboard, but the movie was still running in the background. I have to do a 4 finger swipe to go back to the movie, or click "bring all to front". Very annoying.

The problem is the same me. When I open an app (Chrome, Safari, iTunes,...) in full screen mode (called desktop 2). It sometime randomly switch to the main desktop (desktop 1).

So I think OS have problem what there. Please let me know a solution to resolve this. I cannot work on many desktops ><

I am having the exact same problem. it is very annoying when i am trying to accomplish work, and for no reason my typing just stops. it automatically reverts back to the desktop. also when im in Safari it automatically gets deselected and reverts back to desktop. and just now while typing this, it popped open a file on my desk top?? i was typing, and a file automatically opened without selecting or switching. i really hope some one out there can find a solution for this problem.

I am having the same problem. My Mac air switchhes back to desktop more frequently. It is really annoying when I tried to read or write. (it did this to me again while I was typing the last sentence)

Please let me know if anyone has a solution, that would be a life-saver

wanted to lend my voice to this issue....exact same thing happening for me. Has anyone found a solution???

>>>>hey, I have a MacBook Pro 13 inch, with Mavericks, and i have the same problem. It happens every 2 minutes...

As we speak my BRAND NEW Macbook pro is switching between screens on its own. Been running Mavericks since day one. The problem has become a major issue during my fullscreen presentaions at class...This needs to be fixed ASAP. Help us out apple! My grades on the line!

-Getting Frustrated...

I am experiencing this problem as well and it is a real productivity killer with my 13"Macbook Air.

Apple needs to provide an update to resolve this issue as it makes it almost unusable for multitaskers like myself.

Looking forward for your fix Apple. Please get on this!!

I read from another forum that Google Drive is the culprit behind this peculiar behaviour and the solution is to disable or uninstall it. I quit the application and so far my mac seems to be behaving, although it's a little strange since Google Drive has been installed on my mac since Lion.

I'm testing this now (after disabling Google Drive) and it seems to be working fine. As a matter of curiosity, using the Mac with the Guest account also worked (of course, Google Drive wasn't running there either). Thanks guys!

Hey guys! I started having the same problem here and though my MBA would need a repair. And yes, this is Google Drive, I just have no idea why. Instead of uninstalling/disabling it (this is terrible as I use it a lot), it also works if you disable "Show file sync status and right click menu" in the Google Drive preferences. It has been working for me so far. Saw it in another thread here in Apple Support Communities.

I've been having the same issue on my new rMBP 15'' with Maverick. I've finally figured out what was causing the issue for me: Google Drive.

When the Google Drive app is active in the background, it seems to be provoking the random switches between spaces. I've tried quitting the app or even pausing it, and it solves the issue. No random screen switching anymore. What's strange is that I installed Google Drive a few days ago, and it was running fine until today when the "screen switching" started. Ah well. Google isn't what it used to be.

I'd be curious to see if you find that Google Drive is also the cause of the issue for you. If not, then I would try by disabling background apps and see if it solves the issue. If it does, then try re-launching each app one by one, and checking when the problem comes back - you've then identified the problematic app.

I'll start to look for any updates on Google Drive to solve this issue. If anyone has an idea... I'd be happy to hear it. Hopefully this helps someone.