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The command + tab app switching short cut not working! Also, I have to click twice on the app bar to switch apps. It's been happening all week. My software is all upto date. Help!
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key and choose Library. Then go to Preferences folder and trash this file:
com.apple.finder.plist
Then, restart, or log out and in again.
(You may have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.)
Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key and choose Library. Then go to Preferences folder and trash this file:
com.apple.finder.plist
Then, restart, or log out and in again.
(You may have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.)
Thanks. It was a preference box:
Doh!
Thanks, Macjack. You're brilliant and I'm stupid; I'd forgotten it's so often a preference file that's at fault. I've had this problem for a few weeks and not managed to find time to look for solutions until today and yours was the only one that worked. So I have now put in an order for David Pogue's Lion: The Missing Manual. I'm figuring it's time I stopped being stupid and learned more about Lion! :-)
I followed the suggestion and it worked but only for a while. Then the same problem. Oddly, the key combination shift-command-tab does work. (this started with my installation yesterday of 10.8.2)
Oddly enough, Tom, I find I'm having the same problem. Even command-shift doesn't work for me. Since most of my programs have keybaord shortcuts to open (or switch) to them (courtesy Keyboard Maestro) I've had to stop worrying about it--and maybe get to creating some shortcuts for the software that still doesn't have them!
After following another suggestion I saw somewhere here (trash com.apple.finder.plist, com.apple.dock.plist plus some terminal commands) I get no results.
Hey, thanks macjack! I was having this problem, I'm new to Apple (Macbook Air) and this took care of it!! And it was really simple! Wow! Thanks again!!
I was having the same issue on Mountain Lion, Command-Tab was not working when switching apps and I had to click on the Dock to actually switch to the app.
The issue was resolved by going into System Preferences | Mission Control and selecting the checkbox for When switching to an application, switch to a space with open windows for the application.
That has no effect for me. I have to use cmd-shift-tab which is awkward.
this somehow fixed my error, every time i cmd / alt + tab, my apps would show up and fire / cycle through to the last one making it unable to select anything. thanks!
command/tab app short cut not working
