That depends on where they are. My apps are at the top level: MacHD/Applications. If yours are in HD/Users/"you"/Applications then you'll need to relocate them to the main Applications folder. Once in there, they are safe.
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Mission Control bug?
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Im beging to wonder wether its Serria or what.
Rather then make a new user account i restored to El Captain and then upgraded again, however the problem presented itself again
Rather then make a new user account i restored to El Captain and then upgraded again, however the problem presented itself again
If it was a bug, I suspect you'd have more responses here. I don't think it's in the OS for everyone - not me anyway.
Oh i found a gif of what is pretty much happening to me (for the people that wanted to see). Expect I'm not trying to open the app from the dock, I'm just trying to switch windows
What I experience i when the person goes into mission control, and clicks firefox, but then finder open. Thats my problem.
I like running the latest version of macOS, however a fresh install is so much work and might not actually fix the problem, so i guess I'm stuck with 10.11
What I experience i when the person goes into mission control, and clicks firefox, but then finder open. Thats my problem.
I like running the latest version of macOS, however a fresh install is so much work and might not actually fix the problem, so i guess I'm stuck with 10.11
Well, whether a bug that is present in code in everyone's install manifests itself or not depends in many, countless conditions (external hardware, 3rd-party drivers, dual displays, whatever), so no, it can be a bug and majority of people can never face it.
Well i decided to give Serria another shot, and well i still have the problem, but it seems to occur when i open a new window in safari, so i think it might have something to do with safari, although it doesn't happen when using the latest version of safari on El Capatain
The same problem is happening to me, it drives me crazy. Since 10.12.4 it happens less, but I still experience it. Made a video of it with three applications running, but happens with every app, not just these:
http://gk.lka.hu/x/bad_window_after_expose.mov
http://gk.lka.hu/x/bad_window_after_expose.mov
Yep, thats the same problem i have! Very annoying!
Glad im not the only one with this
Wish apple would fix it!
Applications are global in the /Applications folder.. They will not be deleted, but any preferences file from those apps will be as they are in Preferences, and Cache folders are unique to your home/Library folder etc..
Anything beneath you home folder (/Documents /Movies /Pictures etc.) are unique to that one account.
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So i would only have to transfer items that are in my home folders, and then my new user account will be new and have all the same stuff i already have?
A little bit additional info: if you restart the Dock (type "killall Dock" into a Terminal), it will be better for a while.
Yea i know about the terminal command, but its annoying have to type it every time.
when I try and create a new user account and access my home folder content it always comes up saying " I don't have permission to access this folder" so I can't access the content and transfer stuff over
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Do you know how to unlock my folders?
When i create a new user account and try to access my files on my old home folder it says i don't have permission
This happens to me as well and it's infuriating. I think it's less well known because for it to occur you need to be using multiple spaces and assign apps to 'All Desktops'. Probably, whilst not uncommon, this isn't something most macOS users do.
Looking at my bug reports I actually reported this bug in November 2016, so over a year now and it's still there. Apple's bugs and their bug reporting system is really frustrating. I have loads of bugs that have been sitting in their reporter for literally years that are still just sitting there open.
Looking at my bug reports I actually reported this bug in November 2016, so over a year now and it's still there. Apple's bugs and their bug reporting system is really frustrating. I have loads of bugs that have been sitting in their reporter for literally years that are still just sitting there open.
I've been having Mission Control glitches where adding desktops messed with the numbering of each desktop and applications would always open in the first desktop.....
rebooting Mission Control fixed the problem..
http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/23/restart-mission-control-in-os-x-lion/
open Terminal.app
type: killall Dock
rebooting Mission Control fixed the problem..
http://osxdaily.com/2011/11/23/restart-mission-control-in-os-x-lion/
open Terminal.app
type: killall Dock
I'm having this problem (previously focused app popping in front of what I select in Mission Control) in macOS High Sierra 10.13.6. It's quite frustrating. I'm also using a dual screen setup, so maybe that's related.
Edit: `killall Dock` doesn't fix it even temporarily.
Edit: `killall Dock` doesn't fix it even temporarily.