Problem with open applications disappearing

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Hey all. I'm a mac newbie looking for help. I have a Macbook running OS10.5.

I am having a problem and I'm not sure how to explain it but here it goes.

I will be activly using an application (firefox, adium) and in the middle of doing something the applications will all minimize and the screen goes back to the desktop. When I try to switch back to the application the title bar appears but the application window will not. I have tried quitting the programs and restarting them but I get the same results. The only way I have been able to get the applications to work again is to reboot.

I have run all the software updates and have the most current versions of everything that I am running.

Any thoughts or ideas?

Thanks!
 
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2019 iMac 27"; 2020 M1 MacBook Air; macOS up-to-date... always.
Are you sure you aren't accidentally hitting an Exposé hot key that minimizes all the windows?
 

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