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Stop other applications popping up in front of current application?
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<blockquote data-quote="Head_Unit" data-source="post: 1000328" data-attributes="member: 135495"><p>Is this possible? Or simply inherent in the OS? (This is not just a Mac question, same annoyance in Windows).</p><p></p><p>Example: </p><p>I'm typing in a forum. Click the W to open Word or iTunes or whatever <em>in the background</em>. Go back to Safari. BOOM, suddenly Word/iTunes is in front of my and my typing is cut off. Grr, click back to Safari. BOOM again, suddenly Word is uselessly opening "Document 1" (can't I prevent that also?) and messing up my typing.</p><p></p><p>Is it not possible to somehow change priorities so that background applications will NOT pop in front of the current application? <em>It drives me NUTS, I just HATE IT!</em> <img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Shouting.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Shouting:" title="Shouting :Shouting:" data-shortname=":Shouting:" /></p><p></p><p>Or is it hopeless, just take valium or go to a local "dispensary" and get over it?</p><p></p><p>(P.S. The reason I do this is because some stuff takes a while to open, so I am kind of pre-opening it. Please don't question why, it's just my own possibly silly habit, I just want to know if I can accommodate the machines to not annoy me).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Head_Unit, post: 1000328, member: 135495"] Is this possible? Or simply inherent in the OS? (This is not just a Mac question, same annoyance in Windows). Example: I'm typing in a forum. Click the W to open Word or iTunes or whatever [I]in the background[/I]. Go back to Safari. BOOM, suddenly Word/iTunes is in front of my and my typing is cut off. Grr, click back to Safari. BOOM again, suddenly Word is uselessly opening "Document 1" (can't I prevent that also?) and messing up my typing. Is it not possible to somehow change priorities so that background applications will NOT pop in front of the current application? [I]It drives me NUTS, I just HATE IT![/I] :Shouting: Or is it hopeless, just take valium or go to a local "dispensary" and get over it? (P.S. The reason I do this is because some stuff takes a while to open, so I am kind of pre-opening it. Please don't question why, it's just my own possibly silly habit, I just want to know if I can accommodate the machines to not annoy me). [/QUOTE]
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