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It's because the app is hidden, its really arcane but if you: cmd+tab -> hover over a hidden app -> now also hold option -> let go of cmd+tab -> your app will a

• lstamour 3y ago
  Not always… sometimes the app is just Spotify. Haven’t tried the option trick with it, but there the window is simply closed. Clicking the icon in the dock opens a new window, but tabbing to it does not. And yeah, I never remember the shortcut to open it once I switch to it, because cmd+0 and cmd+1 don’t bring up a new window for Spotify. So I always reach for the mouse and click the icon in the dock. Normally my favourite method to switch apps is Spotlight, accessible with ctrl+space or cmd+space, I forget which. Anyway, Spotlight is a great app switcher, you can disable most everything else and just type a letter or two to switch. I use Powertoys on Windows to get a similar switcher there. But again, Spotify breaks this, and switching using Spotlight does not recreate the Spotify window, if I remember correctly. Once again reaching for the dock…