AmazingRolo

Here's another problem I've encountered with Max 5...I'm running Max 5.0.2 on Mac OS 10.5.2, and I'm using Spaces. I have all of my audio apps set to open in one Space, and all my internet apps in another.

The problem is, when I am using Max 5 and I try to hide it, using command+H, the application stays visible. Then if I switch to another application in another Space (Safari, for instance), Max 5 disappears. It is impossible to get back to the project I was working on in Max 5...the application is still open, but the windows are hidden and won't come back, even if I manually switch to the audio Space. My only solution is to force quit Max 5 (and lose anything I didn't save) :(

Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions for a workaround?

hidingspaces-max-5-in-os-10-5-bug

I can't reproduce this with 5.0.2 and 10.5.2. [command + H] works just fine for hiding here. Have you tried using the [command + tab] command to select Max after it's disappeared? That is one way to unhide a hidden app. Another is to click on its icon in the dock. Sorry if that's too obvious but I don't know what you've tried.

I believe that due to some of the cool things M5 does with its 

windows, it is not Spaces-friendly. Personally, after a 48-hour 

flirtation, I found Spaces to not be terribly Spaces-friendly.....

On May 18, 2008, at 15:22, David Huff wrote:

> I can't reproduce this with 5.0.2 and 10.5.2. [command + H] works 

> just fine for hiding here. Have you tried using the [command + tab] 

> command to select Max after it's disappeared? That is one way to 

> unhide a hidden app. Another is to click on its icon in the dock. 

> Sorry if that's too obvious but I don't know what you've tried.

I believe that due to some of the cool things M5 does with its  
windows, it is not Spaces-friendly.  Personally, after a 48-hour  
flirtation, I found Spaces to not be terribly Spaces-friendly.....

>
> I can't reproduce this with 5.0.2 and 10.5.2. [command + H] works  
> just fine for hiding here. Have you tried using the [command + tab]  
> command to select Max after it's disappeared? That is one way to  
> unhide a hidden app. Another is to click on its icon in the dock.  
> Sorry if that's too obvious but I don't know what you've tried.


Well, I'm glad that other people are having trouble too. I can't seem to recreate my problem consistently, it only seems to break when I need it most :) I can't find any real pattern for it yet, it just seems to happen every so often when I'm careless about my hiding and spaces.

Oh, and the alt+Tab trick doesn't work. argh!

On May 27, 2008, at 6:26 AM, Yann Seznec wrote:

> Well, I'm glad that other people are having trouble too. I can't 

> seem to recreate my problem consistently, it only seems to break 

> when I need it most :) I can't find any real pattern for it yet, it 

> just seems to happen every so often when I'm careless about my 

> Oh, and the alt+Tab trick doesn't work. argh!

I've found that the trick with Spaces is to hard assign frequently 

used apps to their own places in System Preferences. Once I did that, 

my troubles were far fewer. Now I can be in any Space, open a .maxpat 

and the view automagically shifts to Max 5's assigned Space. If you 

run Max with the Clue window open, you'll need to click the desktop 

and back into Max before it shows up, but other than that it works 

pretty well for me. I generally have a square of 9 spaces running 

with specific apps assigned by task type in each.

There are apps that are Spaces unhappy, though. Adobe CS3, Final Cut 

are a couple of the standouts, but even these are better behaved when 

> Well, I'm glad that other people are having trouble too. I can't  
> seem to recreate my problem consistently, it only seems to break  
> when I need it most :) I can't find any real pattern for it yet, it  
> just seems to happen every so often when I'm careless about my  
> hiding and spaces.
>
> Oh, and the alt+Tab trick doesn't work. argh!

I've found that the trick with Spaces is to hard assign frequently  
used apps to their own places in System Preferences.  Once I did that,  
my troubles were far fewer.  Now I can be in any Space, open a .maxpat  
and the view automagically shifts to Max 5's assigned Space.  If you  
run Max with the Clue window open, you'll need to click the desktop  
and back into Max  before it shows up, but other than that it works  
pretty well for me.  I generally have a square of 9 spaces running  
with specific apps assigned by task type in each.

There are apps that are Spaces unhappy, though.  Adobe CS3, Final Cut  
are a couple of the standouts, but even these are better behaved when  
hard assigned.

Vlad Spears
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Hiding/Spaces Max 5 in OS 10.5...bug?