App is not active when opening in full screen

Ive used full screen spaces for years and with the last OS update I can’t get applications to become active when opening.


click app icon in dock >> visually nothing happens >> click icon a second time >> app becomes active in fullscreen



i used to click an app in the dock and it would open an active full screen window. I’m reading a lot of people are having this issue - how do we fix it?


MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Mar 31, 2025 6:08 PM

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Mar 31, 2025 9:17 PM in response to tonyakay13

tonyakay13 wrote:

Ive used full screen spaces for years and with the last OS update I can’t get applications to become active when opening.

click app icon in dock >> visually nothing happens >> click icon a second time >> app becomes active in fullscreen


i used to click an app in the dock and it would open an active full screen window. I’m reading a lot of people are having this issue - how do we fix it?


click it twice; do what works...


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