Pop-ups appear when hovering over window buttons on Mac

everytime my cursor hovers over the green icon this extremely irritating pop up menu appears. the problem is that when i open a new window and start typing in the search bar the menu is still in place.


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Original Title: how do you disable this annoying function

Posted on Jun 11, 2025 1:25 AM

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Posted on Jun 11, 2025 2:06 AM

Either refrain from hovering over the green grow button or…

  1. click anywhere outside the drop down menu
  2. press the escape key.

Then open a new window.

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