lwouis/alt-tab-macos

order windows by recently focused first has stopped working

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Message:

not sure if there was a bug in a new update or in macos 26, but recent focus doesn't work anymore. when using arc, after i tab to it then something else, i cant immediately tab back; it's begun to remian in a fixed position in the list.

Debug profile

  • App version: 7.28.0
  • App preferences:
    • MSAppCenter310AppCenterUserDefaultsMigratedKey: 1
    • MSAppCenter310CrashesUserDefaultsMigratedKey: 1
    • MSAppCenterAppDidReceiveMemoryWarning: 1
    • MSAppCenterInstallId: FDE258E2-2070-4CED-9D16-AC0FF64AA4F9
    • MSAppCenterNetworkRequestsAllowed: 0
    • MSAppCenterPastDevices: {length = 1151, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 0000038b }
    • MSAppCenterSessionIdHistory: {length = 460, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 00000156 }
    • MSAppCenterUserIdHistory: {length = 455, bytes = 0x62706c69 73743030 d4010203 04050607 ... 00000000 00000151 }
    • NSStatusItem Preferred Position Item-0: 708
    • NSWindow Frame NSFontPanel: 2995 121 445 235 0 0 3440 1415
    • NSWindow Frame SUAutomaticUpdateAlert: 592 708 616 180 0 0 1800 1125
    • SUAutomaticallyUpdate: 1
    • SUEnableAutomaticChecks: 1
    • SUHasLaunchedBefore: 1
    • SULastCheckTime: 2025-09-17 03:50:58 +0000
    • SUUpdateRelaunchingMarker: 0
    • alignThumbnails: 1
    • appearanceSize: 2
    • appearanceVisibility: 2
    • appsToShow: 0
    • blacklist: [{"bundleIdentifier":"com.McAfee.McAfeeSafariHost","ignore":"0","hide":"1"},{"bundleIdentifier":"com.apple.finder","ignore":"0","hide":"2"},{"bundleIdentifier":"com.microsoft.rdc.macos","ignore":"2","hide":"0"},{"bundleIdentifier":"com.teamviewer.TeamViewer","ignore":"2","hide":"0"},{"bundleIdentifier":"org.virtualbox.app.VirtualBoxVM","ignore":"2","hide":"0"},{"bundleIdentifier":"com.parallels.","ignore":"2","hide":"0"},{"bundleIdentifier":"com.citrix.XenAppViewer","ignore":"2","hide":"0"},{"bundleIdentifier":"com.citrix.receiver.icaviewer.mac","ignore":"2","hide":"0"},{"bundleIdentifier":"com.nicesoftware.dcvviewer","ignore":"2","hide":"0"},{"bundleIdentifier":"com.vmware.fusion","ignore":"2","hide":"0"},{"bundleIdentifier":"com.apple.ScreenSharing","ignore":"2","hide":"0"},{"bundleIdentifier":"com.utmapp.UTM","ignore":"2","hide":"0"}]
    • crashPolicy: 0
    • cursorFollowFocus: 0
    • cursorFollowFocusEnabled: false
    • fadeOutAnimation: false
    • hideAppBadges: false
    • hideSpaceNumberLabels: true
    • hideStatusIcons: false
    • hideThumbnails: false
    • hideWindowlessApps: true
    • holdShortcut: โŒ˜
    • maxHeightOnScreen: 71
    • maxWidthOnScreen: 70
    • preferencesVersion: 7.28.0
    • previewFocusedWindow: false
    • screensToShow: 0
    • showFullscreenWindows: 0
    • showHiddenWindows: 1
    • showMinimizedWindows: 0
    • showOnScreen: 2
    • showTabsAsWindows: false
    • showWindowlessApps: 1
    • showWindowlessApps2: 1
    • showWindowlessApps3: 1
    • showWindowlessApps4: 1
    • spacesToShow: 0
    • theme: 0
    • updatePolicy: 2
    • windowMaxWidthInRow: 30
    • windowOrder: 0
  • Applications: 75
  • Windows: 22
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceIds: 1, spaceIndexes: 1}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceIds: 1, spaceIndexes: 1}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceIds: 1, spaceIndexes: 1}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceIds: 1, spaceIndexes: 1}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceIds: 1, spaceIndexes: 1}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceIds: 1, spaceIndexes: 1}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceIds: 1, spaceIndexes: 1}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: true, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: , spaceIndexes: }
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: true, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: false, spaceIds: 18446744073709551615, spaceIndexes: 9223372036854775807}
    • {isFullscreen: false, isWindowlessApp: false, isMinimized: false, isHidden: false, isTabbed: false, isOnAllSpaces: false, shouldShowTheUser: true, spaceIds: , spaceIndexes: }
  • OS version: Version 26.0 (Build 25A354)
  • OS architecture: arm64
  • Locale: en_US (fixed en_US)
  • Spaces: 3
  • Dark mode: Light
  • "Displays have separate Spaces": checked
  • Hardware model: Mac15,6
  • Screens: 2
    • {x: 0.0, y: 0.0, width: 1920.0, height: 1080.0}
    • {x: 1920.0, y: -840.0, width: 1080.0, height: 1920.0}
  • CPU model: Apple M3 Pro
  • Memory size: 19.33 GB
  • Active CPU count: 12
  • Current CPU frequency: nil
  • Resource utilization:
    • CPU: 2.1%
    • Memory: 209M
    • Threads count: 15

Maybe this update helps. 92fcc724508d.zip

A dll and an exe is what one extracts from said zip....

@nexuspcs You should edit your message and remove the link to the zip download so people don't download it, even tho you added a virustotal link. People can be stupid.

That guy attached an .exe virus to a macOS-only app's issue thread, so I guess no one is actually going to fall for it lol.

'recently first' stopped working, switched to 7.27 for now, hope it will be fixed soon, good luck