Benjamin Sherman » Uncategorized http://holyarmy.org I have to have a tagline? Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:06:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Fixing Snow Leopard’s broken ‘focus follows mouse’ Terminal behavior http://holyarmy.org/2009/10/fixing-snow-leopards-broken-focus-follows-mouse-terminal-behavior/ http://holyarmy.org/2009/10/fixing-snow-leopards-broken-focus-follows-mouse-terminal-behavior/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:14:59 +0000 benjamin http://holyarmy.org/?p=404 Since upgrading to OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), I’ve been frustrated by Terminal’s focus follows mouse behavior. I typically like such behavior but it’s broken as of 10.6. I would frequently CMD-Tab to switch to a different application and start typing only to wonder why my keyboard was not working, then realize my input had gone to the Terminal which sometimes was no longer even visible.

To fix this, type the following in Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.Terminal FocusFollowsMouse -string NO

Then, restart Terminal. Voila! No more lost input in my Terminal.

Many thanks to www.macosxhints.com for popping up when I googled this problem.

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