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Re: activate vs. frontmost
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Re: activate vs. frontmost


  • Subject: Re: activate vs. frontmost
  • From: Steve Mills <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 22:21:12 -0500

On Jun 27, 2016, at 20:42:28, Mitchell L Model <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Given a running application AppName, what are the practical differences, if any, between
> 	activate application “AppName”
> and
> 	set frontmost of application “AppName” to true
> ?

Nothing that I know of, except the former has been broken in recent versions of OS X.

--
Steve Mills
Drummer, Mac geek


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