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Why some applications sometimes become not "minimizable" on OS X?

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Mar 15, 2026135 views
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Sometimes for unknown circumstances to me, some applications (like Firefox) lose the minimize button. What might the cause be?

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I am not sure myself but a quick Google search reveals some interesting theories: From MacRumors: For some reason the OS seems to get disconnected from the Dock and disables the minimization. I haven't found a cause yet but I usually find that openi…

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