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Norbiprg
Brass Contributor
Nov 12, 2020
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I can't switch back to Teams chat with Alt+Tab on Mac

I can't switch back to Teams chat with Alt+Tab on Mac, becose Teams have two windows: the chat and the Microsoft Teams Notification. Microsoft Teams Notification is the default window, and this windo...
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  • chromax_123's avatar
    chromax_123
    Apr 13, 2021

    Ok, I found a "solution" to force Teams to use the notifications. 

     

    Simple version: 
    01. You go to your teams https://teams.microsoft.com

    02. When it asks for notifications, give the permission and that's it.

     

    As an App in your dock:

    02. You copy the URL from your logged-in teams-tab (01.)

    03. You install Epichrome

    (Very useful, you can wrap a Website as a App and it appears in the dock. Basically is MS doing the same with their "App" except it uses Electron, Epichrome uses Chrome or Brave.)

    04. Start it, go through the wizard, when it asks for the URL, give your Teams-URL and a fine name for it.

    (Icon can be automatically downloaded)

    05. Start the new app, log in, give permission for notifications. Since it is basically a browser, it is forced to use the default MacOS Notifications. Alt-Tab works again.

    Alternatively, there is a way to make a WebApp with chrome. But I never use chrome.

     

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chrisward
Copper Contributor
Nov 16, 2022
This works for me - Switch Notifications to Mac as in your screen shot. But I also then needed to go into System Preferences -> Notifications and Focus and then enable Notifications for Mac. I then restarted Teams for good measure (don't know if that step was essential) and now it works fine. This makes sense since the problem all along seemed to be to do with the "notifications icon" on every screen. Now Outlook also supports Mac notifications, I am all round having a much nicer experience with Office on Mac!
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chrisward
Copper Contributor
Nov 17, 2022

chrisward OK .. I spoke too soon! Stopped working and the little Teams icon is back on desktops. Seems if I restart Teams it will work for a period of time and then stop. So at this point I don't know if the Mac Notifications thing makes any difference. Disappointing. It was great being able to work "normally" at least for a couple of hours!

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    jyriatntt
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 18, 2022
    It works until you get the first notification, after that the invisible notification window is active.
    • chrisward's avatar
      chrisward
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 21, 2022
      You are right! Very frustrating 😞
      • NickFunwin's avatar
        NickFunwin
        Brass Contributor
        Nov 22, 2022
        I found a solution!

        Use Slack

        We've waited over 2 years - 32,200 topic views, and 5 pages of replied. MS don't care.

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