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Command Reopen

Command Reopen

Command Reopen makes Cmd+Tab restore minimized windows and reopen closed ones — with zero permissions, sandboxed, from the Mac App Store.

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macOS Cmd+Tab switches to an app but leaves its minimized windows in the Dock — you land on an empty screen. Command Reopen fixes that: switch with Cmd+Tab as usual, and your minimized windows come back automatically. If the app has no window at all (hello, Finder), it opens a new one.

Unlike other switcher utilities, Command Reopen needs no Accessibility access and no Screen Recording. It's a sandboxed Mac App Store app that enhances the native switcher instead of replacing it — your muscle memory stays the same, and it works on company-managed Macs where those permissions are blocked by IT policy.

Free 14-day trial; unlock for a one-time $9.99 (an annual plan is also available). Source available on GitHub.

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