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\@Zett activate will bring the app to the front whether it is open or not. So really, all you need to do is check if the app you\'re looking for is frontmost. If it is, you hide it. If it isn\'t, you activate it. Ideally this should work but I don\'t care enough anymore to test it. set appName to "Mail" set needsActivation to false tell application "System Events" if frontmost of process appName then set visible of process appName to false else set needsActivation to true end if end tell if needsActivation then tell application appName to activate end if --- **Source:** [https://my.remarkbox.com/2fc4f7e6-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501](https://my.remarkbox.com/2fc4f7e6-4208-11e9-9d31-040140774501) **Snapshot:** 2026-04-27T03:27:12Z **Generator:** Remarkbox `97a1fff`