Weird little window

Dennis Kane

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Jul 15, 2025, 11:13:44 AMJul 15

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This little window keeps popping up on my Mac. I think that it’s contacts related and will pop up unexpectedly in any application. It started last night right after the LAPUG meeting so my first reaction was to blame Phil. ;-> Blaming others is a great way to go through life. Anyway, does someone recognize this annoyance and how to kill it.

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Allison Sheridan

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Jul 15, 2025, 11:29:51 AMJul 15

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I’m sure it IS Phil’s fault, but as I was baffled by it too, I thought I’d ask ChatGPT what it might be. Here’s what it suggested:

> It offers options to initiate a call using your iPhone or FaceTime via Continuity, assuming you’re signed into the same Apple ID and have Handoff and Wi-Fi Calling enabled.
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> Possible Triggers:
> 1. Hovering over or clicking a phone number link in an email, website, or other app.
> 2. Right-clicking a contact name or phone number in apps like Mail or Safari.
> 3. Auto-detecting contact info in documents or webpages (macOS can recognize and underline phone numbers).
> 4. Clipboard content—pasting or copying a phone number can sometimes activate this context menu in supported apps.

It suggests you could disable Handoff, but that’s SUCH a useful feature to be able to do things like copy and paste between devices, I wouldn’t want to give it up.

Is it possible it is being triggered by hovering over numbers?

Allison

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> This little window keeps popping up on my Mac. I think that it’s contacts related and will pop up unexpectedly in any application. It started last night right after the LAPUG meeting so my first reaction was to blame Phil. ;-> Blaming others is a great way to go through life. Anyway, does someone recognize this annoyance and how to kill it.
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Dennis Kane

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Jul 15, 2025, 12:26:48 PMJul 15

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It’s related to Handoff. I enabled that for the first time last night. I’m not sure what’s triggering it. I tried some of your suggestions and the little window did not pop up. I’ll likely turn off Handoff and go back to texting myself when I want to share the clipboard.

DK

Allison Sheridan

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Jul 15, 2025, 1:19:30 PMJul 15

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I would not throw the baby out with the bathwater here. Handoff is an extremely useful tool. I use it all the time. I also never see this pop-up. If it hasn't happened in a while I'd let it ride and see how it goes.

Allison

On Jul 15, 2025, at 9:26 AM, 'Dennis Kane' via MacHACers <mach...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

It’s related to Handoff. I enabled that for the first time last night. I’m not sure what’s triggering it. I tried some of your suggestions and the little window did not pop up. I’ll likely turn off Handoff and go back to texting myself when I want to share the clipboard.

DK

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It suggests you could disable Handoff, but that’s SUCH a useful feature to be able to do things like copy and paste between devices, I wouldn’t want to give it up.

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Pat Dengler

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Jul 15, 2025, 2:20:11 PMJul 15

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To help understand exactly what triggers that menu, it would be more helpful to have a screenshot that includes what it was related to…

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Jul 15, 2025, 2:39:36 PMJul 15

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In Dennis’s original email, he said it “pops up unexpectedly in any application”. He may eventually find a pattern but he hasn’t found it yet.

Allison

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Pat Dengler

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Jul 15, 2025, 2:47:23 PMJul 15

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Yes, that’s why I asked for more context…seeing more of the screen would help to determine the cause. That window does not pop up without some sort of trigger.

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Jul 15, 2025, 2:48:48 PMJul 15

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Gotcha!

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Dennis Kane

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Jul 15, 2025, 10:35:04 PMJul 15

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It’s still weirding out even with handoff turned off. I guess I’ll try rebooting.

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Tim McCoy

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Jul 15, 2025, 11:07:12 PMJul 15

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Sorry, it looks to me like an authentication popup. Have you been to any of your legitimate websites with two-factor authentication? Like a bank or anything? It is just asking where you want the six digit authentication code sent?

On Jul 15, 2025, at 8:29 AM, Allison Sheridan <all...@podfeet.com> wrote:

I’m sure it IS Phil’s fault, but as I was baffled by it too, I thought I’d ask ChatGPT what it might be. Here’s what it suggested:

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Pat Dengler

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Jul 15, 2025, 11:37:35 PMJul 15

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It’s coming from inside the house…wait - that was for something else.

This is the autofill feature in Safari. I normally have that turned off because I use 1Password for that. I turned it on and voila!:

You might have had another window or tab open that was asking for information. Quitting Safari (or restarting) should clear it out. If you want to adjust your settings it’s in Safari/Settings/Autofill.

Cheers,

Pat

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Allison Sheridan

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Jul 19, 2025, 5:40:07 PMJul 19

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Wow, slow clap for Pat! I never would have recognized it as that!

Allison

On Jul 15, 2025, at 8:37 PM, Pat Dengler <pden...@mac.com> wrote:

It’s coming from inside the house…wait - that was for something else.

Mario Obejas

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Jul 28, 2025, 7:12:44 PMJul 28

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My photographer friend has a Lacie external mechanical drive. The on light is visible (its getting power) but there is no discernible motion. He's tapped it and still no movement. He would like to recover the data.