Oct 02, '03 10:44:00AM • Contributed by: Anonymous
For OS X, my favorite solution is PullTab which has been mentioned elsewhere, availabe for free. It does, however, require the installation of Unsanity's Application Enhancer (also free). PullTab seems to effectively kill Command-tab switching in all of OS X.
In OS 9 or Classic, the problem is more involved. As far as I can tell, you must boot your machine into OS 9 first and then access the Mac Help Viewer, do a search for 'Switching between open programs,' and on that page is a link (towards the bottom) that will launch an AppleScript which allows you to change the keyboard shortcut the Application Switcher control panel uses, or to disable it completely.
Alternatively, you can run the AppleScript directly and skip the Help Viewer altogether. The script is located at /System Folder -> Help -> Mac Help -> fp -> shrd -> SetKeyboardSwitching on my machine.
Some may be tempted to access the OS 9 help viewer from Classic while it is running under OS X. I was unable to get the required AppleScript to run under these circumstances, but rebooting into 9 solved the issue. That's it, few may care but those who do and are stumped I am sure will appreciate the info.
