# Search notes Shortcut Action results in a phantom Bear window in macOS **URL:** \ **Category:** Bear Bug Report\ **Created:** [August 28, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/search-notes-shortcut-action-results-in-a-phantom-bear-window-in-macos/19779 "2026-08-28T11:53:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![capfuji](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/capfuji/32/5805_2.png) [@capfuji](https://community.bear.app/u/capfuji)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/search-notes-shortcut-action-results-in-a-phantom-bear-window-in-macos/19779/1 "2026-08-28T11:53:17Z")
- **Bear Version** : 2.9.3 - **OS Version** : macOS Tahoe 26.6.2 - **What were you doing** : Trying to automate something via Shortcuts - **What feature did you use** : The action ‘Search notes’ in Shortcuts, combined with a ‘Repeat with each’ - **What happened** : The action works completely as expected, but when used while Bear isn’t running, it results in a ‘phantom’ window of Bear that is visible in Mission Control, even after the Shortcut is finished. Not a huge deal, but it results in some odd behavior when accidentally opening the phantom window. - **What did you expect to happen** : No phantom window of course 😊 - **Screenshot** : ![Scherm­afbeelding 2026-08-28 om 13.50.53](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/c/c4b365476bb56adfd4a085547b17dad22cbfb336.jpeg) It’s happens even with the most simple shortcut (did some troubleshooting), but ‘Search notes’ seems to be the root of the problem. By the way, the action ‘Search notes’ has a wrong translation in German. There it is ‘Nach Tags suchen, die…’ instead of ‘Nach Notizen suchen, die…’ ---
**Author:** ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/search-notes-shortcut-action-results-in-a-phantom-bear-window-in-macos/19779/2 "2026-08-28T15:16:25Z")
I wonder if the ghost window is rather a macOS glitch. Have you tried to reboot your Mac? Also, are you using the action with the “Open In Bear” flag on? > [@capfuji](#): > > By the way, the action ‘Search notes’ has a wrong translation in German. There it is ‘Nach Tags suchen, die…’ instead of ‘Nach Notizen suchen, die…’ Thanks, this will be corrected with the next release. ---
**Author:** ![capfuji](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/capfuji/32/5805_2.png) [@capfuji](https://community.bear.app/u/capfuji)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/search-notes-shortcut-action-results-in-a-phantom-bear-window-in-macos/19779/3 "2026-08-28T16:59:24Z")
macOS glitch might also be the case of course. Just tried rebooting my Mac, but the ghost window still appears afterwards. “Open in Bear” flag is deactivated. If I add a ‘Quit app [Bear]’ at the end, the ghost window disappears of course, but this has some other unwanted consequences. In case you’re interested and want to try it yourself: I just made this really simple Shortcut and – boom – there’s the ghost window again: ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/8/8ab157dc1a32844406a40bcec49714264e9598c8.png) And thanks for fixing the translation 😄 ---
**Author:** ![capfuji](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/capfuji/32/5805_2.png) [@capfuji](https://community.bear.app/u/capfuji)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/search-notes-shortcut-action-results-in-a-phantom-bear-window-in-macos/19779/4 "2026-09-15T10:10:30Z")
This is fixed in either macOS Golden Gate or Bear 2.10 (not sure, I installed both at the same time without thinking too much about it)… Thanks!