App Expose not showing minimized window previews in MacOS 27

I can replicate this behavior as a change from Tahoe. Whether it's intentional or not, only Apple can change it. To have Apple consider your feedback, submit it here:

Feedback - macOS - Apple

As a workaround, you can secondary-click (control-click, right-flick, two-finger click) on the application icon in the Dock. You will see a list of open document names, those that are minimized will have a small diamond next to them and those that are open will have a check mark.

It doesn't give you a thumbnail, but at least it's a way to quickly see your minimized documents in a group. You can access that same list in the application itself, in the Window menu.

More info: View and open apps on Mac – Apple Support

Yes, there is a solution – update your Mac. The current version of macOS is 27.0.1.  

See: Update macOS on Mac - Apple Support

On 27.0.1, when I force click on an application now, I see the expected App Expose behavior of open windows for that app. For example, MS Word:

teobalsamo wrote:

MacOS updated to 27.2 latest release and Apple is yet to solve the issue.

Indeed. Given macOS 27.2 addresses many reported issues with Mission Control, it is possible that Apple does not believe there is an issue to solve and rather, this is an intentional change in the behavior of Mission Control to not show thumbnail versions of minimized windows.

This is still a case where only Apple can alter the behavior. To have Apple consider your feedback, submit it here:

Feedback - macOS - Apple

teobalsamo wrote:

Oh Please! Do you really believe that?

So why should a dedicated option be among the Trackpad settings?

Why mentioning Mission Control's purpose itself?

I think you are missing the point. Mission Control works. App Exposé works. The issue under discussion (i.e., the original post of the thread) is that Mission Control and App Exposé are not showing thumbnails of minimized windows. Read carefully what Apple says in the description:

"Open windows" and "Thumbnails of full screen applications". No mention of thumbnails of minimized windows. On Tahoe, thumbnails of minimized windows were shown, but that is not the behavior described. Now the behavior matches the description.

Or maybe it's just a bug. Either way, only Apple can change it.

Not to mention that dragging objects around with three fingers on the trackpad has now gone. Maddening! Really maddening.

There is a setting for that, go to System Settings > Accessibility > Pointer Control > Trackpad Options (button), turn on the Use trackpad for dragging option and set the Dragging style to Three Finger Drag.

MacOS updated to 27.2 latest release and Apple is yet to solve the issue.

Yes, I have submitted feedback.

I'm familiar with the right-click method, but it’s just a lot more cumbersome and harder to discern between application window contents based on the name. The preview was very useful in quickly identifying what window I'm looking for.

It would suck if they removed it on purpose. I guess I should start looking for a 3rd-party alternative.

I am on the latest version and I still have the same behavior when force clicking an application

Ironically I've found other instances of this happening in past versions. Kind of crazy that we see a regression like this.

Oh Please! Do you really believe that?

So why should a dedicated option be among the Trackpad settings?

Why mentioning Mission Control's purpose itself?

Not to mention that dragging objects around with three fingers on the trackpad has now gone.

Maddening! Really maddening.

Apple's engineers seem very happy to disrupt what was perfectly and smoothly functioning on Macs, don't they.

It was a pleasure using Apple devices and operating systems.

Now what?

By the way, raised the issue a couple of weeks ago already, as soon as I had the awful idea to move to this rubbish of MacOS 27 thing (and iPhone and iPad OS 27 as well), and did it again just an hour ago.

There is a setting for that, go to System Settings > Accessibility > Pointer Control > Trackpad Options (button), turn on the Use trackpad for dragging option and set the Dragging style to Three Finger Drag.

OK, thank you.

Just a question: why the need for such a nested setting?

Or was it always among the settings and I am just not recollecting that?

I think you are missing the point. Mission Control works. App Exposé works. The issue under discussion (i.e., the original post of the thread) is that Mission Control and App Exposé are not showing thumbnails of minimized windows. Read carefully what Apple says in the description:

"Open windows" and "Thumbnails of full screen applications". No mention of thumbnails of minimized windows. On Tahoe, thumbnails of minimized windows were shown, but that is not the behavior described. Now the behavior matches the description.

Or maybe it's just a bug. Either way, only Apple can change it.

OK here too.

I see

teobalsamo wrote:

Just a question: why the need for such a nested setting?

Or was it always among the settings and I am just not recollecting that?

It's been there (Accessibility > Pointer Control > Trackpad Options) for at least several major versions of macOS. Looking at Macs in my house right now, that's where the setting is on macOS 27 Golden Gate, macOS 26 Tahoe, and macOS 15 Sequoia.

hi, have you found a solution to this problem? maybe an app?

I did update today, but it didn't fix my problem.

When I minimise a window of the app, that window doesn't show in the Expose like it used to on macos26.

this is tragic ;(((((

Same issue here, can't access anymore minimized window using exposé app.

I have the same problem, and I just reported it. It's so sad we're dealing with these issues.