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Sorry, I should have been much clearer. The issue occurs when I double click a file on my desktop or in a file browser window. That is, I click on a file within the OS and rely on the OS's file association mechanism to visit the file in Emacs. I can reproduce the issue with this generalised recipe: + Launch Emacs using the GUI bundle Emacs.app + Within Emacs, find-file ~/work/file1.org. Edit, save, kill. + Within Emacs, find-file ~/config/file2.txt. Edit, save, kill. + With the mouse, click on the OS desktop. Emacs loses focus. + On the desktop, double click file3.el (~/Desktop/file3.el). + Focus returns to Emacs. Emacs visits file1.org. + Return to the desktop and again double click file3.el. + Emacs gains focus and visits file2.txt. + Double click file3.el a third time. + Emacs gains focus and opens file3.el as expected. The file that actually opens following the double click is not logically or physically close to (in file-system or GUI terms) the clicked file. They are chronologically linked, however =E2=80=93 that is, they are visite= d in the same order as my original edits. Thanks.