The message "Select entities to order" comes from one of the order tools.
This means, that any of the order tools is active then.
Maybe you push any of the order tool hot keys Home/End/PgUp/PgDn?
Look at the Tools -> Modify -> Order menu to see the hot keys, possibly this is an issue on Mac OS.
Armin
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