Window management refers to software that controls the placement, layout, and appearance of various windows on OS X.
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publickey error using cvs
I'm trying to get a copy of the repository for scrotwm using their cvs repository, but I'm having some trouble. I'm running the pull according to this example: ...
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XQuartz directories in Mountain Lion
I'm trying to set up dwm in Mountain Lion, and while I have a lot of experience in UNIX-like systems, I haven't been using Apple products for very long. I'm following this gist: ...
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Saving window postions and sizes when connecting/disconnecting Macbook pro retina with TWO external monitors
there's a lot of excellent questions about window management here, and great answers. Like this one
What Window Management Options exist for OS X?
But I still can't find a reliable answer to my ...
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how to get Finder to automatically open a Finder window / or always keep one open?
Let's say I have all my Finder windows closed. I'm in an application, like let's say Google Chrome. I ⌘-tab to the Finder icon to switch to Finder. But it shows me nothing... no windows, because I ...
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How to move window to different desktop via keyboard in Lion?
In Snow Leopard, to move a window to a different space, I had to use the mouse to select the window and use the keyboard to select the target space (e.g., ctrl + 1,2,3).
In Lion, what keyboard (maybe ...
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Creating a shortcut for Zooming (maximizing) windows that actually works on every app?
As of MacOS 10.6.6, there's no keyboard shortcut that I know of for zooming (maximizing) the window.
There's ⌘M to minimize, though.
I made a custom shortcut, defined it on the keyboard preferences ...
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How would I make a keyboard shortcut to *maximize* the current window?
I love using the keyboard in Windows. It's an integrated part of the OS, and it feels like it; nearly every mouse action has a keyboard equivalent.
However, as I am starting to use Macs more and ...
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How to keep window from moving?
Is there a way to lock a window in place?
It's quite frustrating when I get a window in the exact location and I accidentally move it (by a Witch shortcut or by mouse).
I'd like to know how to ...
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OS X Mountain Lion: keyboard shortcut to move current window to another space
In OS X Mountain Lion, is there a way I can assign a keyboard shortcut to move the active window to a specified space (or even the adjacent space if an arbitrary space can't be specified).
Ideally, ...
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What Window Management Options exist for OS X?
I'd like to do something with my windows on OS X, where something includes options like re-arranging, moving, re-sizing, remembering positions, cloning across Spaces, etc. What options exist?
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Window out of visible workspace range / unreachable
I'm running OS X Lion on a MacBook Air 11", and when I unplug my secondary display, some windows (e.g., Finder) are overflowing at the edge of the screen.
This usually happens on the right-hand side ...
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Window management app on mac os x?
I currently use "Stay," and have tried other tools (haven't really loved any of them), but I am looking for a window management tool that does the following:
Store my window locations
Have a ...
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Window management software? [duplicate]
I'm using a very simple tool on Windows called http://www.maxto.net which allows me to set screen regions and maximizes to that region. Is there similar software on OS X? The one's I've found only ...
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Hotkey to scroll other window without switching to it
Emacs has a nice feature in the C-M-v keybind (scroll-other-window in Emacs Lisp), which causes the other window in a frame with two windows to scroll (I haven't tried it with more than two windows) ...
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How can I prevent java processes from stealing focus?
Has anyone else noticed that command line java applications in OS X create GUI processes that steal focus (ie, groovy, maven sub processes)? I'm finding it extremely annoying; probably because I've ...
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Improving Cmd-` app window switching - MRU order and/or preview
Using the Cmd-` shortcut to switch between windows in an application is inefficient for me when there are more than two windows since they are cycled through in a fixed order and there is little ...
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How do I make OS X auto focus on the window in the screen the mouse moves into?
I work with two screens. On the primary screen, I have XCode on. On the other screen, I have the browser. While reading docs, I am usually focused on the XCode screen, typing in code.
So I want to ...
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How do I make a window move to the left half of my screen and another window move to the right half? [duplicate]
On Windows 8, I type win + left and the current window becomes full-height and half the screen width and moves to the left. If I type win + right, the current window does the same except moves to the ...
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How to run Wireshark in the background without the GUI?
I am trying to run Wireshark on Mac OS X in the background. I installed the command line utilities, and so I am able to start Wireshark and capture packets using the command line.
The only thing I ...
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Alternative way to move windows around screen
In X (Xfree86 on Linux or UNIX) I could move a window around the screen by holding down a modifier key (the CTRL key if memory serves me correctly) and move a window around the screen by dragging it ...
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Programmer new to Apple - How to efficiently switch between files in XCode?
I'm a programmer that's pretty much brand new to Apple software, and everthing is all weird and different and scary :P, so I'm trying to figure out some workflow stuff:
I'm used to having a Visual ...
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Remembering window position/size
At work, I have a 27" iMac with a 2560 x 1440 display. I have my windows all laid out as I like them.
On Fridays, I telecommute, using my Macbook Pro (1440 x 900) to connect to my work iMac using ...
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Get list of recently focused windows/processes
An application on my Mac seems to want to take focus away roughly every 4-5 minutes. I hate to complain, but it is quite distracting and rather irritating. If I am in the middle of typing and not ...
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How do I prevent my Mac from opening so many windows every time I restart?
I have to restart my Mac all the time because I'm using Boot Camp and switching in between Windows 8 and OS X. Every time I restart and come back to OS X, my screen gets flooded with open windows, ...
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Cmd + Tab showing different windows from a single app?
Is there a way for Cmd+Tab to display all of the instances/windows of an app?
An excellent example is here:
Notice how it shows the available instances of that application? That's what I'm looking ...
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How to arrange two windows easily to left and right side?
In Windows 7, we can easily arrange two windows with these shortcuts: Option (Alt) ⌥ + ← maximizes the window to the left side of the screen, and Option (Alt) ⌥ + → maximizes the window to the right ...
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How I can unminimize windows from an application using a key combination?
Coming from the Windows world, I was initially used to using Cmd-Tab to switch between open windows. On OS X this switches between applications, so I had to learn to use Ctrl-` to switch between ...
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Is there a keyboard shortcut to move a window from one monitor to another?
Is there a free app that I can use to move a window from one monitor to the other monitor (assuming only two monitors) via the keyboard? I shouldn't have to use the mouse at all (e.g., for selecting ...
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Switching between windows of one application in multiple spaces
I know you can use command + ` to switch between windows in one program in one space.
But this is only in the one space, if you have other windows from the same App in different spaces ... it won't ...
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How to make Chrome open a new window for external Links
As some people might know, the default behavior for external links of Google Chrome is quite bad. I'm using Spaces, and opening a link in some application outside of Google Chrome while being on a ...
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How do I move a window to my secondary monitor above the menu bar?
I just bought a second monitor which I've placed on a stand above my macbook. It seems to be working great but I can't move any application windows on to it because it's also above the menu bar. Is ...
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Is there a way to disable minimising windows with the yellow button in OS X?
Coming from the Windows world, I am used to minimising windows in OS X, then using Cmd-Tab to get back to the app to re-open them. However, this doesn't work on OS X, and the approach for re-opening ...
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Do any window managers allow me to snap windows to the sides of the display?
Can you recommend a Window Manager for the Mac? I would like to have a keyboard shortcut that would snap a windows to the left or right half of my screen.
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How to show blinking browser window
Guys, help, please. I don't know what to do.
I'm using a web application for my job. This is interactive web chat. It opens in new window and uses tab header blinking to notify when new messages are ...
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Move windows around a desktop — and to different desktops — using only the keyboard?
Here's what I'm trying to accomplish using only a keyboard:
Move a window to different areas/corners of a desktop
Move a window to different desktops
Set/unset a window as shown/sticky on all ...
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Why can't I move a window below the dock?
I'm trying to move a window so that I can see part of the title at the top of the dock, basically the text in between where the individual icons on the dock stick up. I am fine with this as basically ...
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Keyboard shortcut for current window position
I am looking for the keyboard shortcut to place the current window in half of the screen, either to the left or right. This functionality is performed in windows by typing the windows button plus left ...
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Which App saves and restores window size/position on relaunch of an app?
Is there an app that saves (when I quit the application) and restores the window size and position of an application the next time I start it?
I found apps like Optimal-Layout, Breeze and Simple ...
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Customizing new-window placement
Is there any way for a user to customize how OSX chooses where to place new windows? It would be great if I could create rules for how that's done, especially if I could do it per-application.
To be ...
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Minimize other windows of an application
Is it possible to do the equivalent of "Hide other Applications" for Windows of the same application?
Say i have around 4 main windows open for Chrome and each has 10 tabs. I would like to switch to ...
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Position windows via command line
I've got a little bit of ruby that sizes and repositions windows to a saved layout. It uses a snippet of AppleScript to actually do the positioning:
osascript -e 'tell application "Twitter" to set ...
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Can RedQuits be made to work with Chrome and OS X?
I am used to RedQuits as I like Chrome to behave the same way under different OSes (i.e. closing last window quits application), but I can't make it work on a new iMac with Lion. Others have similar ...
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How can I automate window arrangement?
I know and have been reading a few ideas about how to "import" the features of xmonad/tiling window managers in OSX. I don't care much about the X11/Xquartz windows, but about conventional OSX ...
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How do I cycle through windows without bringing each to the fore?
I'm from a Linux background trying to get used to the differences with Mac OS X. I've gotten resigned to the fact that to switch from one window to another I first need to switch Apps via CMD+Tab and ...
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What software is available changing the default maximize button behavior in this video?
The still from this video (see image below) shows non-standard window maximization control options. Upon mouse hover on the + in the normal close, minimize, maximize controls (top-left of each ...
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Force constant refreshing of WINE window
I'm trying to run Imperialism 2 on Crossover (WINE), in virtual desktop mode. The game nearly works except that the screen doesn't update.
What I mean by this is that the WINE window is initially ...
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Is there an app that can save dual-display window states and automatically save/restore them when I disconnect/reconnect the dual display?
I have a dual-display setup, and I have many open windows on each of my displays. When I disconnect the display and reconnect it, all the windows are positioned on my native display in an unordered ...
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What's the dot in the centre of the red window close button for?
When I'm working with certain applications / windows in Mac OS X (I'm using 10.8, although I'm not sure that's relevant), I sometimes see a black dot in the centre of the red window close button. What ...
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Switching from Ubuntu to OS X and I'm lost
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I got tired of some bugs/annoyments in Ubuntu(=some programs coming along with it). For example after using compiz for a few days I found bugs that were
distracting my work flow pretty bad ...
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How do you maximize windows?
Unlike Windows, you cannot maximize a window in Mac with a click of the button. The little green (+) button next to the red and yellow buttons at the left of the windows does some strange stuff ...
