Window management refers to software that controls the placement, layout, and appearance of various windows on OS X.
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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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Force window to appear on a select screen
Is there a way to make a window in OS X Lion always initially appear on a select screen? So that when the window appears, it'd automatically appear on the screen I select?
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How can I get application windows to remember my desired position for them?
It's insanely annoying having the email reply pop directly over my Firefox window every time I hit reply to an email in Mail. Each time I drag it over to the vacant space on the left of my primary ...
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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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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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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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Why is the minimize window function disabled sometimes?
Once in a while, the yellow minimize button on some windows is greyed out, and the Window → Minimize menu entry is likewise disabled. Right now, for example, this is the case with two open Terminal ...
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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 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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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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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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If I activate expose, then spaces, can I force the window arrangement to stay the same in both views?
This is on OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard).
Let's say I activated Expose (All Windows), and I see my windows in a certain arragement. Then I activate Spaces. The spaces I was in sometimes shows the windows in ...
