I just downloaded the Magnet app. I have Chrome and the mail app open. When I drag chrome to the side, it snaps to half the screen size, as it should. But, when I try the Mail app, it snaps to slighty over half the screen width and displays the message "Can't be more narrow". This also happened for Spotify. I am running macOS Monterey. Why is it doing this?
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I have a similar problem... but not going half the screen size, my problem is trying to snap a Chrome or Firefox window to FULL size and I get that error message. Of course, I can manually drag the window to the full size by hand if I want, but Magnet won't do it. Safari works and most apps seem fine... but Chrome and Firefox for sure have issues. I suppose this isn't an "answer", but more of a 'me too' problem.– DrewCommented Jan 7, 2022 at 20:05
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According to one of the Q&A's on Magnet's web site:
Some apps don’t resize to a half screen and remain wider. What’s wrong?
Certain apps require a minimal width of their window. In some cases the width can exceed half of your screen, particularly on small screens like Macbooks'.
Found a Reddit thread that talked about this and someone proposed a better option called Rectangle: https://rectangleapp.com/
Works pretty awesome -- AND with Chrome! I just uninstalled Magnet and started using Rectangle.
Here's the original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/rx2zfn/bettersnaptool_and_magnet_not_working_for_google/
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Awesome! This is exactly like magnet, and it's free + open source. Window sizing is working again +1 Commented May 16, 2022 at 12:07
I had the same issue but then I used the keyboard shortcuts and it worked.
You can find the short in the drop-down menu.
Hope this helps.
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