Application window size resetting to default

[Rayban]

I want to maximize the amount of apps that are shown in my application launcher window but it always randomly resets to the default smaller window. I've attached a screenshot of the size I set it to but it always resets. Does anyone else have this issue?

 

[Rayban]

After a restart: 👎

 

[MacGizmo]

Unfortunately, it's not just the launcher - it's most all Apple apps. Music, Numbers, Pages, Keynote... they all seem to want to resize to a tiny window. I've found a workaround for most of those apps, but the Siri launcher isn't one of them.

 

[golfnut1982]

Try Launchie or Appgrid.

 

[bogdanw]

This is incredible! Where are the settings for /System/Applications/Apps.app (com.apple.apps.launcher) stored?
Find doesn't return anything

sudo find 2>/dev/null ~/ -iname "com.apple.apps.launcher"

sudo find 2>/dev/null ~/ -iname "*launcher*"

 

[alexjohnson]

Unfortunately, it's not just the launcher - it's most all Apple apps. Music, Numbers, Pages, Keynote... they all seem to want to resize to a tiny window. I've found a workaround for most of those apps, but the Siri launcher isn't one of them.

What bogdanw isn't saying is that he is the expert contributor on the How to reset a window's size and position? for those of us who have spent years infuriated that we have nudged a window or thought we had grabbed it to move out only to find we were a pixel off and have resized, only to find the change is irreversible!

There is something more than a little ironic about people on the other side of this.

Seriously I can see why it is annoying: it is the mirror image. Some people want the windows to stick to the defaults, or at least to be able to get back to that easily. Some people just as validly want their changes to stick. It seems like this should not be rocket science…

 

[MacGizmo]

What bogdanw isn't saying is that he is the expert contributor on the How to reset a window's size and position? for those of us who have spent years infuriated that we have nudged a window or thought we had grabbed it to move out only to find we were a pixel off and have resized, only to find the change is irreversible!

There is something more than a little ironic about people on the other side of this.

Seriously I can see why it is annoying: it is the mirror image. Some people want the windows to stick to the defaults, or at least to be able to get back to that easily. Some people just as validly want their changes to stick. It seems like this should not be rocket science…

Did you mean to reply to me, or even in this thread? I'm sorry, but your reply here is lost on me (then again, it's 3am as I type this and I've had NO COFFEE yet).

 

[bogdanw]

As it turns out, /System/Applications/Apps.app is not an app at all. It’s just another instance of Spotlight. So, its preferences are stored in ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Spotlight.plist

There are several values related to size & position: lastWindowPosition, queryViewOptionsApplications, lastVisibleScreenRect, startTime.

Deleting the com.apple.Spotlight plist file and quitting Spotlight might fix the reset issue.

 

[alexjohnson]

Did you mean to reply to me, or even in this thread? I'm sorry, but your reply here is lost on me (then again, it's 3am as I type this and I've had NO COFFEE yet).

Sorry if it came across as random! I did: I was aiming to point out an unexpected symmetry. Not to worry!