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macOS Monterey Automatically Resizes Windows Moved to a Secondary Display

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Apple announced macOS Monterey this week, and one small but convenient feature that went unmentioned during the WWDC keynote is automatic window resizing.

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As explained on the macOS Monterey features page, windows now automatically resize when they are moved from a Mac's built-in display to a secondary display, including an external monitor, another Mac, or an iPad using Sidecar.

This feature should prove to be particularly useful when moving windows between a smaller MacBook display and a larger external monitor.

Another new window management feature in macOS Monterey is the option to display the menu bar at all times when an app is in full-screen mode, making it easy to view an app's various menus and other glanceable information at any time.

macOS Monterey is available now in beta for developers, with a public release likely to occur at some point between September and November.

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I don't use a secondary display, but I'm sure this is a great feature for those that do. Kuddos to Apple for adding sensible functionality to their products. So much better than the much publicized and pretty useless new imojis that seem to grab the headlines.
 
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I just want applications to open on the same monitor I select them. I don't understand why that's too much to ask. If I have three monitors, and I click the icon to open an app on the far right monitor, I don't want it opening on the far left monitor. And I'm not talking about applications that were already open. I understand why they wouldn't move from monitor to monitor.
 
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ruka.snow said:
Menu bar on in full screen is going to be great. It is annoying having to slide back to a normal desktop to see the time or push the cursor up to the top.
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Exactly. Too bad that it took them 10 years though——the Full Screen feature was released in 2011 with OS X Lion. For ten years people have had to choose between maximum space for a single app or glanceable menu bar information. Better late than never I guess.
 
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kbright1892 said:
I just want applications to open on the same monitor I select them. I don't understand why that's too much to ask. If I have three monitors, and I click the icon to open an app on the far right monitor, I don't want it opening on the far left monitor. And I'm not talking about applications that were already open. I understand why they wouldn't move from monitor to monitor.
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Some apps do this for me (e.g. TextEdit), but many don't. I wish it was standard.

Something you mentioned reminds me of another thing I'd like: If you have the dock on the side of the screen (I always do as I am most constrained vertically with my 16:9 iMac), I'd like it to be able to put it on any side of any screen in a multiple monitor set up. Currently it can only be on the left of the left monitor, or the right of the right monitor, meaning it is at the extreme end of the workspace, far from ideal. With my suggestion, you'd be able to put it on the left side of the right monitor for example, much more central to the workspace.
 
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kbright1892 said:
I just want applications to open on the same monitor I select them. I don't understand why that's too much to ask. If I have three monitors, and I click the icon to open an app on the far right monitor, I don't want it opening on the far left monitor. And I'm not talking about applications that were already open. I understand why they wouldn't move from monitor to monitor.
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Current behavior to me seems to be that they reopen where they were when they quit. That is probably more logical for my workflow. I have two screens and 6 desktop spaces. Having an App remember to open in a specific space, at a specific location is just what i need.
 
As long as the window resizing can be turned off.

The menu-bar-in-fullscreen makes no sense either, maximize the bloody window already rather than full-screening it if that's what you think you want. Option checkboxes just for the sake of option checkboxes. Ridiculous.
 
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Current behavior to me seems to be that they reopen where they were when they quit. That is probably more logical for my workflow. I have two screens and 6 desktop spaces.
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Why don't people just set the app to open where they want it to open, and you're done? Right-click the icon in the dock, choose from the menu.

I must be the *only* person who doesn't experience this bug everyone else does where windows don't stay where they are put.
 
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Maybe this time they'll fix Safari's white space below the loading bar when its full screen on different displays? Hopefully they will in Monterey now that they are changing it's UI. Minor glitches like these remain unsolved for years.

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Not directly related but I really hope they also add the option to give me back the wasted strip under the “floating” dock. I like dock always visible since hiding it is what full screen is for, especially now with persistent menu bar. But no matter how small the dock is, it always wastes precious pixels on my 13” screen.
 
CarAnalogy said:
Not directly related but I really hope they also add the option to give me back the wasted strip under the “floating” dock. I like dock always visible since hiding it is what full screen is for, especially now with persistent menu bar. But no matter how small the dock is, it always wastes precious pixels on my 13” screen.
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I like my dock to hide and show. Since the last two OS releases, it has started to not hide when it should and i have to move the mouse onto the dock and off again to get it to hide.
 
posguy99 said:
The menu-bar-in-fullscreen makes no sense either, maximize the bloody window already rather than full-screening it if that's what you think you want. Option checkboxes just for the sake of option checkboxes. Ridiculous.
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I thought so at first but then I think for people who's having big monitor to have to push curser way up to the top just to glance at a clock can be infuriating.
Some of us working with many spaces at once. You can only maximize window for one.
 
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