That’s a feature in macOS Monterey. I have it enabled. The menu bar is fully black like it is on iPad’s “status bar”
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macOS Monterey Automatically Resizes Windows Moved to a Secondary Display
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Will we be able to disable a secondary display as if it were disconnected despite it being physically connected and turned on or in standby?
This is a feature I miss at home where I have the TV connected as a secondary display, but most of the time I don't use it and would like to have it disabled in macOS while still physically connected to the computer when the TV is in use by other family members. Not possible in MacOS (Big Sur).
Now, if I boot into that other operating system that starts with a W this can be done natively in the OS.
This is a feature I miss at home where I have the TV connected as a secondary display, but most of the time I don't use it and would like to have it disabled in macOS while still physically connected to the computer when the TV is in use by other family members. Not possible in MacOS (Big Sur).
Now, if I boot into that other operating system that starts with a W this can be done natively in the OS.
Does no one remember the rumor from at least 2 years ago that the upcoming macOS would have window snapping a la Windows 10/BetterTouchTool? Apparently it was a near-guarantee but it never emerged AND no one ever talked about it again...? I'm content with BTT but shocked it hasn't been provided as a default feature in any version of macOS
The Full Screen implementation in Lion and later was bizarre since the beginning. All they had to do was provide a way for applications to detect which monitor they are running on, and fill up only that monitor. Many applications at the time could already do this including hiding the menu bar and other window elements. But Apple went with this "displays have separate spaces" idea which introduces the problem of application windows not being able to span more than one monitor. It is disconcerting to see an application window sitting between 2 monitors while the window is chopped off one of those monitors. If Windows PCs did this but MacOS did not, then Mac users would have ridiculed Windows to no end. Exactly what problem did Apple think they were solving with their wacky implementation? Surely those highly skilled Apple engineers could make it possible to have an application cover only 1 monitor in full screen mode, show the menu bar on all monitors, show the Dock on any monitor, and have application windows span multiple monitors without having to switch modes and log out.
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Yeah I realize that. Maximized window is an awkward kind of fullscreen. You can't 3-fingers swipe through it or effortlessly put window size by size.
Space is much better than maximized window. Some people might not agree but for people who's working with multiple spaces and with big monitor to have menu bar for space is a great news. I don't need it because I have 13" MB. It doesn't bother me to move my curser when I want to see menu bar but for people who have 24" iMac, let alone rumored 32" that would come later, it can be.
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How many iPads you own? 😉How many secondary displays can I use on my M1 Mac?
The Siemens RTL Tiled Window Manager (released in 1988) was the first to implement automatic placement/sizing strategies. Another tiling window manager from this period was the Cambridge Window Manager developed by IBM's Academic Information System group.
I would love to see a first class tiling window manager available for MacOS. Amethyst is ok, but I haven't found anything that beats i3wm on Linux. Yabai (https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai) might work, but it requires disabling of SIP.
I think it’s a per app behavior.
Safari windows spread over several screens survive, even after restarting the computer, reopening and choosing to load all the previous session. Most will open on the right screen but not on the right desktop, example, monitor 3 contains desktop #3 and #4, if a bunch of chat apps where on monitor 3’s desktop 4, when restarting it will open on monitor’s 3 desktop 3 instead (however this is easily fixable by a mission control multi app view three fingers up swipe and flicking them to the right desktop #, they will retain their relative x y position and size).
Microsoft apps take the crown though, Teams, OneNote, etc for me open wherever they feel like every single time or sometimes they stick to a specific monitor but never the right one I wanted it to be at.
Get the companies name but this is done before back in mid 90s company that built a desktop computer that was headless connect to laptop our display that screen on the laptop so inverse but it’s been done
you can already do that
go to mission control and uncheck displays have different spaces
I wish that were consistently true. This issue mostly stemmed from an application that I used for the camera in my toddler's room that we use as a baby monitor. For some reason, when I dragged the window from one monitor to another, the display went white and wouldn't show video until it was quit and launched again. However, no matter what monitor it was on when I last closed it, it always opened on the same monitor, which was never the one I wanted it on. Luckily, a new version of the software fixed the problem.
I'm rather sure that would be a programing error in the application rather than an operating system issue?
I know it's not the same thing, but I'm a huge fan of Spectacle on the Mac. That and Itsycal are two of the first things I install on any Mac.
I see a lot of appeal in Tiled Window Managers. They're so clean. But... IDK. Maybe I should just try out Amethyst or chunkwm and see how it goes. The fact that I always see huge lists of keyboard shortcuts make me think they're not for me... Tiled Window Managers seem insufficiently intuitive. I want it to automatically do the right thing most of the time, and I want it to be super easy to fix when it's wrong.
I might really like it if windows would just automatically close if I haven't interacted with them in hours, and they're hidden behind other windows... I probably forgot it was there.
So put the window where you want it to be, and you're done. I'm not sure what can be more intuitive than that.