lately all my windows are a few mm smaller all around. I have to physically grab each corner and size it up to full screen. Is this some bug or do I have some setting adjusted?
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- Thread starter Lucas Curious
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thank you. not sure why apple forced these ridiculous changes on you and then makes you go look for solutions
If your window is too small, you can drag one of its corners (the top left, top right, etc.) while holding down the Option key, and the window will expand equally in all directions.
Or you can simply use Control+Command+F to go to full screen.
I find the new tiling feature simple and helpful. YMMV as they say.
Or you can simply use Control+Command+F to go to full screen.
I find the new tiling feature simple and helpful. YMMV as they say.
how is it helpful? whats the point of it?If your window is too small, you can drag one of its corners (the top left, top right, etc.) while holding down the Option key, and the window will expand equally in all directions.
Or you can simply use Control+Command+F to go to full screen.
I find the new tiling feature simple and helpful. YMMV as they say.
I suppose it might be helpful in some contexts, but when you've been using Macs since System 6 you expect windows to stay where you put them. I still think having this new feature enabled by default is silly.
That did not happen on my computer (originally OS 10.15, upgraded through 11.x, 12.x, 14.x, 15.1). Windows "took off" and rearranged themselves before I even completed the drag.
that isnt the issue. even if you drag a window to any corner, you will still be missing a couple mm at the edges. It has to be disabled in settings like the guy above instructed. No idea what the purpose is of this new default window sizing but I hated it. if im using a 14" screen, I want all 14" as my productivity software space is cramped as it is.You literally get an outline preview of the screen when you drag it. If it's not what you want, just drag it back a few mm.
If you want to do something more complex:
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It's really not that hard.
Oh, and my first computer was a Mac Classic.
I see. Maybe that's a bug on older Macs? I can't reproduce it on my M3 iMac. On mine, if the cursor doesn't touch the screen edge, no tiling occurs. Observe the cursor and where you're positioning it to grab the window.
Just for the sake of completeness, here's another simple way to tile. Just hover over the green button, and voila:
Actually that's not true unless the cursor touches the screen edge, at least for me. If I grab the window at its top-center, I can drag it to/beyond the screen edge w/o any tiling occurring, as long as the cursor doesn't touch the edge. As I said, YMMV. Still, IMHO the fact that you don't want to use tiling doesn't make it a "ridiculous" feature.