Michael Lindner1

Q: Upgraded to Maverick - finder (and some other) windows are stuck to upper left corner

So I upgraded to Maverick. Firefox seems to be crashing, but that's not my biggest problem. Terminal and Finder windows are short (only a few lines long) and are pegged to the top left corner. They cannot be resized or moved - they snap back to their original place when I let go. Anybody have a solutions? Is there a way to downgrade?

Macbook Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Oct 25, 2013 8:35 AM

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Q: Upgraded to Maverick - finder (and some other) windows are stuck to upper left corner

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  • by Alamgir,

    Alamgir Alamgir Oct 29, 2013 11:42 PM in response to Michael Lindner1
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    Oct 29, 2013 11:42 PM in response to Michael Lindner1

    Can you find the 'Finder' ? LOL. Its trying to hide, in the top left corner, and wont come out. Is this a feature of Maverick? Please fix it, -I will even pay up to $10.

    Maveric_Find_the_Finder_bug.png

  • by Rafael Marino,

    Rafael Marino Rafael Marino Oct 30, 2013 5:51 PM in response to Michael Lindner1
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    Oct 30, 2013 5:51 PM in response to Michael Lindner1

    Same problem. Windows get stuck in the top left hand corner.

     

    My computer is always on but the screen goes off after 10 minutes of inactivity Sometimes when I wake the screen up I find most windows stuck in the top left hand corner and the only way to solve the problem is to quit or force quit the applications which windows are stuck. Very, very annoying.

     

    Apparently it was a common bug with the earlier betas according to this:

     

    http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/107327/windows-get-stuck-in-top-left-co rner-after-upgrading-to-mavericks

     

    Hope a solution comes out soon.

  • by nicnerd,

    nicnerd nicnerd Oct 31, 2013 9:46 AM in response to Michael Lindner1
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    Oct 31, 2013 9:46 AM in response to Michael Lindner1

    I am having the same issue.  I have called Apple support for the past week and I keep going through the hoops, created a new user test account, flashed the PRAM, re-installed the OS, etc.  Nothing works, they will not admit that this is a problem impacting multiple users, you know, the usual.  At this point it is difficult to use my Mac for work as I never know when my windows will vanish to the left side abyss.  I do not recall the team demoing this new hide your windws and mess up the UI feature inthe product demos.

  • by knitty34,

    knitty34 knitty34 Nov 4, 2013 5:44 AM in response to Michael Lindner1
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    Nov 4, 2013 5:44 AM in response to Michael Lindner1

    Yup same problem here with Mail in particular. When we switch between users it is hidden away in the corner and we have to restart mail to get it to "release"

  • by Chefino,

    Chefino Chefino Nov 6, 2013 4:23 AM in response to Michael Lindner1
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    Nov 6, 2013 4:23 AM in response to Michael Lindner1

    Most of the times switching to the login screen and then logging back again fixes the problem, for that occasion that is. Does not solve the problem from reappearing though.

  • by oi_joe,

    oi_joe oi_joe Nov 8, 2013 8:13 AM in response to Michael Lindner1
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    Nov 8, 2013 8:13 AM in response to Michael Lindner1

    I have been finding this happening also, I have a mac mini, late 2012 model. I happens even if I just turn my monitor off and back on. The only way around it I have found so far, is to minimize any widows I have open before turning the screen off, or computer to sleep. Hiding open programs works too, so far.

  • by teladoy,

    teladoy teladoy Nov 8, 2013 9:18 AM in response to Michael Lindner1
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    Nov 8, 2013 9:18 AM in response to Michael Lindner1

    Finaly solution thanks oi_joe. Question how many of us the affected are on in VPN?

  • by teladoy,

    teladoy teladoy Nov 8, 2013 12:47 PM in response to teladoy
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    Nov 8, 2013 12:47 PM in response to teladoy

    oi_joe solution does not work for me.

     

    Sorry

  • by designerJohnson,

    designerJohnson designerJohnson Nov 10, 2013 8:39 AM in response to Michael Lindner1
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    Nov 10, 2013 8:39 AM in response to Michael Lindner1

    I was having this problem too. Complicating the matter, my dock was anchored to the left of my screen. To view the contents of my folder that was stuck at the top left corner, I reduced the size of my dock. As soon as I did that, surprise, surprise, my stuck window jumped forward, away from its locked corner position. Everything seems fine now, oddly enough.

     

    I'd be curious to see if other people having this problem also have their doc situated at the left side of their screen.

     

    Regards,

     

    designerJohnson™

  • by teladoy,

    teladoy teladoy Nov 10, 2013 9:07 AM in response to designerJohnson
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    Nov 10, 2013 9:07 AM in response to designerJohnson

    No mine is on the botton, I when back to 10.8.3 most stable OS since Leopard (10.5) for me I don't thing I missing much. I hope 10.10 is better. You can beat stability.

  • by jedimark64,

    jedimark64 jedimark64 Nov 10, 2013 12:56 PM in response to designerJohnson
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    Nov 10, 2013 12:56 PM in response to designerJohnson

    Have my dock on the bottom, but resizing it like you suggested did the trick for me.. Thanks!

  • by Mumurlen,

    Mumurlen Mumurlen Nov 11, 2013 5:45 AM in response to Michael Lindner1
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    Nov 11, 2013 5:45 AM in response to Michael Lindner1

    I have same issue. You guys are right, it looks like the isue is somnehow related to the dock. Plaing with the dock settings will make the window unstuck. I was able to move it where I needed once I moved my dock to left side and than back to the botom.

  • by Rogatienne,

    Rogatienne Rogatienne Nov 12, 2013 5:43 AM in response to Mumurlen
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    Nov 12, 2013 5:43 AM in response to Mumurlen

    I have the same problem, with a 2011 mac mini server with a clean mavericks install.

     

    And the trigger seems to be turning off the monitor also in my case. Note that sometimes the windows, instead of being stuck in the top left part of the screen, are simply resized in an almost orizontal shape (i.e. they use almost all the lenght of the screen, but only one fifth of the height).

     

    Rogi

    P.s. i will try the "dock trick" to solve the problem

  • by nicnerd,

    nicnerd nicnerd Nov 12, 2013 8:31 AM in response to Rogatienne
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    Nov 12, 2013 8:31 AM in response to Rogatienne

    Thank you all for the tip.  My dock is on the bottom, so I just clicked to move it to the left and the windows magically unstuck, then I put the dock back on the bottom.  It is a bit annoying to do this, but it beats the alternative of force closing application multiple times per day.  Perhaps Apple can now get their head out of their arse and quit having their support people advise me to do perform "fixes" such as re-installing the entire OS.  I have wasted literally several days on the phone with Apple's support team trying to get them to ackowledge that there is a bug that needs to be fixed.

     

    I feel like Apple's pet, I pay them a load of cash for hardware, then they release buggy software and force me to perform tricks for their entertainment.

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