Feerik001
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Q: After restart windows position are reset(

Hello everyone. How to make El Capitan to remember position of arranged windows after restart? cant find answer anywhere. please help.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Jan 15, 2016 9:13 AM

by solo68,Solvedanswer
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A:

1) Go to Desktop 1 and launch all of the apps you want to stay in that Desktop.

 

2) In the Dock, right-click each of the app icons and hover your mouse over Options, and inside Options select This Desktop.

That will assign that specific app to always launch and stay open in that specific Desktop. This also works if you have multiple displays or Apple TV.

 

3) As your workflow requires, repeat the process for any additional Desktops and apps.

 

Test it out by quitting an app or all of the apps. Then move to another Desktop besides any that you created above, just to prove this to yourself, then relaunch your app(s). You will find that it works great. It is not necessary to restart your Mac to test this out, but if you feel better conducting a test by restarting, then go for it.

 

Also, you can use the Automator app to create an app that will launch all of the these apps for you by simply launching this, one, Automator created app. The benefit is that it will launch all the apps for you, and there is a way to make it pause for whichever amount of time you require between the launching of one app to the next. If you would also like help with this, just say so, and I'll offer a quick reply.

 

Now if anyone can help me to resize the text in the OS X El Capitan help window(s), I would really appreciate it. I have not found anything on that, and was looking for something when I found this inquiry. LoL I simply want the font size in the help window to be larger than the default. In earlier versions of OS X there was a  Toolbar menu with a gear icon on it that allowed us to change the font size in any help window, but I cannot seem to find it. Thanks!

 

Blessings!

Posted on Jan 25, 2016 6:25 AM

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Q: After restart windows position are reset(

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  • by actionmarker,

    actionmarker actionmarker Jan 20, 2016 4:03 AM in response to Feerik001
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    Jan 20, 2016 4:03 AM in response to Feerik001

    Is this what you are after?

     

    Check the 'Reopen windows when logging back in' before selecting Restart.

    Screen Shot 2016-01-20 at 11.01.40 pm.png

  • by Feerik001,

    Feerik001 Feerik001 Jan 24, 2016 8:41 AM in response to actionmarker
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    Jan 24, 2016 8:41 AM in response to actionmarker

    nope( i have many programs in autorun when computer starts and they all open in desktop 1. but i need them to open in desktop 2 and desktop 3. how can i make that?

  • by solo68,Solvedanswer

    solo68 solo68 Jan 25, 2016 6:25 AM in response to Feerik001
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    Jan 25, 2016 6:25 AM in response to Feerik001

    1) Go to Desktop 1 and launch all of the apps you want to stay in that Desktop.

     

    2) In the Dock, right-click each of the app icons and hover your mouse over Options, and inside Options select This Desktop.

    That will assign that specific app to always launch and stay open in that specific Desktop. This also works if you have multiple displays or Apple TV.

     

    3) As your workflow requires, repeat the process for any additional Desktops and apps.

     

    Test it out by quitting an app or all of the apps. Then move to another Desktop besides any that you created above, just to prove this to yourself, then relaunch your app(s). You will find that it works great. It is not necessary to restart your Mac to test this out, but if you feel better conducting a test by restarting, then go for it.

     

    Also, you can use the Automator app to create an app that will launch all of the these apps for you by simply launching this, one, Automator created app. The benefit is that it will launch all the apps for you, and there is a way to make it pause for whichever amount of time you require between the launching of one app to the next. If you would also like help with this, just say so, and I'll offer a quick reply.

     

    Now if anyone can help me to resize the text in the OS X El Capitan help window(s), I would really appreciate it. I have not found anything on that, and was looking for something when I found this inquiry. LoL I simply want the font size in the help window to be larger than the default. In earlier versions of OS X there was a  Toolbar menu with a gear icon on it that allowed us to change the font size in any help window, but I cannot seem to find it. Thanks!

     

    Blessings!

  • by Feerik001,

    Feerik001 Feerik001 Jan 25, 2016 6:26 AM in response to solo68
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    Jan 25, 2016 6:26 AM in response to solo68

    Perfect. Thank you very much!

  • by solo68,

    solo68 solo68 Jan 25, 2016 6:36 AM in response to Feerik001
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    Jan 25, 2016 6:36 AM in response to Feerik001

    You're welcome. I am glad to help.