why are some windows not available in tile view?

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why are some windows not available in tile view?

It seems every time I want to tile my Mac windows one of the windows I want to tile is not available in this tile view. Now I have several windows open including the ones I want to tile, Safari and Music. I tile Safari to the left of the screen and Music shrinks down to bottom right. A tooltip over Music says 'Not available in this split view'. When I tile Music and try to tile Safari I get the same issue - Safari is not available to tile. WHY?????? Very frustrating.

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Posted on Jul 23, 2020 12:08 AM

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BDAqua

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Jul 23, 2020 10:41 AM in response to adrianjwilson

No idea really, but what all is checked in Sys Prefs>Mission Control?

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BDAqua

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Jul 25, 2020 10:26 AM in response to adrianjwilson

I'd uncheck those for a test.

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dialabrain

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Jul 25, 2020 10:35 AM in response to adrianjwilson

Are you running Catalina 10.15.6? Works here.

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BDAqua

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Jul 26, 2020 12:14 PM in response to adrianjwilson

Did you try it with all unticked & a restart?

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dialabrain

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Jul 26, 2020 7:00 AM in response to adrianjwilson

I would try creating a new user, log into that and see if you have the same problem. If so, I would test while in Safe Mode.

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

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Jul 26, 2020 4:39 AM in response to dialabrain

I am running Catalina 10.15.6 but it doesn’t work on mine. See photos just taken. If I select Music to tile to the left the web Page shrinks and will not tile. If I choose the webpage to tile to the left, Music shrinks and will not tile. Same if I start by tiling to the right of the screen.

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Jul 26, 2020 4:45 AM in response to BDAqua

I unchecked all the options in mission control for spaces and then ticked them one by one trying each time, but I still have the same end result. I can tile 2 separate web pages but not a web page and Music

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Answer 8

Jul 25, 2020 6:51 AM in response to BDAqua

Here we are

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why are some windows not available in tile view?

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