CamberleyDaz

Q: Mavericks resizes application windows and moves them around

This problem has started since I installed Mavericks. Typically I have Firefox and Outlook loaded most of the time, occasionally other applications such as Spotify. My wife also has an account on the iMac, so she logs in, leaving me logged in. When I switch back to my account, the applications have resized themselves to odd small sizes, and Outlook is sometimes half-way off-screen and can't be moved (if I drag it back on-screen it just snaps back to the off-screen position).

 

I have found a way to prevent this, and this is to ensure my wife minimises the applications first. Strangely none of her applications (Firefox, Thunderbird, iTunes) move or resize.

 

Certainly a bug that's arrived with Mavericks, so Apple if you're reading this please fix it.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Nov 2, 2013 3:25 AM

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  • by kiwibrew,

    kiwibrew kiwibrew Jan 19, 2015 11:29 AM in response to Snarkje
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    Jan 19, 2015 11:29 AM in response to Snarkje

    My issue matches dozens in this thread. MacBookPro11,3 on 10.9.5 with it's inbuilt screen in "More Space" mode and connected via HDMI to a display at 3840*2160 @ 30Hz.

     

    My windows hold their position when the displays sleep automatically or via hot corner for some time. I think they lose their position when Energy Saver executes "turn the display off after", which I had set to one hour.

     

    No serious troubleshooting on my part yet. Just found this thread.

  • by Required2-30characters,

    Required2-30characters Required2-30characters Jun 30, 2015 8:48 AM in response to CamberleyDaz
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    Jun 30, 2015 8:48 AM in response to CamberleyDaz

    this resizing and repositioning is still happening two years after the initial post!

  • by RyanRice,

    RyanRice RyanRice Aug 23, 2015 8:39 AM in response to Required2-30characters
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    Aug 23, 2015 8:39 AM in response to Required2-30characters

    Still going and going strong for me.  Two external 4K displays with my up to date mid 2014 macbook pro, and every time I wake it up from sleep nearly every single window is moved, sometimes across displays, sometimes resized, sometimes off both screens entirely requiring me to fiddle with the menus to get it full screen so I can resize and move it.  EVERY TIME.

     

    This is beyond an inconvenience, it's a nuisance and makes using the machine incredibly aggravating.  I must lock my machine for security, which means I must move windows around every time I need to use it.

     

    It's 2015, this has been occurring for years now.  I think it's time to put some effort into fixing it.

  • by scommisso,

    scommisso scommisso Oct 16, 2015 9:08 AM in response to RyanRice
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    Oct 16, 2015 9:08 AM in response to RyanRice

    Still going strong for me as well, I'm still running Yosemite, however. Can anyone confirm if this is fixed in El Capitan? Force quitting Dock does fix the problem, but I have to do it every time I unplug my 2 external monitors from my MBP (late 2013 model). I had less problems with beta the Windows 10 preview builds on my Surface Pro 3, seriously...

     

    One of the easy ways I can tell if the window position is screwed up is if I hover over a link in Chrome and the web address doesn't show at the bottom of the browser window, but instead at some random point on the screen. That position becomes the bottom-left of the window if I attempt to resize it. So if you see that happen, force quit Dock, then you won't lose your window position if you try to resize.

  • by Geoffrey Ellis,

    Geoffrey Ellis Geoffrey Ellis Nov 12, 2015 6:02 AM in response to scommisso
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    Nov 12, 2015 6:02 AM in response to scommisso

    Just happened to me when running El Capitan (10.11.1), so obviously not fixed!

  • by damiandch,

    damiandch damiandch Aug 19, 2016 1:14 AM in response to Geoffrey Ellis
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    Aug 19, 2016 1:14 AM in response to Geoffrey Ellis

    Same here. Happened to me just now, for the first time - 10.11.6 (15G31) mbp retina 13" half 2014

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 19, 2016 8:30 AM in response to damiandch
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    Aug 19, 2016 8:30 AM in response to damiandch

    You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.

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