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Mac Docking Station Windows Reset? How to Keep Your Layout When Connecting

DEV Community·Ross·27 days ago
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Why Mac Docking Stations Mess Up Your Windows If you use a MacBook with a docking station, you've probably experienced this frustration: you carefully arrange your windows across multiple monitors, then when you disconnect or reconnect your laptop, everything gets shuffled around. Windows that were on your external monitor suddenly crowd onto your laptop screen, and your perfectly organised workspace becomes chaos. This happens because macOS treats monitor connections as "display configuration changes" — and by default, it doesn't remember where your windows were positioned for each setup. The Real Problem: macOS Display Memory macOS Sequoia introduced some native window tiling features, but they don't solve the docking station problem. The system simply doesn't have robust memory for window positions across different monitor configurations.…

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