how do I disable automatic window resizing in Sequoia

That does not show the original behavior of the green button from before sequoia.

optionkey down used to allow window resizing as a toggle: this way it was easy to fit a document exactly in its own window.

is there no one who knows if it is possible to turn it of in terminal??

That does not show the original behavior of the green button from before sequoia.

optionkey down used to allow window resizing as a toggle: this way it was easy to fit a document exactly in its own window.

is there no one who knows how to turn it of in terminal??

Thanks DB. I REALLY Hate when Apple changes stuff - we didn't ask them for, like auto expanding windows, adding grey stars to Albums... duplicating Music playlists1, etc... Whatever happened to having a 4 year old use the MAC? Now oeuvre gotta google your issue after you've suffered thru their wholly caused problems...

d.s.cobb wrote:

I can assure you, based on 40 years in the Operating System business, …

Well, I can assure you, based on almost 40 years of macOS experience, that lately (last few years) some features ar shoved down our throat, some disappearing again after loads of complaint.

This one is not a bug I guess but intentionally put there, but I hope it is and it will be repaired in the next issue

Jo! wrote:

d.s.cobb wrote:

I can assure you, based on 40 years in the Operating System business, …

Well, I can assure you, based on almost 40 years of macOS experience, that lately (last few years) some features ar shoved down our throat, some disappearing again after loads of complaint.

This one is not a bug I guess but intentionally put there, but I hope it is and it will be repaired in the next issue

Every new feature in the history of macOS has been "shoved down our throat." Stage Manager, Full Screen instead of Zoom, Mail non-columnar view, Mail preview links, Launch Pad, the Dock, and everything else that is new. I can't remember a single change that wasn't enabled by default. Even Desktop & Documents in iCloud Drive was defaulted to On in the Setup Assistant. Unless you pay attention while setting up, it will be enabled. That's how Apple rolls. You are just experiencing a feature you don't like. All the rest were apparently OK.

I did take a look at it.

Apart from the fact that I need to spend money to fix something in the system that was okay previously (which I do not want to do), the app seems to add functions, not delete this one

There a few posts that say Dell monitor software causes window tiling. Perhaps you have something installed that is doing it or re-enabling it. It seems the vast majority of users have no issues turning it off.

nope.

the monitor (second monitor) is just 'a monitor' and has no accompanying software (as far as I know). It just happens to be a Dell. however, the system does know how to detect that it is a Dell … . I don't know how it does that.

There a few posts that say Dell monitor software causes window tiling. Perhaps you have something installed that is doing it or re-enabling it. It seems the vast majority of users have no issues turning it off.

what you are also saying here is that the '+' in the green button should actually behave like it used to prior to Sequoia with alle settings switched off?

Thanks so much. I HATE HATE HATE the way windows expand to fill the screen when I drag to the top. This was a huge UI fail on Apple's part. Maybe the worst thing they did in usability since the mouse where you couldn't orient it because it was a round puck.

SoSmall wrote:

Thanks for the tip, dialabrain. Who even asked for this feature? The most annoying thing Apple have added in recent years.

no, that was stage manager, and the launchpad before that, and full screen before that.

This is the worst "feature" I've experienced on my Mac. I spend time resizing windows smaller, and a few minutes later the system decided I need full screen. I hope that turning off the tiling options fix it. Take one point out of Apple's "win" column for this.

I hate this feature too. It is so bad, I reported it as a bug to Apple before realizing it was supposed to be a feature. It is an anti-feature. Windows has it too, which is I suppose why Apple added it, but yuck. Mostly it happens when I am moving windows around to see other windows, except that the window widens to cover them up. It is beyond unhelpful.

FYI, this is how I set my 2019 MBP 16. The Apple option "Drag windows to menu bar to fill screen" turns itself back "on", after I try repeatedly try to shut it "off". However, the window auto-max-resizing problem stopped. Not sure why.

bug or feature? however, its annoying as ****. every time i move a window back it resizes to something completely useless. very inefficient and annoying. turning off the "dragging to tile" does not solve the issue

Thank you! The automatic resizing frustrated me for days, but I couldn't even figure out how to ask the question until today! I was looking up "Word windows change size Mac" and variants, which led to all kinds of other answers. I include it here so that search engines might help others doing a similar search.