Since updating this morning when I move windows around on my cinematic display they JUMP to full screen if I even get close to the top of the screen. How do I make this STOP!
MacBook Pro (M3 Pro, 2023)
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Sep 28, 2024 11:50 AM in response to d.s.cobb
Thanks for confirming, @d.s.cobb! That's exactly the faulty behavior I had reported via Apple Feedback.
Here, it's a Mac Mini M2 Pro with a Dell UltraSharp 40" monitor (U4021QW). And that turned out to be the problem.
As suggested by Dell, I had installed Dell's DDPM software, and allowed it to open automatically on startup. That software has a feature called EasyArrange which allows, among other things, window tiling just like in Sequoia. I've never used it, though, and wasn't aware it was seemingly turned on (maybe it wasn't). For more than a year, it hasn't caused any issues.
Now that changed when updating to Sequoia. Don't ask me how this is possible, but the new macOS window tiling feature seems to have enabled the DDPM EasyArrange feature, with no way of disabling it.
From there on, fixing the issue was easy: Quit DDPM, and the nasty behavior immediately goes away. Go to Settings, Login Items & Extensions, Open at Login, and remove DDPM, so that it doesn't load on startup. Problem solved. This also explains why most people in this thread didn't encounter the problem the way I did.
Not sure why Apple would not post my feedback and thanks for this solution - it was driving me crazy.
Perhaps I was to emotional so trying again. It is really frustrating when you have your system tweeked for yourself and an update breaks it. It would be so helpful if more options were customisable so we could solve things ourselves.
I also suggested sending feedback about Notes not sorting A-Z Apple Feedback - macOS - Apple
Thank you for the solutions. This unwanted change was driving me crazy. I don't know how much productivity I lost do this supposed "convenience." Everyone in the meeting where they dreamed up that stupidity should be demoted.
I came here to say that this is the absolutely dumbest feature and whoever designed it and convinced Apple to implement it should not be in charge of UI features... It's so bad and unintuitive and not something anyone would ever want to do. Drove me crazy until I finally googled to discover that it could be turned off. Thank you Dialabrain!
This is what happens when you let I.T. types run the show instead of asking people what they want/need.
People here have been asking for it for years. It was something some people wanted. I have no idea why.
Not so. Nobody complains that they "do not like" the new "feature", but rather that it interferes with their work, breaks down EXISTING behavior and UI Mac users have learned to use and expect for decades, plus (my addition) breaking of several dozen rules in Apple Human-Interface Guidelines book.
This is not a feature, but badly-conceived, poorly executed, and very-hard-to-avoid User-experience change. It directly diminishes usability and productivity for users who do not know and expect.
Motti.Sh wrote:
Not so. Nobody complains that they "do not like" the new "feature", but rather that it interferes with their work,
I didn’t state that. I responded to the statement that nobody wants automatic window tiling. That has been requested many times by users here over the last decade at least. People did ask for the feature.
When it appeared, I just went into Settings and turned it off. I still enable the Option key capability.
I don’t understand why people don’t know how to use the basic features of macOS.
One of the all-time dumbest features ever on Desktop. And hard to get rid of it...it plagued me but thanks to the forum I was able to disable it FINALLY.
Seems like Apple is desperate for new features (like the abominable changes to the Photos app), most of which are highly counterintuitive.
SusyHiggs wrote:
This, yes this one from stueey, is the only correct reply!
Why did it come so late?
Thank you, stueey!
turning the feature off in system settings was the very first reply in this thread.
Uncheck “Tiling & snapping”•
There is no “snapping” in System settings. That’s what happens when you trust a statistical probability distribution of words to solve your problems.
The answer was posted on the very first page of replies to this question.
THIS IS KILLING ME. I rely on using Option+Left/Right Arrow to jump between words when editing text, e.g. in Safari, Finder, or any app, but NOW ALL THE APPS HAVE REMAPPED THIS TO WINDOW RESIZING!!!!!!
This function NEEDS TO BE KILLED IMMEDIATELY. Otherwise I'm at risk of switching back to my MacBook 2016 lol.
urban-jellyfish wrote:
THIS IS KILLING ME. I rely on using Option+Left/Right Arrow to jump between words when editing text, e.g. in Safari, Finder, or any app, but NOW ALL THE APPS HAVE REMAPPED THIS TO WINDOW RESIZING!!!!!!
This function NEEDS TO BE KILLED IMMEDIATELY. Otherwise I'm at risk of switching back to my MacBook 2016 lol.
Those aren’t the shortcuts for window tiling.
Mac window tiling icons & keyboard shortcuts - Apple Support
Darrin Stevens wrote:
I DESPISE this "feature"
Every time it happens I want to slit my wrists or become a Windows user (same thing)
Why don’t you just turn it off? I found the setting within a few minutes of it being installed.
How do I disable automatic window resizing in Sequoia 15.6.1??!!
This is a question many folks seem to be asking WITH NO WAY TO FIX IT since the 'fixes' don't work!
I already disabled "Drag windows to screen edges to tile" and "Drag windows to menu bar to fill screen" ... then restarted my computer, but it still resizes my documents upon opening them.
I'm looking at a variety of settings - which one will make the automatic sizing to full screen when I drag a window to the top of the screen?
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Thanks, holding the Option key while hovering over the green button gives me a variety of options to resize the window. I'd still like to stop this new auto sizing.
how do I disable automatic window resizing in Sequoia
