Comments on: Is there a utility that will let me save my screen layout?

Question: Is there a utility that will let me save my screen layout?

subpixel — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:24:12 -0800

Every morning, when I hook my mac up to my external display at work, I have to spend a little bit re-arranging all my active application windows where I want them. Is there some sort of utility that would let me save the layout?

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:31:55 -0800

AppleScript, depending on what apps you're running. Search the MacScripter message boards for posts where people have asked this and similar questions.

http://www.macscripter.net/

By: sjuhawk31

sjuhawk31 — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:32:49 -0800

I have no answer, but I second the question. I had to revert to matching the resolution of the display to the laptop, a terrible waste of the beauty of the display.

By: subpixel

subpixel — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:09:05 -0800

Can't find the answer at MacScripter but perhaps I don't know what to search for b/c I don't speak AppleScript...

By: bcwinters

bcwinters — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:15:33 -0800

I'd try VirtueDesktops or another virtual desktop manager (I linked to a MacUpdate page so you can quickly jump to searching for other applications).

Virtual desktops are usually used to keep a single monitor's windows organized to your liking, but they might also be a useful concept for keeping "sets" of windows over multiple monitors, too.

I think virtual desktops of some sort will be a built-in feature in the next version of OS X, in case you start looking at shareware you have to pay for.

By: WCityMike

WCityMike — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:15:18 -0800

I tend to think that iKey might be able to do what you ask.