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

January 26, 2007 7:24 AM

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?
posted by subpixel to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

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/
posted by secret about box at 7:31 AM on January 26, 2007

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.
posted by sjuhawk31 at 7:32 AM on January 26, 2007

Response by poster: Can't find the answer at MacScripter but perhaps I don't know what to search for b/c I don't speak AppleScript...
posted by subpixel at 8:09 AM on January 26, 2007

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.
posted by bcwinters at 10:15 AM on January 26, 2007