Sequoia maximizes window when dragged near the top of the screen

Thanks, What an Annoying feature

Disable "Drag windows to menu bar to fill screen" in System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Windows.

jeffbeck2727 wrote:

Thanks, What an Annoying feature

FWIW, people actually pay for third-party apps to have the feature. So I guess it doesn't annoy everyone. :)

"Drag windows to menu bar to fill screen" DOES NOT EXIST. Are you talking about "Tile by dragging windows to screen edges?"

its tile by dragging window option just turn it off and it will stop the craziness.

Kaze68 wrote:

For me, this is part of a trend in Apple that has existed for years. To bring Windows functionalities to the Mac (in the worst possible way). By doing this it ruins the Mac experience, which is why I have loved Macs for decades.

To all the Windows converts who try to change the mac. Stay with Microsoft if you like this stupid behaviour so much.

And don't praise Mr Ive for things he wouldn't have prevented?! His time also saw total stagnation in mac hardware development.

You can let Apple know your thoughts here:

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dialabrain wrote:

Actually, I wasn't wrong. :) I was just testing a different version and Apple changed the wording. Something I hadn't expected. 😮

FWIW in 15.0 there was "Drag windows to screen edges to tile".

And recently 15.1 added "Drag windows to menubar to fill screen".

Below is my preferred setting. I actually like to Option-drag windows to the sides. I'd just wish they could remember those positions because after closing such window it reverts to the dull default.

BTW I noticed that in my setup the "Drag windows to menubar to fill screen" seems to switch to ON by itself but that setting is not honored until I fiddle it to OFF and back ON (and then OFF).

The snapping occurs whether one presses the option key or not. This is the most frustrating and annoying "feature" I have experienced on MasOC since 5.1.

What was Apple thinking just to keep up with the Joneses? Snapping is just as annoying on WIndows. Why did Apple think it had to cover that sad song?

Ivie would not have approved.

To anyone in this thread experiencing this issue, let me add a discovery I made yesterday after updating my MacOS to Sequoia 15.1 on a Mac Studio and also on a MacBook Air. The behavior is the same on both.

In the Desktop & Dock section of the Settings, you can turn off the option to tile windows when they are dragged to the screen edges, but in my experience there is no such thing as a "screen edge". Regardless whether your system has 1 or more displays, there is no "edge" on either the left or the right side, no matter if this option is on or off. Windows dragged to the side edges simply continue sliding until only a portion of the window remains visible, unless an additional display allows the window to move to that display entirely, and then the same thing applies when the window is dragged to the edge of that window. Likewise for "bottom" edges of screens.

In regard to any "top edge" my experience is that menu bars prevent windows from being dragged beyond the menu bar, unless you forcefully drag the window to go beyond the menu bar, in which case Mission Control is invoked to enable you to locate the window on an alternate desktop "space".

Now, in regard to the second option for making windows will the screen when dragged to the menu bar, my experience on both my Macs is the same. If you turn off the option and close the System Settings, you will find that it turns itself back on again when System Settings is re-opened. Consequently, the Mac is always expanding windows to fill the entire screen ... (to quote Donald Trump) "whether you like it or not."

Why Apple felt the need to add this peculiar feature is a mystery to me. The green dot in the upper left corner of any window already did this nicely enough.

Hear hear. Super frustrating. Had to search Google to find out how to get rid of it.

I've also had this problem since the Sequoia upgrade. I've tried everything I could find on the internet, but it's impossible to: Either make the tiling work properly OR deactivate the behavior, even when I deactivate all the toggles, I still have the problem, and when I restart my computer it's toggle on again.

It's unbearable, I feel like throwing away my desktop every time it glitch...

If you hold the command key down as you drag the window it will not snap to full screen.

I could not turn off the feature in System Preferences.

On October 16 I unchecked "Tile by dragging windows to screen edges" and it solve the problem, until now I noticed it's back again the only difference is there was a Xcode update to Sequoia a few few days ago. It's still unchecked but the behavior is still happening again, very annoying. Is there any other setting that can stop it or is it a new bug?

Red and Blue wrote:

On October 16 I unchecked "Tile by dragging windows to screen edges" and it solve the problem, until now I noticed it's back again the only difference is there was a Xcode update to Sequoia a few few days ago. It's still unchecked but the behavior is still happening again, very annoying. Is there any other setting that can stop it or is it a new bug?

There is Dell monitor software that also does that.