how do I disable automatic window resizing in Sequoia

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?

At least for me in 15.1, I did go to System Settings --> Desktop and Dock --> Windows, but my main aggravation was solved by unchecking "Drag windows to menu bar to fill screen". Thanks for pointing the way, dialabrain!

I am using Sequoia 15.1.1....

• Go to System Settings >
• Dock and Desktop >
• Go the 'Windows' section in the middle >
  • Turn off "Drag Windows to menu bar to fill screen".
  • Turn off "Drag windows to screen edges to tile."

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.

The option regarding disabling Tiling options in System Settings, Desktop and Dock, Windows, was not available to me. Sequoia 15.1.1 iMac. In Windows in System Settings I found, "Drag windows to menu bar to fill screen." I seems I was having trouble when moving windows because I was moving too far up to the top of the screen when dragging. I turned this option off. Seems to be OK now.

Epiphany2022 wrote:

Not sure of the intent of your comment. Some sort of superior attitude that is generating glee, seems to be on display. Obviously, there is something in the past I am not recalling.

Come on! Don't ya get it? Your handle is "epiphany2022" but you don't remember choosing that?

You must have had ....wait for it... an epiphany!

That's one of my favourite dad jokes.

THANK YOU. It is rare that I say "G-D it what the F" out loud while working with the OS. But that literally happened just now after a window resized 3 times in a row because my mouse just happens to move up when I try to move the window.

Seriously -- this kind of "feature" needs to be better thought out.

I have found that, despite disabling all the windows features in Settings, some apps continue to open full screen, namely, PHOTOS.

By moving the window even slightly w/ the mouse it goes back to a smaller size.

Works in Sequoia 15.3.1

Maybe this is a good feature for whatever focus group they tried it on. Not sure how it is for Accessibility users. Either way, as a developer, I'm expecting bug reports because of it 😣

Is there a command that can be executed in Terminal to disable this automatic resizing? And also is there a documentation that lists this command?

There are many annoying and unwanted settings in today's macos. It is unsustainable to remember and deactivate them each time. Apple has chosen to complicate life of users further by reverting these settings to Apple's choice of default on every update. For these settings, there should be a documented automated way to disable them from terminal. It is such a basic requirement for modern systems.

Same for me - I've unchecked all of the boxes in that square (none of which say exactly "Tile by dragging windows to screen edges" - mine says "Drag windows to screen edges to tile" and "Drag windows to menu bar to fill screen" - its still doing it.