MacBook Air 2019 forgets desktop arrangement after restart

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EAM1987 Author

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MacBook Air 2019 forgets desktop arrangement after restart

Why does my 2019 MacBook air 13", Sonoma 14.7.8, forget which apps or documents or windows were on each desktop after restarting? I use several desktops to organize my work by project, working on 7-10 projects at any given time. After restarting, everything is opened back up, but almost everything is on 1 of my 10 desktops, and I have to sort everything again. Also, I always have email, WhatsApp, and messages on desktop 1. But when I either restart my laptop, or if I close Mail then relaunch it, it opens up on Desktop 8 for some unknown reason.

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Original Title: 2019 MacBook air, Sonoma 14.7.8, forgets which apps or documents or windows were on each desktop after restarting.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.7

Posted on Aug 26, 2025 09:42 AM

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Answer 1

BobHarris

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Aug 26, 2025 12:06 PM in response to EAM1987

This was fixed somewhere in the Sequoia 15.5 or 15.6 timeframe.

Before that I used Moom (paid app) to memorize my desktop window arrangement, and then had a hot key to restore to my preferred setup

Before that I used Stay (paid app) to do the same thing.

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Answer 2

EAM1987 Author

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Aug 26, 2025 09:26 PM in response to BobHarris

Thank you very much. My 2019 MacBook can't upgrade to Sequoia, but I just purchased a new one a few days ago, so hopefully my problem will disappear. I haven't decided what I will do with the 2019 model with the older MacOS, so I appreciate the referral to Moom and Stay. I tried CurrentKey Stats app, but that didn't resolve the problem.

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