how do I disable automatic window resizing in Sequoia

OMG this was irritating. I have a 49" curved monitor and having everything span the entirety of the screen was awful, it always took a little bit extra to fix it. Going to the system settings and turning off tiling was the cure. I did double check that the DDPM software wasn't there and it wasn't thank goodness.

The resizing behavior happens to me any time I try to move a window, whether it hits the top of the screen or not.

The window tiling feature of Sequoia doesn't do that. It should only do that when you hit an edge. Even then, it doesn't tile unless you release it with the tile showing. Move a little and the tile marquee disappears.

D.S. Cobb: Thanks for your solution! I disabled tiling, but that didn't work. I had no idea it would be the monitor until I read your post. I have a Dell and followed your instructions and the automatic resizing stopped.

cgapperi wrote:

Wouldn’t that be nice if it was true. I am not the only one here reporting the issue. I rarely get the marquee. It just resizes. The whole 48”. I have tried always moving down first just to be sure it isn’t resizing as a result of hitting the top. Nope. Doesn’t help.

I’ve also seen reported here where people with Dell monitors have some sort of software installed. That does automatically resize the window when you move it.There is a momentary delay before the marquee appears and if you only delay that long and it is essentially popping up, but you don’t see it Then it would do that to you and appear to be instantaneous, but it’s not

That does not show the original behavior of the green button from before sequoia.

optionkey down used to allow window resizing as a toggle: this way it was easy to fit a document exactly in its own window.

is there no one who knows if it is possible to turn it of in terminal??

That does not show the original behavior of the green button from before sequoia.

optionkey down used to allow window resizing as a toggle: this way it was easy to fit a document exactly in its own window.

is there no one who knows how to turn it of in terminal??

Thanks DB. I REALLY Hate when Apple changes stuff - we didn't ask them for, like auto expanding windows, adding grey stars to Albums... duplicating Music playlists1, etc... Whatever happened to having a 4 year old use the MAC? Now oeuvre gotta google your issue after you've suffered thru their wholly caused problems...

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?

Jo! wrote:

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?

No, the Green dot is now relegated to Full Screen or window Tiling.

Turning off the Tiling settings just affects the drag to Tile options.

Jo!, try this App...

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/magnet/id441258766?mt=12

Thank you!

You're welcome.