On 2018-08-02, at 6:49 AM, David Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Aug 1, 2018, at 4:34 PM, Michael <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> On 2018-08-01, at 10:40 AM, David Schwartz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> For example, this morning, although this is not a virtual desktop >>>> issue, Finder, Mail, and Terminal re-opened all of their windows on the >>>> internal monitor, nothing on the HDMI monitor. Which means that they >>>> resized the big windows down to the internal monitor size. >>> >>> Is "internal monitor" an iMac? Or a MacBook... ? >> >> Macbook pro, retina. > > > (apologies to the list for inadvertedly requesting and receiving these last > comments directly) > > > > You have a portable computer connected via HDMI to an external display; so > when you write "this morning", what condition had you left it in the previous > night? In this specific case, I had my machine turned off. Normally, the issue is just closing and re-opening the app, which I do as needed to clean up swap space. > > Assuming you don't work in clamshell mode, did you leave the top case open > overnight, and just come back to the MacBook and wake it up with a keypress? I never work in clamshell mode. ** I HATE CLAMSHELL MODE ** Clamshell mode is "You have closed the lid. Clearly, you don't want to shut down, you want to mirror your displays onto the remote. What do you mean, no keyboard? You're going to mouse, right?" I close my lid when I want to go to sleep. Instead, I have to go into terminal and use pmset to force sleep mode. And, there's a good chance of it erroring on wakeup. If I use hibernate mode, it's almost guaranteed. If I just use normal sleep, there's a nearly guranteed "Oh, no external monitor on wake up, move all windows to the internal. Oh hey, now there's an external monitor, re-arrange them yourself". > Are you doing some combination of closing lid, disconnecting HDMI, > reconnecting HDMI, opening lid, etc? > > Please provide the complete steps you're taking and what you observe at each > step; that might help others to provide greater insight and assistance. My primary issue happens when an app is closed with an external monitor connected, anything from "no change" to "external disconnected overnight, reconnected in morning", "full shutdown", etc. I've never noticed a pattern on when it does or does not 'reset'. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
