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title: "Mac window and monitor guides"
description: "Plain answers on Mac window managers, saving window layouts, what macOS does when a monitor disconnects, and how the restore apps compare."
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source: "https://getresettle.com/guides"
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# Guides

What people search for before they have heard of Resettle, answered straight: what macOS does, what it can do for free, and where an app is the only fix.

- [Why your Mac moves windows when you unplug a monitor](https://getresettle.com/mac-windows-move-when-monitor-unplugged): Disconnect a display and macOS piles its windows onto the laptop. Why it happens, and how to get every window back where it was.
- [Save and restore window layouts on Mac](https://getresettle.com/mac-remember-window-positions): macOS loses your layout when apps quit and when monitors change. The built-in fix for the first, and the apps that handle the second.
- [Mac window managers: which one does which job](https://getresettle.com/mac-window-manager): Mac window managers do two jobs: arranging windows on screen, and putting them back when displays change. Which tool does which, and how to choose.
- [Resettle vs Stay, Display Maid, Moom and Snapback](https://getresettle.com/compare): A straight comparison of Mac apps that put windows back when you connect or disconnect a monitor: price, setup, and what each one handles.