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Photoshop Window on Mac Keeps Moving Off Screen

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December 19, 2014
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I've recently purchased a second monitor (27" Apple Display) for my Macbook Air. Everything is great, except photoshop doesn't want to stay put. When I move it into the screen, it immediately jumps back out of view. I've had some luck with it staying put if I make the window much smaller, but that defeats the purpose of having a giant display. I've tried clearing all settings while launching photoshop, it has had no effect.

I'm using a 2013 Macbook Air 2013 running Yosemite 10.10.2. It's connected to the latest model Apple 27" display via thunderbolt. Photoshop is the only app playing up.

I took a quick video so you can see what's going on.

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Correct answer embersketch

On further investigation, window does jump to wherever the top of the left screen is aligned. So if I align them at the top, it doesn't jump anywhere but moving stuff (including the cursor) from one window to another is a nightmare.

Photoshop is still the only program that exhibits this behaviour

Okay, I have fixed this after some digging. I'm not sure of the implications to this setting, but in Settings > Mission Control > Group Windows by Application then disable that option. That seems to have stopped my monitor from jumping around. Still doesn't ring of a permanent solution though.

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matthewh514189

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I had typed a long answer, but when I switched to advanced editor, I lost it.

This was my solution for Indesign, but not sure if it works for Photoshop:

Use command+w to close all open windows in InDesign. Go to Window->Application Frame and make sure it is on. (When I had application frame turned on, I couldn't see any of my windows in InDesign). Close InDesign. Open InDesign. InDesign should open on your primary monitor and application frame will be visible.

jenniwon-JC

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I figured out a hack to solve this...click 'F' to cycle through screen modes. It will bring it back into the viewport. Not the best of solutions but works quickly in a pinch (for instance my monitor arrangement was already where it needed to be). Hope that helps!

wdsocial

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It's best to give a solution, there is no sense trying to be elitist in our ways.

The solution is not simple but you can to grab the out of bounds window like so. Go to system preferences -> displays -> arrangement, click on mirror displays.

Grab your window and pull it over to the large display and uncheck mirror displays. It's not elegant but a solution many have to adapt with varying screen sizes.

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Anonymous

Hello embersketch,

Maybe the above answers satisfied you but I think it's a problem from the MAC side. A friend of mine wrote a free tool for bringing back the windows. Maybe it’s what you need it. So, if you want to check it out, go here : http://bring-em-back.com . Maybe it will work it.

Cheers, Gabriel

station_two

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Gabriel,

It's Mac, from Macintosh, not "MAC", which has a very different meaning in computing.

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johnc5351331

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gener7 earlier suggested a fix that worked for me.

In the System Preferences > Displays > Arrangement graphic, there's a white bar appearing over one of the blue "screens" (there's text on the Arrangement screen describing it as the menu bar). If you drag that bar onto the monitor that you're using Photoshop in, the problem goes away. My understanding is that whichever screen you put the white bar in is considered the primary display. If you're using one small and one large monitor, presumably you'll want the large monitor to be your primary screen, so this shouldn't cause problems in most situations.

In the endless bickering of station_two that solution seems to have gotten lost in the thread.

station_two

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The "bickering" (now there's a b¡tchy term for you) was started by the OP in a now-deleted post.

In any event, the true solution is in my post # 17. There's no reason to have to move the menu bar to a monitor where you don't want it.

The problem the OP had was a result of the relative positions of the two monitors in the Display > Arrange dialog box. You can't expect to align the top of one monitor with the navel of another one and not expect to have any problems.

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johnc5351331

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As I don't intend to enter into a bickering back and forth with you, this will be my only response.

As I said in my previous post, "gener7 earlier suggested a fix that worked for me" There are many users who will prefer different solutions to the same problem depending on their specific needs and preferences. My monitors are aligned with each other at the bottom rather than at the top, as my laptop and external monitor are both resting on the table, and it would be very awkward to try to physically align them at the top. The fix of moving the menu bar was a perfect solution for me. To claim that there's a "true solution" that's right for everyone is just not true. Perhaps you should keep that in mind in the future instead of trying to downplay everyone else's suggestions. This forum is meant to help people, and trying to pretend that you know their needs better than them is quite frankly not helpful. I never implied anywhere in my post that your solution does not work, and I'm sure it is the best solution for some of the people that end up here, but not for all of them.

With your "member+++" status, whatever that means, I'm sure people will read your posts as being more authoritative than someone without it, so my only hope is that you can use that label as a way to be especially helpful.