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62 lines
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[](https://github.com/relikd/Memmon/releases)
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<img src="img/icon.svg" width="180" height="180">
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# Memmon
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Memmon remembers what your Mac forgets – A simple deamon that restores your window positions on external monitors.
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## Install
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1. You will need macOS 10.10 or newer.
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2. Grant Memmon the Accessibility privilege. Go to "System Preference" > "Security & Privacy" > "Accessibility" and add Memmon to that list. Otherwise, you can't move other application windows around and the app has no purpose.
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3. Thats it. The app runs in your status bar.
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### Status Icon
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You can hide the status icon either via `defaults` or the same-titled menu entry. If you do so, the only way to quit the app is by killing the process (with Activity.app or `killall Memmon`).
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Memmon has exactly one app-setting, the status icon. You can manipulate the display of the icon, or hide the icon completely:
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```sh
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# disable status icon completely
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defaults write de.relikd.Memmon icon -int 0
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# Use window-dots-icon
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defaults write de.relikd.Memmon icon -int 1
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# Use monitor-with-windows icon (default)
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defaults write de.relikd.Memmon icon -int 2
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# re-enable status icon and use default icon
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defaults delete de.relikd.Memmon icon
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```
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## FAQ
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### Why‽
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I am frustrated! Why does my Mac forget all window positions which I moved to a second screen? Every time I unplug the monitor. Every time I close my Macbook lid. Every time I lock my Mac.
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Is it macOS 11? Is it the USB-C-to-HDMI converter dongle (notably one made by Apple)? Why do I have to fix things that Apple should have fixed long ago? …
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### Aren't there other solutions?
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Yes, for example [Mjolnir](https://github.com/mjolnirapp/mjolnir) or [Hammerspoon](https://github.com/Hammerspoon/hammerspoon) (and some comercial ones). But I do not need a full-fledged window manager. Nor the dependencies they rely on. I just need to fix this damn bug.
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### What is it good for?
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First off, Memmon is just 140 lines of code – no dependencies. You can audit it in 5 minutes and build it from scratch – just run `make`.
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Secondly, it does one thing and one thing only: Save and restore window positions whenever your monitor setup changes.
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### Develop
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You can either run the `main.swift` file directly with `swift main.swift`, via Terminal `./main.swift` (`chmod 755 main.swift`), or create a new Xcode project. Select the Command-Line template and after creation replace the existing `main.swift` with the bundled one.
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