It’s the master compositor, laying all windows out to generate the image to be displayed. It also handles input and other event routing, as it knows where each app’s windows are, and which are at the front.
Stage Manager
Full screen single window, freestyle overlapping, tiled, full screen split view, Stage Manager, Spaces and Mission Control – each pictured and explained.
In Sequoia, dragging a window to the edge of the display could suddenly enlarge it to cover the whole screen. Finding the control in System Settings isn’t straightforward, and there’s no Undo either.
Occasionally, switching apps in Sonoma’s Stage Manager sets the whole menu bar to red, and loses menus on its left. What’s the cause?
Apple needs to widen the gap between late Intel and Apple silicon Macs without locking Intel Macs out, mature Stage Manager, fix System Settings, and more.
Not only do Help windows work differently on Intel and Apple silicon Macs, but on the latter they can bring Stage Manager to a grinding halt.
The update to macOS Ventura 13.2 isn’t large, but brings two significant new features: Advanced Data Protection for […]
A collaborative effort between WindowManagement, Launch Services, SkyLight and other subsystems, there’s deep integration with Spaces.
Stage Manager manages windows, and the Dock manages apps. This explains how to keep an app window in a group, and all about popbacks.
Setting up a standard cast, how to deal with windows that open in the wrong app group, and building a group for a special workflow.
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