You will need to customize which applications you want on your monitor and the window bounds the way you like them. I keep all of my apps at full screen on all of my monitors, but you can change it to make them half or some other size: # Monitor AliasesĪlias mon-laptop 0 # variable for my laptop monitorĪlias hp-full move screenOriginX screenOriginY screenSizeX screenSizeY $ You can also define keyboard shortcuts for specific layouts and actions such as nudging and resizing windows by a certain percentage.īelow is my configuration file. But when you have a larger secondary monitor, you might want to split up your screen between your browser, mail, and music. For example, if you are using your laptop by itself, you might want to have all of your apps filling the whole screen.
One of the coolest things about Slate is that you can define different layouts based on how many monitors you have connected. You can define custom positions and sizes for all of your applications, including full screen, half screen, and grid-based. When you plug in your secondary monitor, it automatically detects the new monitor, and all of your windows will be moved and resized just the way you like them. Slate is a very powerful free Mac app that does exactly what you want.
