Bear forgets window site/position (possibly related to snap tiling in macOS sequoia and later)

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  • Bear Version: Version 2.6.6 (13972)
  • OS Version: macos 15.6.1 (24G90)
  • What were you doing: on laptop, I once used snap tile to resize Bear to near-full-screen (drag-hold against screen top). Later, on a big external screen, that near-full-screen was wayyy to big. I sized Bear window down a reasonable size (say, 1/3 or screen width/height). I quit Bear, then restarted Bear.
  • What happened: Bear opens near-full-screen again
  • What did you expect to happen: Bear remembers the window size and position I set it to.
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This appears to be Sequoia snap tiling on macOS rather than Bear forgetting state. MacOS recognizes the window as a tiled scene when you drag-hold to the top, and Bear restores that tiled geometry when relaunching rather than requiring a manual resize.

When moving between laptop and external displays with differing scaling, I’ve noticed this on 15.x with various AppKit apps. Simple workaround: move the window slightly, resize without snap tiling, and then exit Bear. macOS typically drops the tiling state as a result.

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The reason for my bug report was that the workaround you mention doesn’t work for me — even when moving and/or resizing (and other things to nudge Bear to reassess its window state), Bear on the next launch still snaps back. I should have added that for clarity, thanks for pointing out.

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Still happens under the current Sequioa 15.7.3 and also still not resettable by sizing, moving, etc. Bear is also the only app that I can get to show this behavior.

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I’ve also experienced this issue on 15.7.3 and its driving me a little crazy. Not only is the main app never positioned where I last left it but also notes opened in a new windows.

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I’m able to simulate this behaviour, but it seems all the apps are affected here.
What I’m seeing is:

  • If I’m tiling any app near full screen, “detach it” by dragging the top, quit and reopen, the app reopens with the last position/size.
  • If I’m tiling any app near full screen, resized horizontally, quit and reopen the app opens near full screen.
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@trix180 I can confirm this behavior locally. Resizing any way doesn’t seem to ‘unmark’ the window state as being near-fullscreen. I didn’t even know this snap-back behavior existed in the first place.

Doing this fixes it for me. Thanks!

For posterity: the workaround is not to move or resize the window, but to drag the title bar down a bit until the window ‘unsnaps’.