Stay

Name: Stay
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Author: Cordless Dog

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If you’re fastidious about keeping your windows tidy, Stay is for you. Stay ensures that your windows are always where you want them to be, even as you connect and disconnect displays. Move your windows to where you want them, then have Stay store them. Once stored, windows can be returned to their stored state at any time by having Stay restore them. Stay can store a set of windows for every combination of displays that you use with your computer. For example, if you have a laptop that is sometimes connected to an external monitor, you can store two sets of windows in Stay; one with the external monitor connected and one without. This done, you’ll be able to ensure that your windows are always where you want them to be by having Stay restore windows whenever you connect or disconnect the external monitor. Stay can even be configured to automatically restore windows as displays are connected and disconnected.

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65% good stuff
07/15/2019

Mattynabib
I have to concur with other reviewers: I WANTED this app to be my go-to solution, since I need to switch between laptop-only and laptop-with-external display many times a day. The problem is that it doesn't quite get there... there's always manual re-positioning that needs to be done to get me back to where I need to be, between desktop spaces, browser windows, etc.I rely heavily on spaces and multiple desktops, browsers with windows open on different desktops between different monitors, etc. Stay's re-positioning of things seems to give a nod to how I set things up, but it never recreates things even close to perfectly, relying on my to get the rest of the way there.Another weird issue is that it sometimes seems to switch the order of some of my desktop spaces even when I haven't unplugged or changed anything... I'll start with my Chrome tab second and Safari third, and suddenly with no warning or change to the screen config, I will have Safari second and Chrome fourth or something similar. Only a minor annoyance, but unpredictability is bad. No clear reason why this happens, but it appears to be related to this product at the very least.
65% good stuff
07/15/2019

Mattynabib

I have to concur with other reviewers: I WANTED this app to be my go-to solution, since I need to switch between laptop-only and laptop-with-external display many times a day. The problem is that it doesn't quite get there... there's always manual re-positioning that needs to be done to get me back to where I need to be, between desktop spaces, browser windows, etc.I rely heavily on spaces and multiple desktops, browsers with windows open on different desktops between different monitors, etc. Stay's re-positioning of things seems to give a nod to how I set things up, but it never recreates things even close to perfectly, relying on my to get the rest of the way there.Another weird issue is that it sometimes seems to switch the order of some of my desktop spaces even when I haven't unplugged or changed anything... I'll start with my Chrome tab second and Safari third, and suddenly with no warning or change to the screen config, I will have Safari second and Chrome fourth or something similar. Only a minor annoyance, but unpredictability is bad. No clear reason why this happens, but it appears to be related to this product at the very least.
Good, but not perfect
10/13/2015

RabidCow
This is a decent utility that makes my life easier as I swap my macbook pro amonst a variety of external displays (two Dell displays at work, occassional conference room display, iMac running in target mode at home). It gets me about 60-70% of the way there. However, it seems to be unable to restore window height when moving between different display sizes. Also, it doesn’t put all windows back in their proper location or in their Space (virtual desktop). I’m often having to move windows from the default Space to the correct one. Finally, applications which tend to have lots of windows (e.g., Safari) tend to not be restored correctly (both in terms of size and Space).This is better than nothing, but it could be a lot better.
Good, but not perfect
10/13/2015

RabidCow

This is a decent utility that makes my life easier as I swap my macbook pro amonst a variety of external displays (two Dell displays at work, occassional conference room display, iMac running in target mode at home). It gets me about 60-70% of the way there. However, it seems to be unable to restore window height when moving between different display sizes. Also, it doesn’t put all windows back in their proper location or in their Space (virtual desktop). I’m often having to move windows from the default Space to the correct one. Finally, applications which tend to have lots of windows (e.g., Safari) tend to not be restored correctly (both in terms of size and Space).This is better than nothing, but it could be a lot better.
Yep, great at saving/restoring windows!
11/26/2024

jdanbrown
Stay works great for my needs! I use a laptop with two external displays, and every morning when I open my laptop and plug back in the displays, I have to manually tab through every open window and move/resize it back onto whichever display I had it on the day before. Stay lets me set a global keyboard shortcut to “Store All Windows” to save their positions/sizes, and then it automatically does “Restore All Windows” whenever it detects me reconnect the external displays — voilà! And I only have to think about pressing “Store All Windows” whenever I notice new stray windows not going back to their place. So now, my morning routine no longer starts with a manual exercise in OCD, and I’m much happier for it. 🧘
Yep, great at saving/restoring windows!
11/26/2024

jdanbrown

Stay works great for my needs! I use a laptop with two external displays, and every morning when I open my laptop and plug back in the displays, I have to manually tab through every open window and move/resize it back onto whichever display I had it on the day before. Stay lets me set a global keyboard shortcut to “Store All Windows” to save their positions/sizes, and then it automatically does “Restore All Windows” whenever it detects me reconnect the external displays — voilà! And I only have to think about pressing “Store All Windows” whenever I notice new stray windows not going back to their place. So now, my morning routine no longer starts with a manual exercise in OCD, and I’m much happier for it. 🧘
It's OK, but BetterTouchTool is better
12/09/2022

Ndufault
I was desperate for a way to keep things organized as I docked/undocked and this worked OK. I was already using BetterTouchTool to get the full potential out of my Magic Touchpad and they’re constantly adding other automation features. Shortly after buying Stay, BTT added the same functionality and for me it works much better and requires one less app.
It's OK, but BetterTouchTool is better
12/09/2022

Ndufault

I was desperate for a way to keep things organized as I docked/undocked and this worked OK. I was already using BetterTouchTool to get the full potential out of my Magic Touchpad and they’re constantly adding other automation features. Shortly after buying Stay, BTT added the same functionality and for me it works much better and requires one less app.

Stay is now freeware.

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08/31/2025

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65% good stuff

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Yep, great at saving/restoring windows!

It's OK, but BetterTouchTool is better

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