Comments on: How To: Get Off Screen Windows Back to your Main Display (MAC OS X v10.5) http://www.leonamarant.com/2008/04/02/how-to-get-off-screen-windows-back-on-your-mac-os-x-v105/ Thu, 13 May 2010 06:49:56 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Andrew B http://www.leonamarant.com/2008/04/02/how-to-get-off-screen-windows-back-on-your-mac-os-x-v105/#comment-666 Andrew B Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:00:54 +0000 http://leonamarant.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-666 Fantastic. I have Vicomsoft FTP Client on OS 10.5.8 and for some reason the ftp connection dialogue shot up and off the top right hand corner of the screen. Using Expose I could see the dialogue but every time I went to click on it the window shot up again. I searched a fair bit on Google until I found this script. When I ran it I got an error saying "Definitely" not defined. This doesn't seem to have hurt as everything back to normal now. Thanks again for posting this VERY helpful hint! Fantastic. I have Vicomsoft FTP Client on OS 10.5.8 and for some reason the ftp connection dialogue shot up and off the top right hand corner of the screen. Using Expose I could see the dialogue but every time I went to click on it the window shot up again.

I searched a fair bit on Google until I found this script. When I ran it I got an error saying “Definitely” not defined.

This doesn’t seem to have hurt as everything back to normal now. Thanks again for posting this VERY helpful hint!

]]> By: Elegando » Blog Archive » Fix Offscreen Windows (Mac) http://www.leonamarant.com/2008/04/02/how-to-get-off-screen-windows-back-on-your-mac-os-x-v105/#comment-646 Elegando » Blog Archive » Fix Offscreen Windows (Mac) Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:15:26 +0000 http://leonamarant.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-646 [...] that I got this code from somewhere like this, modified slightly for my [...] [...] that I got this code from somewhere like this, modified slightly for my [...]

]]> By: cflex http://www.leonamarant.com/2008/04/02/how-to-get-off-screen-windows-back-on-your-mac-os-x-v105/#comment-632 cflex Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:19:03 +0000 http://leonamarant.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-632 @Leon - yeah, I'm aware of the 'changing resolution' trick, but this script just got me all excited... Bummer. I wish I understood Applescript well enough to tinker with it myself. Thanks tho. :) @Leon – yeah, I’m aware of the ‘changing resolution’ trick, but this script just got me all excited…

Bummer. I wish I understood Applescript well enough to tinker with it myself.

Thanks tho. :)

]]> By: leon http://www.leonamarant.com/2008/04/02/how-to-get-off-screen-windows-back-on-your-mac-os-x-v105/#comment-630 leon Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:15:12 +0000 http://leonamarant.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-630 @cflex: not sure how you would make that work. I only use one screen and cannot test this on a 3 screen setup. Another way you could try is to change your display resolution settings on the three screens, apply the changes, then change them back to the original. @cflex: not sure how you would make that work. I only use one screen and cannot test this on a 3 screen setup. Another way you could try is to change your display resolution settings on the three screens, apply the changes, then change them back to the original.

]]> By: cflex http://www.leonamarant.com/2008/04/02/how-to-get-off-screen-windows-back-on-your-mac-os-x-v105/#comment-629 cflex Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:59:05 +0000 http://leonamarant.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-629 OK, I posted earlier that Safari 4.0.4 is immune. I was incorrect. Anything on my 3rd display is immune. I have 3 displays, and the center display is my main display, where my Dock resides. The script will pull everything from the left screen onto the center screen, but ignore windows in the right screen. Any idea how I can make it work for my right screen as well? Thanks! C OK, I posted earlier that Safari 4.0.4 is immune. I was incorrect. Anything on my 3rd display is immune. I have 3 displays, and the center display is my main display, where my Dock resides. The script will pull everything from the left screen onto the center screen, but ignore windows in the right screen.

Any idea how I can make it work for my right screen as well?

Thanks!

C

]]> By: cflex http://www.leonamarant.com/2008/04/02/how-to-get-off-screen-windows-back-on-your-mac-os-x-v105/#comment-628 cflex Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:40:45 +0000 http://leonamarant.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-628 Thanks for the awesome script - I use 3 displays, which are always on and connected, but sometimes I'll toggle my right screen over to my PC temporarily, and during that time I lose access to windows on that screen (the screen has multiple inputs so it can be connected to multiple video sources simultaneously). This script worked for me with one exception - Safari 4.0.4 seems to be immune to its effects. I'm running Mac OSX 10.6.2. Any clue on getting Safari to react like it should? Thanks again for the script. Thanks for the awesome script – I use 3 displays, which are always on and connected, but sometimes I’ll toggle my right screen over to my PC temporarily, and during that time I lose access to windows on that screen (the screen has multiple inputs so it can be connected to multiple video sources simultaneously).

This script worked for me with one exception – Safari 4.0.4 seems to be immune to its effects.

I’m running Mac OSX 10.6.2.

Any clue on getting Safari to react like it should?

Thanks again for the script.

]]> By: leon http://www.leonamarant.com/2008/04/02/how-to-get-off-screen-windows-back-on-your-mac-os-x-v105/#comment-612 leon Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:07:44 +0000 http://leonamarant.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-612 Quincy, thanks for the post. I've updated the script with your suggestions. The double dashes are in place now and the quotes should also be correct. Quincy, thanks for the post. I’ve updated the script with your suggestions. The double dashes are in place now and the quotes should also be correct.

]]> By: Quincy http://www.leonamarant.com/2008/04/02/how-to-get-off-screen-windows-back-on-your-mac-os-x-v105/#comment-605 Quincy Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:26:26 +0000 http://leonamarant.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-605 You can see from my previous post that there is just no decent way represent regular quotes. They were all converted to curly/angled quotes even where I typed regular straight quotes. Also the dashes got squirrely too. The last set of dashes looks link it is one short and one long with a space between, but really it is/was two shorts with space between. Just bizarre. You can see from my previous post that there is just no decent way represent regular quotes. They were all converted to curly/angled quotes even where I typed regular straight quotes. Also the dashes got squirrely too. The last set of dashes looks link it is one short and one long with a space between, but really it is/was two shorts with space between. Just bizarre.

]]> By: Quincy http://www.leonamarant.com/2008/04/02/how-to-get-off-screen-windows-back-on-your-mac-os-x-v105/#comment-604 Quincy Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:23:04 +0000 http://leonamarant.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-604 This script didn't work for me initially because the Applescript tags were not correct. The comments at the beginning of the lines that have them should be two regular dashes NOT the one long dash that is displayed. (I'm guess the software on the site change the two dashes into one long dash. - (one short dashed typed in) -- ( two short dashes typed in) --- (three short dashed typed in ) - - (two dashed with a space between typed in) The other problem was that the quotation marks displayed are of the angled left/right variety and those don't work on my mac either. I changed those to regular quotes and got past that error. " (one double quote typed in) “System Events” (copied and pasted from above, with angle quotes) “ " (one angle quote with a space then one normal quote) And last but not least the two less than symbols are missing. Just remember that you can have ( A or B or C ) but each piece, A for example must have a comparison (a1 greaterThan a2) if (_x GREATERTHAN 0 or _y LESSTHAN screen_width or _y LESSTHAN screen_height) then I substituted words instead of symbols since posting them obviously causes problems. I should also say I'm brand spanking new to the world of macs and apple script so forgive me if I've said something dumb and obvious here. Quincy This script didn’t work for me initially because the Applescript tags were not correct. The comments at the beginning of the lines that have them should be two regular dashes NOT the one long dash that is displayed. (I’m guess the software on the site change the two dashes into one long dash.

- (one short dashed typed in)
– ( two short dashes typed in)
— (three short dashed typed in )
- – (two dashed with a space between typed in)

The other problem was that the quotation marks displayed are of the angled left/right variety and those don’t work on my mac either. I changed those to regular quotes and got past that error.

” (one double quote typed in)
“System Events” (copied and pasted from above, with angle quotes)
“ ” (one angle quote with a space then one normal quote)

And last but not least the two less than symbols are missing. Just remember that you can have ( A or B or C ) but each piece, A for example must have a comparison (a1 greaterThan a2)

if (_x GREATERTHAN 0 or _y LESSTHAN screen_width or _y LESSTHAN screen_height) then

I substituted words instead of symbols since posting them obviously causes problems. I should also say I’m brand spanking new to the world of macs and apple script so forgive me if I’ve said something dumb and obvious here.

Quincy

]]> By: grateful http://www.leonamarant.com/2008/04/02/how-to-get-off-screen-windows-back-on-your-mac-os-x-v105/#comment-111 grateful Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:04:29 +0000 http://leonamarant.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-111 you are a frickin superstar, this just saved me hours of wasted time you are a frickin superstar, this just saved me hours of wasted time

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