Window Tidy
Window Tidy is a macOS window management app that helps you quickly arrange and resize app windows on custom desktop layouts.
What is Window Tidy?
Window Tidy is a native macOS utility for organizing application windows into reusable desktop layouts. It is designed for people who work with several windows at once and want a faster way to position them than manually dragging and resizing each one. The app lets you snap windows onto customizable grid areas using drag and drop, making it useful for side-by-side document work, research, writing, spreadsheets, and multi-monitor setups. It also supports custom layouts, quick one-off arrangements, and keyboard shortcuts for common window positions. Window Tidy integrates with macOS as a focused desktop helper rather than a general productivity suite. Published by Lightpillar, it is aimed at Mac users who want a simpler way to keep their workspace organized.
Key features
- Arrange windows by dragging them onto customizable layout targets
- Create and save multiple window layouts with different grid sizes
- Use quick layouts for one-off window placement without saving a preset
- Work across multiple monitors with layouts that follow the active screen
- Assign keyboard shortcuts to apply layouts faster
- Move the active window to the current screen to recover off-screen windows
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Window Tidy is a legitimate Mac window management tool. To move and resize other apps' windows, it needs Accessibility permission, which is normal for this type of software because macOS requires that access for window control features. It can observe and manipulate window position while active, so only grant that permission if you want to use its layout tools and review the access later in macOS Privacy & Security settings if your needs change.
Recommendation: Keep Window Tidy if you regularly manage several windows and want faster workspace arrangement on your Mac. If you no longer use custom layouts or another window manager has replaced it, removing it is usually fine and mainly means losing its saved setup and window-snapping convenience.
Common paths
/Applications/Window Tidy.app
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