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Lostinthamusic
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18 Mar 2018

I had dual monitors and I've detached and positioned my windows how I want them.
When I save it as a project and set Reason to open that project every time I start a new project,
the windows are still detached but all on one monitor.

Any help? Thanks!

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wendylou
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18 Mar 2018

If on Mac, try "Stay" https://cordlessdog.com/stay/. Window positions are actually saved with the .reason song, but Mac OS no longer puts them back across dual monitors. Stay resides in the Menu bar. Clicking on "Restore Windows" after opening your song will put everything back where it was across both monitors. It's a $15 app. I tried a lot of solutions to this OS problem and Stay worked the best for me.
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19 Mar 2018

When you saved your template were your windows positioned how you want them?
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wendylou
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19 Mar 2018

Sorped wrote:
19 Mar 2018
When you saved your template were your windows positioned how you want them?
Assuming you are asking the OP - they said they did.

The issue is not Reason, as the window positions are still actually saved within the song file. It's the OS that is not putting the windows back across two monitors. Ever since Sierra and High SIerra, the windows don't reopen across both monitors. This use to work in Mac OS Yosemite or Mavericks.

When I click "Restore Windows" in the Stay menubar, it snaps the windows back across all monitors exactly as they were save in the Reason song file.
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wendylou
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22 Mar 2018

Here's a short video I made showing how the "Stay" app makes saved window positions in a Reason song file reopen across two monitors.:


https://youtu.be/BAJoWJBvOzs
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Lostinthamusic
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26 Mar 2018

Awesome video! Tried it and it worked.

Thanks for the help.

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31 May 2018

UPDATE: Forget my recommendation on using the "Stay" app to help reopen Reason window positions back across multiple monitors. I just discovered a free solution that works in Mac OS High Sierra:

1. Open System Preferences and click on Mission Control. Checkmark "Displays have separate Spaces"

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2. Right click Reason in your Dock and under Options, select Assign To "None" rather than a specific desktop.

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Opening saved songs in Reason now places multiple saved windows back across both monitors. The only one that does not is my "Default" song template I have Reason open upon launch. But simply closing that after Reason opens and then clicking "New" reloads my default template across both monitors. All other saved songs now open across both monitors.
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