★★★★★ Windows put back, counted honestly

Any layout you name.
One key brings it back.

Putback is a Mac window manager built on memory instead of tiling. It learns where your windows already sit, rebuilds any layout you name with one hotkey, and keeps a separate one for every display setup you work at.

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The real Putback menu bar panel: layout saved with 5 windows, Restore Now, undo last restore, scenes, and 118 windows put back since Jul 7
The problem

The window restore
your Mac forgot to ship.

Undock your MacBook and every window piles onto one screen. Plug back in and nothing goes home. Putback watches your desk, remembers what belongs where, and puts it all back in under a second.

7 days
free trial, no card
$19
once, yours forever
★★★★★
honest by design
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How it works

Three steps. Then forget it exists.

STEP 01

Work like you always do

Arrange your windows once. Putback quietly snapshots your desk as you go. No setup ceremony, no rules to write.

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STEP 02

Unplug without thinking

Grab your MacBook and go. macOS crushes everything onto one screen. That used to be your problem.

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STEP 03

Plug back in. Done.

The instant your displays return, every window slides back to its exact place. Position, size, display, all of it.

New in 1.1

Design your desk
before it exists.

Scenes are desks you can summon. Draw boxes for your apps in Scene Studio, even ones you have not opened, press Apply, and your Mac opens everything into place. Wallpaper included.

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opens on apply
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Apps open into place

Add any app to a scene as a placeholder. Apply, and Putback launches it, waits for its window, and seats it exactly where you drew it.

Even apps running without a window
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Coding
Mellow

Wallpapers per scene

Give Coding a focused wallpaper and Mellow a sunset. Switch scenes and the whole desk changes, not just the windows.

Includes the built-in macOS gallery
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One hotkey each

Every scene gets its own shortcut. Morning setup, meeting mode, deep work: each one is a single keystroke away.

Rebindable, with collision checks
What makes us different

Others move windows.
Putback puts them back.

Snapping tools are great at arranging the windows you drag. They just were not built for the moment your whole desk falls apart.

Window snappers

✕Move a window when you drag it to an edge or press a shortcut
✕Forget everything when a display disconnects
✕Cannot open apps, so your layout only works after you set it up by hand
✕One desk, one arrangement, no memory of which display is which
vs

Putback

✓Restores your entire desk automatically the moment displays return
✓Knows displays by identity, so layouts survive docks, hubs, and sleep
✓Opens your apps straight into position with Scenes
✓Honest to the pixel: it tells you what it did and why, every time
Putback is not a snapping tool. It is the memory your desk never had.
Built in public

No dark patterns.
No subscription. No nonsense.

Putback is built in the open by one person who got tired of re-dragging windows. The app counts what it actually does and shows you receipts, not marketing.

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typical full-desk restore
$19 once
no subscription, updates included
0 trackers
your layouts never leave your Mac
Why your windows move: the investigation →The roadmap, vote on it →The shared restore map →
Pricing

Pay once. Own it.

Every plan starts with a 7 day free trial. No card, no account, no countdown guilt. Just download it and see.

Personal

1 Mac
$19one time
  • Every feature, forever
  • Scenes + Scene Studio
  • Move it to a new Mac anytime
  • 7 day free trial first
Buy Personal
Best value

Family

5 Macs
$29one time
  • Everything in Personal
  • Cover the desk and the laptop
  • One key, whole household
  • Deactivate a Mac to free a spot
Buy Family

Team

20 Macs
$79one time
  • Everything in Family
  • One invoice, no accounts
  • Priority email support
  • 7 day free trial first
Buy Team
Prices in USD. Licenses are per-Mac, not per-user, and a Mac can be deactivated anytime to free its spot. Questions? We answer fast.
FAQ

Everything you would ask before trying it.

Why doesn't my Mac remember window positions?+
It can, on Macs with "Displays have separate Spaces" on and "Automatically rearrange Spaces" off, though windows then can't span across displays. Many setups are configured otherwise, and even correct settings still lose windows to dock timing or certain apps. Putback restores exactly, every time, with a separate memory per setup. If the settings fix works for you, you may not need it.
Can I save a window layout on a Mac and restore it later?+
Yes, and you do not have to save anything by hand for the automatic case: Putback keeps a separate memory of each display setup and puts every window back when that setup returns. When you want a specific arrangement on demand, save it as a named Scene and switch to it with a hotkey.
What are Scenes?+
Named snapshots of a desk that you switch to by hotkey or click. Scene windows come forward and arrange exactly, with hide-others optional if you want the rest tucked away. Triggers can apply a scene on a schedule or when a video call starts. Nothing moves without the toast showing.
What happens when a scene's apps are not open?+
Putback opens them and places each window the moment it appears. Apps running without a window get reopened too. If something refuses to come up, the toast tells you exactly what happened instead of pretending it worked.
Why does Putback need Accessibility access?+
It's the permission macOS requires for any app that moves windows (Rectangle and Magnet use the same one). Putback uses it only for that: your window data never leaves your Mac, and the app is signed and notarized by Apple.
Is it a subscription?+
No. You pay once, starting at $19, with a 7-day free trial of everything. If the trial ends before you buy, restoring pauses but your layouts stay saved, ready for when you upgrade.
How do the Mac limits work?+
Each purchase is one license key that activates a set number of Macs: 1 on Personal, 5 on Family, 20 on Team. Getting a new Mac? Deactivate the old one from inside the app and the spot frees up instantly. No accounts, no per-person tracking.
How is this different from Rectangle or Magnet?+
They tile: you press a shortcut and the front window snaps into a half or a quarter. Putback works from memory instead. It learns where your windows already sit, gives you named Scenes that one hotkey rebuilds, and keeps a separate layout for every display setup. Same shelf, different job, and they run together happily alongside Stage Manager.
How does Putback handle Mission Control Spaces?+
Putback works within the Space you can see on each display: it remembers and restores those windows exactly, and it never records or moves windows on your other Spaces. Full multi-Space memory is on the roadmap. If you live in many Spaces, the visible ones are safe today.
Which Macs does it support?+
macOS 14 Sonoma and later, on Apple silicon and Intel. Works with any number of displays, including Sidecar and DisplayLink docks.

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