Scenes + Scene Studio

Design your desk before it exists.

Scenes are desks you can summon: windows, apps, wallpaper, all of it, one hotkey away.

Try Scenes free →

Scene Studio, unedited: draw boxes for your apps on a canvas of your real displays, snap to guides, pick a wallpaper, press Apply.

How it works

Draw it. Apply it. Live in it.

STEP 01

Draw the desk you want

Boxes on a canvas, one per app. Snap to halves, thirds, and quarters, or freeform. Apps do not need to be open yet.

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STEP 02

Press Apply, or a hotkey

Putback opens what is missing, waits for each window, and seats everything exactly where you drew it.

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The whole desk changes

Windows, apps, and the wallpaper switch together. Coding feels different from Mellow, on purpose.

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Apps open into place

Placeholders become real windows on Apply. Slow launchers are settled as they appear instead of being missed.

Even apps running without a window
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Coding
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Wallpapers per scene

A focused wallpaper for work, a sunset for winding down. The built-in macOS gallery is included.

Scenes without one leave yours alone
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One hotkey each

Every scene gets its own shortcut, rebindable with collision checks. The whole desk, one keystroke.

Also applies from the menu bar panel
FAQ

Scenes, explained.

What is a Scene in Putback?

A named desk setup: which apps are open, where every window sits, and optionally which wallpaper is up. You switch to a scene by hotkey or click, and Putback arranges everything to match.

Can a scene open apps that are not running?

Yes. Add any app to a scene as a placeholder in Scene Studio. When you apply the scene, Putback launches the app, waits for its window to appear, and seats it exactly where you drew it. Apps running without a window get reopened too.

Can each scene have its own wallpaper?

Yes. Pick a file or any built-in macOS wallpaper per scene. Scenes without a wallpaper leave your current one alone, and switching back returns your normal wallpaper.

How do scene hotkeys work?

Every scene can get its own shortcut, rebindable with collision checks. Morning setup, meeting mode, deep work: each is one keystroke away.

Is Scene Studio included in the price?

Yes. Scenes and Scene Studio are part of every Putback license, including the 7 day free trial. There is no separate purchase and no subscription.

Your desks, ready before you are

Scenes ship with Putback 1.1, included in the 7 day free trial.

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Free for 7 days · then $19, once · macOS 14+