Workspaces & Continuity

Workspace Continuity

BetterStage regularly keeps a local checkpoint of your stages, window positions, display assignments, and Bento Box or Tabbed Layout structure. It uses that checkpoint automatically when BetterStage restarts, your Mac wakes, or your display topology settles after docking.

• Recovery waits for displays to finish connecting before it moves windows.
• Stages and per-display Window Modes return together, instead of as unrelated windows.
• Continuity data stays on your Mac; it is not uploaded to BetterStage.

Offline Display Shelf

When a display is missing, BetterStage preserves that display's workspace in an Offline Display Shelf card in the Stages Bar. Its windows and layouts are not merged destructively into the screens that remain.

• Reconnect the display to restore its workspace automatically.
• Open the Stages Bar to inspect the offline display and its window count.
• If the display will not return, choose the shelf action to move its workspace to a connected display.

Saved Workspaces Pro

A Saved Workspace is a named, reusable snapshot you choose to create. It can include multiple monitors, stages, window positions, Window Modes, Tabbed Layout panes, and apps that may need to be reopened. Loading is handled as one operation with a continuous progress indicator.

1. Arrange your displays, stages, and windows.
2. Choose Save Workspace from the menu bar or Snap Wheel.
3. Name the workspace and confirm the displays to include.
4. Choose Load Workspace later, review its preview, and confirm.

Manage, rename, or delete snapshots in Settings > Workspaces. A Saved Workspace is different from automatic continuity: it is an intentional restore point, while continuity quietly protects your latest working state.