August 10, 2026

Tile a Mac window by dragging it to the edge

Drag to the left or right edge, or hover the green button and pick a layout.

• Productivity
• Easy · 1 min
• Mac on macOS Sequoia and later, including Tahoe
• Fix: tile windows on a Mac
• Cheat sheet

How to do it

1. 01

   Drag a window to the left or right edge until a highlighted area appears, then release.

2. 02

   Or hover the green button at the top left of the window and choose a half or a quarter.

3. 03

   Or choose Window > Move & Resize and pick a layout.

4. 04

   To turn edge dragging off, go to System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Windows and disable dragging windows to the screen edge.

Hold the Option key while dragging if you want the tile to happen without waiting for the highlight. That option is also in the same Windows section of Desktop & Dock.