How can I run a script whenever I plug in an external monitor?

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Reset Mac OS X Windows Position after de-attaching external monitor

I use my laptop at work, where I have a second monitor, and at home, where I don't. When I plug in the external display, I'd like the Mac to automatically run a shell script or AppleScript that will reposition a bunch of windows to their "standard" external-monitor locations. Is there any Apple Event or similar thing that can launch my scripts when I plug in a monitor? Alternatively, are there any utilities that specifically do this? I looked at Breeze, but it saves window state on an app-by-app basis, and doesn't detect monitors being plugged or unplugged.

Jay Levitt

Posted 2010-08-01T14:36:17.110

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Question was closed 2010-08-03T02:38:22.513

Duplicate of Reset Mac OS X Windows Position after de-attaching external monitor?

– Dori – 2010-08-01T23:07:31.870

Weird... I did ask the same question, but got a much better answer. All the answers to that thread were of the "Here's something you can manually run" variety, not the nicely-automated Marco Polo. Please do merge the answer! – Jay Levitt – 2010-08-08T15:10:27.640

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There is a piece of software called MarcoPolo that lets you execute various actions (including scripts) when the physical state of a box changes (you can switch on stuff like external power, external monitor, ambient light, time of day, attached drives, visible wifi networks, ip address, etc)

skarface

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See http://www.controlplaneapp.com/ which is currently maintained.

– aceofspades – 2012-10-30T02:49:25.763

Yup, I had forgotten that this answer was here. I've moved to control plane a while ago. It works really well. – skarface – 2012-11-08T04:22:28.980

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