Store Settings & Load them on App Load

[Pbryanw]

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Hi, I've noticed that if you disable a display, the settings don't carry across sessions.

I'm just wondering if there's a way to disable a screen on startup, or if you would consider adding such an option?

Thanks, Paul

[Eun]

Hi thanks four your report,

Great Idea! Next Release!

[Pbryanw]

Thanks, that's great news!

[Eun]

Just for letting you know: Version 1.7 has console support. Cheerio!

[Eun]

I cannot reproduce the problem you described, could you make a little step by step guide that leeds to the Problem?

[Pbryanw]

Hi,

1. Firstly, I put DisableMonitor.app into my Login Items so it starts on login.
2. Next I use the Displays Preference to put my monitors into a side-by-side arrangement. Monitors are not mirrored.
3. Disable the monitor I'm not using in DisableMonitor App.
4. Reboot, or logout and in again. Disabled monitor is re-enabled.

If it's possible, I'd like DisableMonitor to remember to disable my preferred monitor on startup if the App is set to start on logon. However, this is just my ideal usage model.

[Eun]

Currently its just an On-The-Fly App, without storing settings. But probably I will add this later.

[Pbryanw]

Hi, many thanks for considering this. I accept now that it's more the unique way I use my dual-monitor setup that makes me want this feature, so hopefully it can be included in a future update, but I also accept it's probably not a feature that would get used by many users.

[vjustov]

+1 Also maybe adding a button to automatically load on login.

[iangregsondev]

+1 for automatically saving and loading on restart. Currently it forgets all settings.

[sirNemanjapro]

Later when, 2016?

[SamSpector]

Just use the cli and call the settings you would like in a startup script you place in login items. Or alternatively add a plist to call a script invoking the cli during boot. You know, something like this:

#!usr/bin/bash #disables first-listed monitor /Applications/DisableMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/DisableMonitor -d /Applications/DisableMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/DisableMonitor -l | grep LCD | grep [A-Za-z] | head -1 | sed 's|[A-Za-z]||g' /Applications/DisableMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/DisableMonitor -d /Applications/DisableMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/DisableMonitor -l | grep LCD | grep [A-Za-z] | head -2 | tail -1 | sed 's|[A-Za-z]||g' #head -n | tail -1 would disable the nth monitor listed by #/Applications/DisableMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/DisableMonitor -l #this would would disable the last listed monitor /Applications/DisableMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/DisableMonitor -d /Applications/DisableMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/DisableMonitor -l | grep LCD | grep [A-Za-z] | tail -1 | sed 's|[A-Za-z]||g'

You can use this method to place the primary display wherever you like on start. Just disable the other ones and then reenable the ones you want to use.

[minostauros]

Sadly this seems to be not implemented yet. Any tips so I can make that change myself?