Window Restore Undo

An undo-first safety net for tools that auto-restore window layouts

Problem

Laptop users who dock and undock external monitors daily get all their windows shoved back onto the built-in display and scattered across Spaces, costing minutes of manual rearrangement. Worse, existing auto-restore tools make the decision for you: if they put a window in the wrong place, you can't even remember where it used to be, and mid-restore you can't tell which windows the tool moved versus which you opened yourself.

Solution

A macOS menu bar utility that snapshots all window positions before any layout restore, then offers a one-click undo back to the previous layout. It keeps the last few snapshots so users can flip between layouts.

Users

macOS power users, developers and designers who carry a laptop between home and office with frequent monitor plug/unplug

MVP

Snapshot all visible windows' position, size and Space; one-click restore of the latest snapshot; one-click undo back to pre-restore state; menu bar quick actions; clearly flag windows that were skipped or conflicted during restore;

Revenue

One-time purchase (e.g. $9.9) or subscription; free tier caps snapshot count, Pro unlocks unlimited snapshots and per-display profiles

Why now

Hybrid work and multi-monitor setups are the norm, yet window management remains a system-level pain big vendors neglect. Scope is small, needs no backend, and is perfect for a solo dev using native APIs.