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Create your first preset

Save a region once, bind it to a key, and snap any window there with two keypresses.

Takes 3 minutesYou need MaxTo installed, two windows openSteps 5
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You'll end up with

A preset on the 1 key that snaps any window to the left side of your screen: open the grid, press 1, done.

In Snap your first window you drew a region by hand. A preset saves that region so you never have to draw it again. You’ll need two windows open, because you’ll try the preset on the second one.

Open the resize grid

Click the first window, then press ⌃⌥⌘Space.

Check. The grid opens over the window's display.

Hold ⌥ and drag

Hold ⌥ (Option), then drag down the left-hand columns of the grid, from the top row to the bottom row. With the default seven columns, three or four columns makes a good left side.

Check. While ⌥ is down, the card below the grid reads "The selection will be saved as a new preset." in green. Green is MaxTo telling you this drag saves something.

Release to save

Keep holding ⌥ and release the mouse. MaxTo only checks for ⌥ at the moment you let go, so don’t release ⌥ first.

Check. The window snaps to the region you drew, the selection stays highlighted, and the card reads "Press a key to save this preset, or Esc to cancel."

Bind it to a key

Press 1.

Letters, digits and punctuation keys all work. Tab, Esc, Page Up and Page Down can’t be used, because the grid uses them itself. If you pick a key you’ve already bound on this display, the new preset replaces the old one.

Check. The grid closes. The preset is saved.

Use the preset

Click the second window, press ⌃⌥⌘Space, and press 1.

Check. The window snaps to the left side and the grid closes. Before you pressed the key, you may have noticed a thumbnail labelled 1 in the card below the grid. Hovering it previews the position, and clicking it does the same as the key.
Presets belong to a display A preset is saved for the display the grid was on, so your other displays can use 1 for something else. To save one for another display, press Tab to move the grid there before you drag. Save a preset for one-press snapping shows how to use that to send a window to another display with one key.