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Save a workflow

Save your open apps, window positions and browser tabs, then bring them back with one key.

Show me how

A workflow is a saved setup: open apps, where their windows sit, and your browser tabs. Switching to one opens what's missing and puts windows back. Findow only opens and hides apps. It never quits them.

Save one

Open the apps you use for one kind of work, and place the windows.
Open the menu bar panel and press the plus button beside Workflows.
Name it, such as Coding. Findow gives it a key from ⌃⌥1 to ⌃⌥9.

The first time you save with a browser open, macOS may ask to let Findow read its tabs. If you say no, the workflow still handles apps and windows.

Switch to one

Keyboard

Press its key, from ⌃⌥1 to ⌃⌥9. You can also hold ⌥Tab and press a number.

Mouse

Click the workflow in the menu bar panel, or press Switch beside it in Settings > Workflows.

What gets saved

Chrome, Arc, Brave and Edge tabs are saved, without incognito tabs.
Safari tabs are off by default, because Safari can't tell Findow which windows are private. Turn on "Save Safari tabs" in Settings > Workflows if you want them.
Finder folders are off by default. Turn on "Save open Finder folders" to include them.
A page you had open three times comes back as three tabs. Tabs already open count, so switching twice doesn't double them up.

Workflow settings

In Settings > Workflows, each workflow has these options:

Arrange windows: keep them where you left them, or tidy them on arrival.
Hide other apps: hide everything else when you switch.
Switch to this when these monitors connect: see Multiple displays.
Export: save it to a file, which you can bring in with Import a workflow.

Now try it on your Mac

Save a workflow, close two of its windows, then press its key.

It worked if

The closed windows open again and go back to their places.

If it doesn't work

If tabs don't come back, check that Findow is allowed to control your browser in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Automation. If a browser is running and Findow can't read its tabs, it leaves the browser alone rather than doubling them up.