macOS Sierra – Change Maximum Size of Picture-in-Picture Window

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Does anyone know how the maximum size of the picture-in-picture window in macOS Sierra can be changed? I would really like to be able to enlarge it.

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The file with settings is located at ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.pipagent.plist

You can use http://www.nightproductions.net/prefsetter.html to edit this file and set the new dimensions.

I tried changing the values, however those got reset to 0.25 / 0.225 once I restart picture in picture.

Hope this helps.

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It depends on the Application, but mostly it's stored in the defaults database. You can check for example Mail.app with:

defaults read com.apple.mail DefaultWindowState

If You do not know the key just grep with "window" the output from defaults read BUNDLE_ID where BUNDLE_ID is Your application bundle identifier which can be read like this:

APP_PATH="/Applications/Mail.app"
defaults read "$APP_PATH/Contents/Info.plist" CFBundleIdentifier

You can try to change keys in plists using defaults command or locate plist file in ~/Library/Preferences directory and change it manually.

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FullScreen & windowed are really mutually exclusive.

If you run windowed, there's the possibility that Afloat might work for you, to keep it always in front; unfortunately it is no longer supported & I don't know whether it still works in Yosemite.

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