Stop Start and Restart The Yabai Tiling Window Manager

November 2021

Start Yabai

brew services start yabai

Output:

==> Successfully started ``yabai`` (label: homebrew.mxcl.yabai)

Stop Yabai

brew services stop yabai

Output:

Stopping `yabai`... (might take a while)
  ==> Successfully stopped ``yabai`` (label: homebrew.mxcl.yabai)

Restart (both commnads together)

brew services stop yabai && brew services start yabai

Output:

Stopping `yabai`... (might take a while)
  ==> Successfully stopped ``yabai`` (label: homebrew.mxcl.yabai)
  ==> Successfully started ``yabai`` (label: homebrew.mxcl.yabai)

It takes a bit (up to a minute or so) for yabai to stop.

Using this command joined with && makes sure that the start command waited for the stop command to finish.

Things jump around a lot when it starts back up. Give it a bit to settle down. Also, windows sometimes end up in different places. Don't be surprised if you have to move stuff around after a restart.

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