It's clearly a bug.

Are you using more than 1 monitor? There is a window positioning problem with Tk on macOS when windows are saved on a second display, then reopened when there is a single display and they are now "off screen."

On Nov 29, 2019, at 9:58 AM, pd-list-request@lists.iem.at wrote:

From: Simon Iten <itensimon@gmail.com>
To: IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig@iem.at>
Cc: pd-list@lists.iem.at
Subject: Re: [PD] "hidden" console window
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ah sorry, forgot to mention. this is on OSX  10.14.6

i am not at my computer right now, will post a screenshot later.

On 29 Nov 2019, at 08:40, IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig@iem.at> wrote:

Am 29. November 2019 08:24:09 MEZ schrieb Simon Iten <itensimon@gmail.com>:
whenever i open PD i get a small vertical line in the top right corner
of my screen which (once i maximize it by dragging with the mouse)
turns out to be the PD console window. is that behaviour intentional?

could you post a screenshot?
which window-manager are you using?

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