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mac_list_windows_pids

MacOS: list all windows title and their owner process ids.

Usage

Tested on MacOS 13.4, Python 3.7 ~ 3.11.

Note if you run into error No module named Quartz, then run pip install pyobjc-framework-Quartz to install it.

$ python lswin.py
    PID WinID  x,y,w,h               	[Title] SubTitle
------- -----  --------------------- 	-------------------------------------------
    169  1956 {0,-38,1280,25        }	[Window Server] Backstop Menubar
    169  1955 {0,-60,1280,22        }	[Window Server] Menubar
    169   396 {0,-38,1280,25        }	[Window Server] Backstop Menubar
    169   395 {0,-60,1280,22        }	[Window Server] Menubar
    169     6 {0,0,0,0              }	[Window Server] Cursor
    169     4 {0,22,1280,25         }	[Window Server] Backstop Menubar
    169     3 {0,0,1280,22          }	[Window Server] Menubar
    169     2 {0,0,1280,800         }	[Window Server] Desktop
    262   404 {0,-38,1280,38        }	[Google Chrome] 
    262   393 {0,0,1280,800         }	[Google Chrome] 
    262   380 {100,100,1,1          }	[Google Chrome] Focus Proxy
    262   351 {1189,45,46,18        }	[Google Chrome] 
    262    51 {0,0,1280,800         }	[Google Chrome] sjitech/mac_list_windows_pids
    262    50 {0,755,1,1            }	[Google Chrome] 
    262    43 {0,0,1280,22          }	[Google Chrome]
    262    42 {0,0,1280,22          }	[Google Chrome]
    266  3294 {0,23,1276,777        }	[Sublime Text] README.md — mac_list_windows_pids
    266  1954 {0,-38,1280,38        }	[Sublime Text] 
    266  1953 {0,0,1280,800         }	[Sublime Text] 
    266  1952 {0,0,1280,800         }	[Sublime Text] 
    266   345 {529,83,116,56        }	[Sublime Text] 
    266   188 {100,100,1,1          }	[Sublime Text] Focus Proxy
    266   186 {0,0,1280,22          }	[Sublime Text]
    266   185 {0,0,1280,22          }	[Sublime Text]
    266    93 {0,0,1280,800         }	[Sublime Text] lswin
    ......

Known problems

Processes created by Safari browser will be displayed as same PID as main Safari process.

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