Cosmo Castellano
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Q: Power On/Login - How to stop unwanted launch of past apps!

I recently updated to 10.10     Now when I power back up after a shutdown, apps I may have had running prior to shutdown launch. 

 

WHY? 

 

How do I turn this extremely annoying behavior off?

2.8GHz i7 27, Mac OS X (10.6.8), External Firewire Drives

Posted on Apr 17, 2015 7:06 PM

by Drew Reece,Solvedanswer
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A:

You may want to keep a bootable 10.6 install around just for the PPC apps if you have data locked up in them.

 

Keep an eye out for the checkbox on the logout dialog too, I think you still have both options for allowing the reopen on login.

There are a few other minor annoyances that you may eventually get used to, like reverse scrolling, vanishing scrollbars or window resume in apps…

http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/29/discard-windows-from-resume-os-x-lion/

 

Many things can be tweaked, but some can no longer be edited without major hacks, which are probably not worth the risks (like sidebar icon colours or alternate dock backgrounds). Also have a read up on Versions too, they were added in 10.7 & have been changing with each release …

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202255

In principle it is great, but for some people it is annoying & breaks the 'hit cmd+s every few minutes' affliction that many have become accustomed to. Be aware that many apps will just save files even without you asking. It can catch us all out.

 

 

Good luck with it all

Posted on Apr 18, 2015 12:20 PM

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  • by Drew Reece,Helpful

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Apr 18, 2015 6:26 AM in response to Cosmo Castellano
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    Apr 18, 2015 6:26 AM in response to Cosmo Castellano

    What OS did you update from, it's been like this for a while.

     

    There should be a dialog when you logout with the option to 'reopen windows on next login'.  Also see if you have the preference 'Close windows when quitting an application' disabled.

     

    This explains it…

    http://osxdaily.com/2013/05/07/close-windows-when-quitting-apps-mac-os-x/

  • by Cosmo Castellano,Helpful

    Cosmo Castellano Cosmo Castellano Apr 18, 2015 12:33 PM in response to Drew Reece
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    Apr 18, 2015 12:33 PM in response to Drew Reece

    Thank you - I upgraded from 10.6.    Due to the loss of PPC apps, I held out as long as I could.    I wish Rosetta were still maintained.   

     

    Thank you for pointing me to the setting I was searching for.   I want turn this nasty business off immediately!      The text of the option reads "Close windows when quitting an app"  but it really does not say, do not restore all apps that were running.     I have not gone through a power down / power up cycle yet, but hopefully this solves the "wait forever for things you don't want or need launched to settle down so you can quit each one" issue.

     

    Thank you

  • by Drew Reece,Solvedanswer

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Apr 18, 2015 12:20 PM in response to Cosmo Castellano
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    Apr 18, 2015 12:20 PM in response to Cosmo Castellano

    You may want to keep a bootable 10.6 install around just for the PPC apps if you have data locked up in them.

     

    Keep an eye out for the checkbox on the logout dialog too, I think you still have both options for allowing the reopen on login.

    There are a few other minor annoyances that you may eventually get used to, like reverse scrolling, vanishing scrollbars or window resume in apps…

    http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/29/discard-windows-from-resume-os-x-lion/

     

    Many things can be tweaked, but some can no longer be edited without major hacks, which are probably not worth the risks (like sidebar icon colours or alternate dock backgrounds). Also have a read up on Versions too, they were added in 10.7 & have been changing with each release …

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202255

    In principle it is great, but for some people it is annoying & breaks the 'hit cmd+s every few minutes' affliction that many have become accustomed to. Be aware that many apps will just save files even without you asking. It can catch us all out.

     

     

    Good luck with it all

  • by Cosmo Castellano,

    Cosmo Castellano Cosmo Castellano Apr 18, 2015 12:40 PM in response to Drew Reece
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    Apr 18, 2015 12:40 PM in response to Drew Reece

    Thank you

     

    It must be that Apple is in cahoots with the hard disk vendors - Versions of large files I am working on will force me to buy more storage!!!!   I did already reverse the scrolling business but I will have to read up on versions.  I want to limit the amount of disk space I am wasting.   


    Interesting changes.   I do have an iPhone and and iPad.  I like IOS but when I want to use my computer, it needs to act like my computer and not my phone.    I did backup my 10.6 to a bootable drive just as you suggested.  I did not upgrade Photoshop and can only run it in 10.6   I am also annoyed with Adobe for the way Photoshop is offered up now but that is for another forum.    I also cannot use AppleWorks beyond 10.6 - (made by Apple as was MacDraw).   My wife invested a lot of time and effort in material for school as an elementary teacher that is locked up in AppleWorks, so the old system will get booted up now and again.    So much has changed since my 512e!   

     

    Thank you!

  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece Apr 18, 2015 12:52 PM in response to Cosmo Castellano
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    Apr 18, 2015 12:52 PM in response to Cosmo Castellano

    512e, back in the simple days of OS 1.

    I think OS 6 was my earliest Mac use. Black & white Photoshop, how quaint

     

    Versions should be quite smart, purging older copies when space is limited like Time Machine. I haven't given it much thought since moving from 10.6.