My system preferences won't save. I keep trying to choose the option to "close windows with quitting an app." Whenever I make the selection, it does not save. Multiple windows continue to be restored whenever I re-open my mail or safari apps. This is so annoying!
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15
Take curser on top menu bar in mail application , file > close window .
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Take curser on top menu bar in mail application , file > close window .
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You are opening mail application > take cursor on file > new viewer window .
Two mail windows will open , take cursor on window > merge all windows .
Two new tabs will be opened in the mail application , take cursor on file > close tab , now a single tab opened is left ( its your choice to select which tab to be closed , the mail application is opened , take cursor on top left menu bar > mail > click on quit mail .
The correct way is to quit the app and not close its window by clicking on red dot , in normal routine as the applications will not close it will be running in the background , the one you are talking about system preferences > general is for apps .
My issue isn't when i'm logging in though. Im talking about when i'm on the actual computer, and I just want to quit one app. Like if I have the mail app open with 2 emails in separate windows, and I quit the app before I close each individual window. When I open the app back up, I don't want to see all of the windows I just quit. In system preferences the option says "close windows when quitting an app" *when selected, open documents and windows will not be restored when you re-open the app.* I windows keep restoring.
Then I cannot help you. There is no such option in Mail's preferences, and no other setting but the one you are using. I use a different setup, so I cannot test your issue without making changes and rebooting. Therefore, I don't know if what you have found happening is normal or not. I can only state that I cannot find any specific setting other than what you have already tried.
You are choosing the wrong option for what you want. To do what you want shutdown the computer. The following dialog will appear. Uncheck the "Reopen windows..." option.
So I have to close it, even though with this box clicked, the windows aren’t supposed to re open? Will I have to do this every time?
System Preferences MacBook Air 2020
