This is not the resume facility ... I have turned that off in the general preferences.
This is the message that requires a tick every time I shutdown. How can I change the default?
I do not want loads of apps to load everytime I start. I do not want to have to keep saying this everytime I shutdown. I do want the option to set it to off once and for al!
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
OK you checked the system pref's and safari preferences on the third user for the correct settings? Do THEY quit the programs before they log out?
OK go t system pref's > Users and groups> Log-in Items and delete the items there that you do not want opening upon logging in.
Hi. Thanks fo your help. But there is nothing left in the Log-in items for any of the users. And all the applications are always closed by all the users before turning the computer off... And again, only Mail and Microsoft Word open automatically after booting the computer. Mistery !
I am sorry that did not do it for you. I will have to say at this point, it is above my knowledge. If their opening is not HARMFUL, and if they can be turned off, then maybe live with it?
One last idea.... Turn them off, restart computer. Turn them off immediately if they open again- and restart again.
Then if that does not do it- I am lost. There is a mail feedback dropdown in the menu....maybe ask there.
OH WAIT!! ONE more idea. Quit mail and remove it from the dock. Quit word and remove it from the dock. NOW restart it a couple of times.
Open mail, and close mail, restart. Tell what happens.
Just opened the folder in the Finder and tossed the file. Found that with a search for the name 'systempreferences' there were a number of system botched up preferences.
In fact, all the ones with crazy characters after their name are ones that were saved and never renamed to take the place of the old one. For some reason the system tries to replace the file each time instead of just modifying the file.
When a bunch of files named like this:
com.apple.iChat.plist.NjbY4gA
com.apple.iLifeAssetManagement.crash.plist.m6AGw5b
com.apple.Preview.SandboxedPersistentURLs.LSSharedFileList.plist.XRAmUck
not only are those files trash, it is very likely that the same file without the garbage at the end:
com.apple.iChat.plist
com.apple.iLifeAssetManagement.crash.plist
com.apple.Preview.SandboxedPersistentURLs.LSSharedFileList.plist
are corrupt and are causing you grief. It is a good ideas to throw out the file ending in garbage and the corresponding one that ends in just '.plist' so the app can recreate the preference again.
Never had so many prefernces file corruptions in Mac OS 9 with resource forks. Resource forks had self validation, checksums and the whole nine yards. These plist text files are always getting corrupted.
Sierra doesn't even have that option 😠
How do I disable "reopen windows when logging back in"
