How to stop Safari reopen on last page

I get the exact same situation as Lucavigg above.

Terminal tells me,

"Could not write domain /Users/[user name]/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist; exiting

Also, like Lucavigg, I've had serious problems with permissions on my Documents folder since I clean installed Lion. Contacted AppleCare Support - they really weren't able to help on this one, although they suggested a few obvious things like repairing permissions.

I did find the BatChmod utility, which seemed to basically work for my Documents folder permissions problems.

Perhaps this utility will work on the aforementioned file in my Library prefs as well.

Thank you. Alt-command Q worked for me. I no longer have this problem and didn't have to go to terminal to do it. I agree, I should not have to reprogram my computer to make Safari work without opening old windows I no longer want to have open. To me this is the best answer for the problem.

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Tip how to turn this 'bug' into a 'feature':

A non-terminal way to change the behaviour of Safari (and Preview) is to swap the keyboard shortcut for option-command-Q and regular command-Q. It requires a bit of poking in the systems preferences but should also be do-able for the average iGranny.

Go to System Preferences, Keyboard, and then Keyboard Shortcuts.

Under Application Shortcuts, click "+" and add for Safari a new combination for Quit Safari (Choose under Menu title "Quit Safari", exactly like in the menu from Safari, and press 'option-command-Q" under Keyboard Shortcut). Do the same for "Quit and Close All Windows" but chosing command Q as keyboard shortcut.

Now the pre-Lion default behaviour is back, but allows you to use option-command-Q to keep your windows, if you so require. In contrast to the terminal-comand, this also shows you in the menu exactly which behaviour to expect with which keyboard shortcut. Which is as it should be for a feature.

brilliant solution - thank you!

why are people complicating the issue? ... just hit the little "X" button on the top left and then quit... when u reopen it will open the homepage... also "Option + Comman + Q" when closing... dont got to go to the terminal, or download another app or anything...

Or, why did Apple complicate the issue by making it necessary to do more than simply quit?

I'm using an old version of OSX - 10.5.8. Can someone please tell me a simple way to MAKE Safari reopen my previous windows and tabs when I close it and restart it? Thanks.

P.S. I don't know what typing something in "terminal" means

I've tried everythign sugested in these posts.

Going onto terminal just comes up with "command not found"

I have unchecked the box and still every time i open safari it open up whatever was open when i closed it

This simple solution seems to have worked for me.

I made sure that restore windows box was unchecked in System Prefs (see above posts). then in Safari preferences I changed the "new windows open with" preference to a new option (such as blank window) and also changed "new tabs open with" to a new setting (also blank window). Quit with option+command+Q. Then relaunched safari.

Safari opened to a blank page, I then reset those options to open to top sites which is what I originally wanted. Opt+Command+quit again just in case. And launched Safari and window opened to top sites which is what I prefer.

Seems like switching this setting rewrote the p.list or something like that and solved the problem for me. Good luck and hope this helps others.

3.6GHz Intel iMac i5, OS 10.7.4, Safari 5.1.7

Yup! The Terminal window is what finally fixed it for me. So thanks!

I don't think you have to use terminal and I don't think this is a bug. If you go into System Preferences and then General you will see a checkbox that says:

Close windows when quitting an application

When selected, open documents and windows will not be retored when you re-open an application

This worked perfect for me. I checked the box and now my homepage loads and nothing retores.

This worked for me too, but then it forgets the fullscreen option 8(

rshillington,

I know I'm kind of late to the party, and I know a lot can change in updates in like 4 months, but I was wondering if maybe what you were looking for is a setting in Safari/Preferences/On the General Tab/ Look for the option Safari open with: "A new window". I know for me at least if that is set to "All windows from last session" then it doesn't matter what I have set in System Preferences/General/ [] Close windows when quitting an application.

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