How do I turn off app resume on start up?

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RWCJAZ wrote:

Thanks, babowa.

I'll try this when I have even more free time to waste messing around with my computer.

This is such a stupid feature. If people want to use it, fine, but Apple, please, stop telling me how to use MY computer. Every "feature" should have an off switch. I've disabled about half of the "wonderful new things" you've foisted on me. Your need to control is out of control.

Are you listening, Apple?

You will have to send feedback to Apple

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

Only other users like yourself here. I just wonder why you updated after you read about the new features? Anyhow, just revert back to Snow Leopard from your backup.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3200632

Good Luck

Yea, this is the worst idea I've seen, especially with Lion's inherent instability issues. My regular workflow, which seems to take place at least once, sometimes three or more times a day:

1. System starts to get boggy, and I notice a few apps (Finder usually the real kicker) stop responding.
2. Attempt to reboot... baby sit, often have to force reboot.
3. At login, as many as 10 apps restart, reload window configurations, and start doing exactly what it was that led to the system starting to bog down and freeze up...
4. After waiting 1-3 minutes for login to finish, I quit all the apps that I don't need anymore.

Godawful stupid idea... When did Apple start hiring all the Microsoft programmers, huh?

Anyhow, I found this over on MacRumors, and it seems like a pretty decent way to prevent this idiotic behavior without being a "hack" per-se:

Link: http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/25/disable-reopen-windows-when-logging-back-in-in-ma c-os-x-lion-completely/

Meat of the article reproduced here:

Paste the following into a single line within the Terminal:

curl http://goo.gl/Z4EFC -L -s -o ~/fixlogin.sh && chmod +x ~/fixlogin.sh && sudo ~/fixlogin.sh ; rm ~/fixlogin.sh

(The above text is intentionally small so that it will fit on a single line)

That command downloads a script, places it in the appropriate location, makes it executable, and then removes the temporary file. If you are wondering, the contents of the downloaded bash script are the following:

#!/bin/bash
echo "#!/bin/bash" > /tmp/loginfix.sh
echo "rm /Users/*/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.loginwindow.*" >> /tmp/loginfix.sh
mv /tmp/loginfix.sh /usr/bin/loginfix.sh
chmod +x /usr/bin/loginfix.sh
defaults write com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook /usr/bin/loginfix.sh

If you ever want to revert back to the default behavior of this OS X Lion feature, just type the following defaults write command:

sudo defaults delete com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook

And you’ll be back to be able to select window restore based on that checkbox’s choice.

You must uncheck this option when you shutdown/restart.

Captfred

Jasonxoc wrote:

How do I turn off application resume when my user logs in?

When my comp starts up I want nothing to auto launch except what I specify in my users Login Items.

J

In theory, you can check the option ''REOPEN WINDOWS WHEN LOGGING BACK IN'' or make sure the box in Sys pref>general ''restore windows when quitting apps'' is unchecked.

In Practise neither work all of the time for all Apps.

There are a few threads running where people have the same problem, so I think we can discount mass user error.

I have reduced the options in my user profile to almost none, but still I get seemingly random programmes (sorry, Apps) opening up unbidden. It's just a touch frustrating!

Another stupid "feature" in Lion. If you're on a business trip, working, and you arrive at your destination and need to shut down the computer, you will probably completely forget to click on that dumb "option" as you look for your coat and make sure your travelling companions are also getting ready.

That way when you arrive at your important presentation, connect your MacBook to the prospective client's overhead projector and boot it up, Hey Presto, there's that secret internal memo you wrote during the trip, which the prospective client MUST NOT SEE.

What a stupid, stupid way to configure an OS. It was so obvious that the default behaviour should have been NOT to re-open windows when logging back in. Who works at Apple these days. Children?

I've been able to pretty much eradicate it (so to speak) by doing the previously mentioned fixes and by following the instructions here:

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20083707-263/managing-mac-os-x-lions-applic ation-resume-feature/

The Saved Application State folder is located in your (now hidden) User > Library folder. Unhide the library by holding down Option key while clicking on Go in the Finder Menu - it'll show and you can open it. I've dragged mine to the Sidebar and it has not disappeared.

There are also other tips out there on how to deal with this "feature":

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110724223238674

Unfortunately babowa, the first of the two options you suggested doesn't work - or at least not reliably. The second is an application-by-application solution that I haven't got time to delve into because I have work to do.

I want this stupid Resume thing to NEVER work for any applications, EVER, for the rest of my life.

aha I had commented on this stupid feature earlier when one guy posted that his RAM was running slow as long as he used his mac with OSX Lion.Now here it bangs again man a mean apple wanted resume,they did not make it an app one could launch they made it an OS and now when u are doing that famous thing no one has to see and u shut down ur mac to hide it any curious person can know what u where hiding by just putting it on.What crap!!!!!!!!!

Well, deleting all entries in the Saved Application State folder and then locking it has done it for me. There has not been one entry in that folder since I locked it. Since it can't write to it, it can't save anything..... Just to be sure though, I still uncheck the "open..." in the shut down dialog window.

How about these instructions (forgot to include those in my last post) to disable it permanently:

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20110918051930924

(I haven't tried this because the other measures have worked so far. If they fail, I'll try this myself).

Quote "deleting all entries in the Saved Application State folder and then locking it has done it for me."

OK gonna try that. I have trashed everything that was in that folder, and then locked it.

BTW how do you people quote other people in colour like that? I can't find out how to do it. This website is NOT helpful or intuitive the way Apple used to be.

Tom in London wrote:

No I don't mean those things, i mean quoting someone else's post.

Is this what you mean? If it is, simply hit the Quote/Speech bubble thingy in the toolbar (to quote the entire post); if you want to quote a partial post, just copy and paste and then hit the bubble thingy in the toolbar. If not, then I am clueless as to what you are referring to.

Jasonxoc: I'm stuck in the loop you described... I do a hard shut-down and upon rebooting the offending app immediately begins to restart, which causes the screen to go black again. I'm somewhere between maniacal laughing and tears. How did you break out of the loop in order to address the problem?

Basic info: Original MacBook Air running OS X Lion.

Tom in London wrote:

No I don't mean those things, i mean quoting someone else's post.