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Safari opens with old tabs on start up

Safari keeps opening with old tabs from about 3 weeks ago rather than my home page. On start up safari is showing as open and there is a folder in the right hand part of the dock. This has the old tabs in it and safari opens with these and not my home page. I've seen other threads which advise to ensure preferences are set correctly etc but none of this has worked. All settings are for my home page to open and not previous windows. What confuses me is why these particular old tabs are opening. Any ideas how to get rid of them and for safari to start opening with my home page again. Thanks.

Posted on Feb 26, 2012 9:09 AM

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eddiethered Author

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Apr 14, 2012 1:34 PM in response to Johnnyhair

Sorry to hear you've got the same problems. I had to do a fresh install of Lion and that cured the problem. I used time machine for back up but it was a bit messy, especially with photos. No one could cure my problem so I went for the nuclear option, reluctantly. Good luck.

samba53

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May 4, 2012 8:17 AM in response to eddiethered

Using Lion? You just need to disable the "resume" feature:

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/07/20/how-to-disable-lions-resume-feature/

Jun 21, 2013 8:14 AM in response to samba53

Have the same problem. Whenever I restart my computer it essentially opens the same session I had months ago - Preview opens with a document I had open then, Stuffit opens, and Safari opens with the same tabs. None of these programs (except Safari) are set to open on login. In addition, the Safari tabs open whenever I quite and re-open Safari. It's like the computer is remembering the session I had, but hasn't remembered anything since then. If I drag Safari out of the dock it reappears immediately. There must be a better situation other than reinstalling or disabling 'resume'.

Safari opens with old tabs on start up