Saundra Curry
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Q: I don't want Safari to re-open all windows from last session; can't make it stop. Set Safari preferences to new window and new tab open with blank page, but it won't.

P.S. Also cleared cache and History. Running OS 10.7.4 and Safari 5.1.7.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.2 GHz Core i7, 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3

Posted on Jun 1, 2012 3:06 PM

by QuickTimeKirk,Solvedanswer
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A:

Hold down the shift key as you launch Safari.

Posted on Jun 1, 2012 3:46 PM

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  • by Saundra Curry,

    Saundra Curry Saundra Curry Jul 13, 2012 4:03 AM in response to Hovden2day
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    Jul 13, 2012 4:03 AM in response to Hovden2day

    Oh my gosh...I looked at this screen more than 3 times and never saw that box to uncheck. Thank you so much!

     

    BTW, I just skimmed the Working Mac section in the August 2012 Macworld which has an article entitled Tame Lion's Resume Options. It has your answer, along with many other ways to accomplish not opening up everything that was open when you last shut down. It does caution that unchecking this option affects all your apps (not just Safari), you can't pick and choose.

     

    Thanks again!

  • by Saundra Curry,

    Saundra Curry Saundra Curry Jul 13, 2012 4:05 AM in response to Badunit
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    Jul 13, 2012 4:05 AM in response to Badunit

    How did you insert your screen shot? I tried pasting a screen shot and while I could see while still composing my reply, once I hit Add Reply, I didn't show up.

  • by Badunit,

    Badunit Badunit Jul 13, 2012 4:20 AM in response to Saundra Curry
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    Jul 13, 2012 4:20 AM in response to Saundra Curry

    Saundra Curry wrote:

     

    How did you insert your screen shot? I tried pasting a screen shot and while I could see while still composing my reply, once I hit Add Reply, I didn't show up.

     

    Click on the camera icon then select the image to upload.

     

    Screen Shot 2012-07-13 at 7.19.02 AM.png

  • by mtrcycllvr,

    mtrcycllvr mtrcycllvr Jul 13, 2012 7:51 AM in response to Saundra Curry
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    Jul 13, 2012 7:51 AM in response to Saundra Curry

    Super!  This has solved the issue!!  Thanks so much!

  • by Saundra Curry,

    Saundra Curry Saundra Curry Jul 13, 2012 1:08 PM in response to Badunit
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    Jul 13, 2012 1:08 PM in response to Badunit

    You've been a tremendous help! Thanks SO much.

  • by MrFancypants82,

    MrFancypants82 MrFancypants82 Sep 17, 2012 5:16 AM in response to Saundra Curry
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    Sep 17, 2012 5:16 AM in response to Saundra Curry

    This was a huge help, I never would have thought of looking in the system preferences for an apps behavior change. This was really starting to **** me off haha!

  • by MrFancypants82,

    MrFancypants82 MrFancypants82 Sep 17, 2012 5:17 AM in response to Saundra Curry
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    Sep 17, 2012 5:17 AM in response to Saundra Curry

    By the way, apple just sensored the past tense of the word pi$s in my last post, weird.

  • by cheloscar,

    cheloscar cheloscar Oct 5, 2012 5:16 AM in response to Badunit
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    Oct 5, 2012 5:16 AM in response to Badunit

    Thanks BADUNIT! It solved my problem too. Regards!

  • by garyjv,

    garyjv garyjv Jan 1, 2013 10:30 AM in response to cheloscar
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    Jan 1, 2013 10:30 AM in response to cheloscar

    NOPE. Doesn't work here. I tried it.

     

    I've been using Mac since 1986 and the one difference I found on the Mac vs. PC battlefield was that, despite step-saving conveniences, Mac never assumed settings and actions you didn't ask for.

    Certain things need changing, this wasn't one of them. Most people don't want their previous sessions restored automatically unless they somehow didn't finish when they shut down or they crashed.  When you quit, there's supposede to be an option for it, that's all. 

    Otherwise, it should be "new startup, new session." Simple convenience...not inflexible, PC-type assumptions you need workarounds for to achieve simplicity.

     

    Don't get me started with the stupid changes they made to Lion's version of Preview, with no more "save as..." and other things we didn't ask for.

  • by leejustone,

    leejustone leejustone Jul 22, 2014 8:31 PM in response to Saundra Curry
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    Jul 22, 2014 8:31 PM in response to Saundra Curry

    These solutions work ok, although holding the shift key is a bit cumbersome, and i prefer to have my other apps, like Pages, preserve my windows when i quit them.  Therefore, i simply used Terminal to overwrite the code. 

     

    Open Terminal and type (or cut and paste) this:

    defaults write com.apple.Safari NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false

     

    And you're all set! If you want to reopen all windows from your last session, just select it in the History menu.

     

    And if you ever want to change it back, just open Terminal and type:

    defaults write com.apple.Safari NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool true

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