Mavericks keeps starting up apps on restart

I too have this problem. When I start up my mail and iMessage come up. I do not have either set to start at start up. Is there a solution?

I might mention here that I'm brand new to Mac (2 days), so I don't know much about the system.

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ok, so I don't have a solution, but I did find something interesting about this problem. I have my iMac set to shutdown at 4:00pm and startup at 7:25am. When I come in in the morning any apps that were open when it shut down have been reopened. But if I open a bunch of apps and select shutdown from the Apple menu, and then press the power button to start it back up, no apps will reopen. However, if I open a bunch of apps, go to system preferences, select Energy saver and schedule it to shut down automatically, when I start it back up (manualy or automatically) all the apps reopen. The problem only seems to happen (at least for me) if the machine shuts down automatically!

"Don't bother filing a Bug Report or anything else with Apple. They absolutely do not care and certainly won't read anything you submit."

This is totally false.

macjack, you are my hero. I've been searching since Lion for a convenient way to globally disable this "feature", and since whenever Versions was added for a way to annihilate it too (since it, too, doesn't seem to obey the System Preference check box that I thought was supposed to disable it).

None of the previous suggestions worked for me but this did-

Try quitting all your apps and then navigate to Library (option clicking in the Go menu if necessary) > Preferences > ByHost in the Finder (or Terminal if you prefer the command line). Find all occurances of files that start with com.apple.loginwindow. … delete them. Restart immediately.

Found it here:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5517472?answerId=23638089022#23638089022

Thank you Infinite Vortex!

This solution still doesn't help if I shut down automaticly using schedule in the energy saver system preference pane. It doesn't seem to mater how I start up, but if I shut down automaticly, when I start back up, programs reopen.

This website lists a method to permanently disable the Resume feature via the Terminal: osx - How do I prevent my Mac from opening so many windows every time I restart? - Ask Different

It's about halfway down the page.

OT

Go to Library folder and in that Library folder there should be a Preferences folder. Open that up and erase file: com.apple.systempreferences.plist

that should solve it.

Found a solution all---

terminal command: killall Dock

it fixed my issues!!!!!

🙂

Thanks - this worked for me. It appears too that one could edit the Pref file with say PrefEdit.app and possibly tweak the offending setting, but I'm good with the discard solution.

Spoke too soon. This did NOT work. Will go looking for a better solution. This is really stupid.

That solved the problem for me! I was going C-R-A-Z-Y with this! How simple a solution?!? Just follow what Konradphoto outlined and it will (hopefully) fix your issue. One word of advice! If you have Chrome as one of your browsers, that can be a stubborn problem, despite Konradphoto's careful plan. If that little bugger still won't stay off, check this: Right click on the icon in the doc, select OPTIONS and be certain OPEN AT LOGIN is unchecked. That was the only stubborn cus after following the outlined plan. Thank you, Konradphoto!!!

I never knew there were options for apps accessible through the dock icon! Unchecking the item in the Dock Options and also unchecking the item in the Login Items has solved the problem. Thank you bmoede@cesa7!!

Looks like Apple needs to create a coordination between Login Items and the dock so that if the Open at Login in the Dock options is checked or unchecked, it is also checked or unchecked in the Login Items and vice versa!

Apple, what do you say?

Looks like Apple needs to create a coordination between Login Items and the dock so that if the Open at Login in the Dock options is checked or unchecked, it is also checked or unchecked in the Login Items and vice versa!

Setting the option to Open at Login in the Dock does add that app to the Login Items in the System Preferences.

That may be true -- I have not checked that. But I do know that unchecking the item in login items does NOT also uncheck the option in the dock.