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Every time I open Safari it automatically opens like 15-20 tabs. Ive cleared the history and website data, went into preferences and played around with the tabs menu as well as the general menu but nothing seems to work. I wonder if it has anything to do with some virus from 3rd party website because nothing seems to work. I just purchased this brand new MacBook Pro 2 months ago. Any suggestions?
System Preferences > General
Checkmark the box beside "Close windows when quitting an app".
Thanks for your reply. I don't have that option in System Preferences > General. I have Yosemite OS.
You may also try to run adware medic tool in order to check for adware. Sometimes opening random pages and tabs may be a symptom of adware add-on or plugin.
Alright, so I do have Adware Medic already. Do you suggest me removing it? I also have this AdBlock in my extensions. Could that be contributing to the issue?
WhoIsWhuteva wrote:
Thanks for your reply. I don't have that option in System Preferences > General. I have Yosemite OS.
I think you're looking in the General pane of Safari's preferences. It won't be found there. However, it's definitely there in the General pane of the System Preferences app, even in Yosemite.
However, Safari also has its own preference for this kind of thing. In the General pane of Safari's preferences, see the topmost option:
Change this option to something other than "All windows from last session". Then quit Safari and re-open it. Do all those tabs still open? If not, you can change it back to "All windows from last session" if you prefer.
You most certainly do have that box in system preferences>general (OS X 10.10).
Barry
Correct. This is in the general pane of Safari's preferences but that has been set to "A New Window" as you can see.
This is what it looks like under System Preferences:
Unfortunately, neither option was able to help me fix this issue. These hypothetically should work, and I've tried them a few times.
In that case, try quitting Safari, then hold down the shift key while re-opening it.
If that doesn’t work, quit Safari again, then navigate to the following folder:
~/Library/Saved Application State/
(If you are not sure how to find this folder, see Locating files from paths.)
Inside that folder, find the folder named com.apple.Safari.savedState. Drag that to the trash.
Next, go to the following folder:
~/Library/Safari/
In that folder, drag the LastSession.plist file to the trash. Now open Safari, and the message should be gone.
(Fair disclosure: I may receive compensation from links to my sites, TheSafeMac.com and AdwareMedic.com.)
I did remove both files from both locations. Still nothing unfortunately. Really appreciate your assistance. This is getting to be very frustrating. This has never happened on any mac that Ive had. Does Apple have tech support that can hop online to check it.
Are you only getting all these tabs opening when Safari starts up, or do they pop up at other times as well?
Go to Safari's preferences window and click the Extensions tab. What extensions do you see there?
When I start up computer, and click on Safari, there are around 20 tabs already open. I could have closed all tabs during my last session, but every time I relaunch Safari there are the same 20 tabs already preloaded.
Ironically, it now seems as if more tabs are preloaded when i turn on Safari. Its like its taking all of the website I favorite or visit and presets it to open when I go to Safari.
Restart the computer in safe mode:
OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode? - Apple Support
While in safe mode, start up Safari. Does the same thing happen? Restart the computer normally to exit safe mode. If the problem didn't happen in safe mode, does it happen again when no longer in safe mode?
Go to the Preferences in Safari and select Tab option and for “Open pages in tabs instead of windows” try all the 3 options: Never, Automatically and Always and see if it solves the sudden tabs opening issue. See the Mavericks screenshot.
Hope this helps....
Interesting! So heres the thing. I shut the computer down as instructed. I then pressed the power button to restart computer. However, the sound that usually plays did not sound. I did it twice to make sure I was correct.
I don't hear the usual Apple sound when I turn the computer on. Although the screen does go through what appears to be the regular start up(loading), the safe boot isn't working. The computer comes on pretty quick as I would expect with a brand new system, but doesn't seem to be recalibrating in Safe boot, if thats the correct word.
I wish it were that simple! I did actually try again, just to make sure, but no it was not successful. Sorry.
I even closed out all of the tabs before Quitting Safari in hopes that when i relaunch Safari there would be no tabs open. Thank you.
How can I stop Safari from opening with multiple tabs?
