canuckdunn Author

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"Safari opens with:" option missing

I have 2 Macs, both running the latest OS X update with Safari 9.1 (11601.5.17.1). On one machine, the first option under Preferences>General is "Safari opens with:" but this line is missing in the general preferences on the other machine. Why the difference? Can I add this option to the version where it is missing?

Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Mar 24, 2016 9:17 AM

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Mar 24, 2016 12:10 PM in response to canuckdunn

This has to do with the option “ Close windows when quitting an app” enabled/disabled in System Preferences > General

When the option “ Close windows when quitting an app” is enabled, “Safari opens with” preferences option will be available.

When the “ Close windows when quitting an app” option is disabled, “ Safari opens with” preferences option will not be available.

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canuckdunn Author

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Mar 24, 2016 12:42 PM in response to dominic23

Thank you - problem fixed.

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