I often have several tabs open in Safari while I simultaneously work on different projects. After shutting down my iMac, the tabs would automatically restore on restart. Now (since El Capitan?) it doesn't happen, and the "Restore all open windows from last session" is greyed out in the History section. I can't find anything in Preferences that would affect this. Anybody have any ideas?
Alan
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
I figured it out: the re-open option in Safari is not available when the "Close windows when quitting an application" is turned off in the System Preferences General window. Thank you for all your help!
Alan
BTW: My last name contains most of the letters in Lysergic. When I worked in the music business it became my nickname, even though I wasn't a drug taker.
Lysergic wrote:
I often have several tabs open in Safari while I simultaneously work on different projects. After shutting down my iMac, the tabs would automatically restore on restart. Now (since El Capitan?) it doesn't happen, and the "Restore all open windows from last session" is greyed out in the History section. I can't find anything in Preferences that would affect this. Anybody have any ideas?
Alan
Safari Preferences --> General --> Safari opens with --> All windows from last session
I figured it out: the re-open option in Safari is not available when the "Close windows when quitting an application" is turned off in the System Preferences General window. Thank you for all your help!
Alan
Lysergic wrote:
Thanks. Are you sure you're looking at El Capitain 10.11.4? I do not see that option anywhere.
Yes, I'm quite positive.
I would second pinkstones - I have the exact same set up
Please go to Safari - ⌘, to invoke preferences - and please post a screen capture of what you are seeing and we can try and help you troubleshoot
You can take a screen shot using ⌘ + Shift + 4 - thee cursor changes and will take a screen shot of the area and post to your desktop after which you use the camera icon to include in your post if desired
Intriguing name by the way -
Lysergic wrote:
Sorry, can't provide a screenshot. That tab gives me 4 options: Favourites, Homepage, Empty page and Same page.
What version of Safari are you running? Go up to Safari --> About Safari.
Lysergic wrote:
I can't take a screenshot in this case because to view the selections involves toggling which I can't do AND take a screenshot.
Click the arrow to activate the drop-down menu, then do Shift + Command + 4. That freezes the drop-down menu in place and allows you make a selection screenshot, like I did in my second response to you.
That's really odd. I have El Capitain 10.11.4 and this is what I see:
Thank you - can you please use the drop down that I indicated on your image and see if it gives you the option that pinkstones indicated?
Sorry - mea culpa - it is the prior row (need my second cup of coffee)
That should have a drop down to open with prior tabs
This is what I am seeing on my computer
Thanks. Are you sure you're looking at El Capitain 10.11.4? I do not see that option anywhere.
Sorry, can't provide a screenshot. That tab gives me 4 options: Favourites, Homepage, Empty page and Same page.
Version 9.1
That's incredibly strange. You say you can't take a screenshot, so then is the image you posted in this thread from your actual computer?
Safari no longer allows me to reopen windows from last session
