My workplace has expressed several complaints about the latest upgrade Sierra closing their applications when they return to their desk. It seems the sleep state from el Capitan used to reopen and have browser windows and such in the same position.
Is there a way to reimplement the action of el Capitan in Sierra, so that Sierra will no longer close your applications while sleeping?
Thank you.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12.1)
This solution fails to resolve the issue.
I use my 2017 MBPro to drive two retina monitors in addition to the laptop screen. This morning I closed the lid, removed power, unplugged the monitors & peripherals, and dropped the notebook into its backpack sleeve. I did not get the chance to open the notebook while out this afternoon.
When I returned this evening, I plugged everything back into the notebook, opened the lid, logged into my account and discovered (as usual) that everything that was previously open was either gone, or apps reloaded then threw messages claiming they "quit unexpectedly" or equivalent. All files open in Acrobat DC disappeared except Acrobat offered to recover 1 which recovered incomplete.
Files that autoload on boot that I manually close to conserve memory, drive and cpu were reopened.
This is a recurring issue.
MacBook Pro Early 2017, 16GB Ram, 2TB SSD/537MB Available
MacOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29)
This solution fails to resolve the issue.
I use my 2017 MBPro to drive two retina monitors in addition to the laptop screen. This morning I closed the lid, removed power, unplugged the monitors & peripherals, and dropped the notebook into its backpack sleeve. I did not get the chance to open the notebook while out this afternoon.
When I returned this evening, I plugged everything back into the notebook, opened the lid, logged into my account and discovered (as usual) that everything that was previously open was either gone, or apps reloaded then threw messages claiming they "quit unexpectedly" or equivalent. All files open in Acrobat DC disappeared except Acrobat offered to recover 1 which recovered incomplete.
Files that autoload on boot that I manually close to conserve memory, drive and cpu were reopened.
This is a recurring issue.
MacBook Pro Early 2017, 16GB Ram, 2TB SSD/537MB Available
MacOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29)
I am having the same issue. MacBook Pro Touchbar base model, release day 2016. Recently whenever my MacBook goes to sleep, I log back in with the fingerprint scanner, my screen flashes on, then goes black. When it reloads all of my applications have closed and I have lost my place in any open documents, my music has stopped. This is a huge pain. Unable to discover a source. Known apps it affects are Safari, Microsoft office, amazon music. This started within the last week or so. Maybe due to one of the OS updates? My OS is up to date.
You might want to start your own post since this one is from last year. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.
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It appears to me that the applications "sleep" when the computer "sleeps". When you return to your computer and move the mouse or "shift", the computer awakes and so do the applications. I think setting the computer to never sleep may fix this. I do not see how to keep individual applications "awake".
It sounds like the Mac is set to automatically log out after a period of inactivity, So it may go to sleep but then eventually is logged out also:
Please note you have posted this question twice.
Prevent Sierra from Closing Apps while Sleeping
