Mojave Finder Tabs Reopen

You're 100% wrong, Luis. It does indeed work this way on High Sierra, Sierra and every version of macOS since the tab feature was introduced.

When you clicked the RED X on Finder (High Sierra), it does not stop finder from running, so the settings of its windows were retained / restored when opening it again.

However, this does not happen on Mojave and hundreds of people are aggravated by this change including myself, hence this thread. I've got an open support case with Apple on this topic and Apple Engineering is looking into it, but its been two weeks and no response from the Senior Advisor on the case other than to say it appear to be a bug and they'll need to fix it with a patch down the road.

Just installed Mojave a few days ago and it takes a long time to wakeup after going to sleep, 15 to 25 seconds. But the real problem is when the computer goes to sleep when it wakes up all the windows show up but any live information in the windows is deleted and has to be entered, quite a problem when there is 10 minutes effort on the page that doesn't reappear. Any suggestions? Lots of open space left in memory so that shouldn't make a difference.

That's a very arrogant decision an Apple's part. Why do they think they can just eliminate a feature and to **** with the users? It was most likely an oversight or a mistake by their programmers. Eliminating existing features should not be done without proper assessment and impact to users. Taking users for granted is a very bad idea...

It just keeps getting worse. Today I had live info on a page disappear just because I switched open windows. When the computer goes to sleep it turns off iTunes. But Apple doesn't care. I would be hard put to recommend Mojove to anyone. Wish I hadn't but OS X was messing up and had to be upgraded. Probably more issues are waiting. Been using Apple browsers for more than 22 years and never had the problems Mojove has created. Taking users for granted IS a very bad idea...

Try Command-Shift-Backslash. It should open a view to see all tabs (you probably only have one tab) and have a big plus sign that allows you to open another tab. They hid that feature pretty well, huh.

I think you're completely missing the point of the thread. The issue is not that we don't know how to or can't open tabs, it's that if you close the whole Finder window by using the red circle, the next time you open a Finder window, the Finder no longer remembers and re-displays the tabs that were already open from the most-recently closed window. This is a bug vs previous Finder behavior.

FWIW, when Apple Developer Relations themselves have previously classified and confirmed this changed behavior is a bug (the last time they unintentionally broke it ~4 years ago), and then the bug occurs again a few years later, I think it's probably safe and correct to call it a bug until they chime in and say they've changed their minds. The below is a straight copy/paste direct from Apple's response on that bug report:

"There is a difference between clicking on the finder icon in dock vs cmd-n .. (depending on whether you have multiple tabs). There is a known bug with that workflow."

FWIW…

"There is a difference between clicking on the finder icon in dock vs cmd-n .. (depending on whether you have multiple tabs). There is a known bug with that workflow."

And now there is no difference so they addressed the bug they were referring to.

I just wish I could RIGHT-CLICK on a folder in finder and it give me the option to choose "OPEN IN NEW WINDOW" or "OPEN IN NEW TAB" and not just one or the other?! It used to give you the option to CHOOSE, but you can only set one or the other in your settings now in MOJAVE. :/

Thanks, but holding the option key does nothing.

Currently, I have multiple tabs open on one finder window, and another finder window with more tabs open.

In my finder preferences, the box "Open folders in tabs instead of new windows" is not selected so when I right click on a sub folder that I would like to open in a tab, It only gives me the option (at top) to "Open in New Window". When I select that box in the preferences, then I can right click and it gives the "Open in New Tab". It's like you can only do one or the other. Make sense?

Also, If I double click on an external drive icon on my desktop, it opens as a new tab instead of a separate window and does that every time regardless of that box in the preferences is selected or not. I CAN right click on the ext. drive listed in the Finder side menu showing all drives, and if the box is not selected, then it will show "Open in New Window". Flipside, if that box is selected, then it shows, "Open in New Tab".

It's NOT too major of a deal, because I can click and drag that tab to create a new window. It's just that, before, I had a choice and I havent figured out what changed and where/how to fix it.

I know that's a lot, and I apologize for all the details, but wanted to try and help you understand what's happening.

It's all good either way, and I appreciate everyone's insight and suggestions on what to try, if you guys might know anything.

THANKS SO MUCH! :) #MayTheForceBeWithYou

Gave it a try. Marginal improvement, but doesn't resolve the core issue. As soon as you click the red x and open Finder again even with this change, you loose all your tabs.

The lack of any kind of response from Apple on this is extremely disappointing. They've released two updates to Mojave recently and a fix for this issue has not been included.

Yes it did, which in IMHO was a bug. In all browsers for example, what do you think happens if you open a number of tabs and then click the close button and open a new window? Or, what if you have a Finder window open and you want to close all open tabs? You can click the "x" for each tab or click the red close window button and close them all at one time.

dialabrain, My reality tells a different tale, sir.

When I hold the command key and press the 'Q' key, Finder terminates.

I could screen scrape, as evidence, if you wish;

but, perhaps it's my failure to use more succinct terminology.

It's really not worth arguing about - no disrespect intended.

Sorry to hear that Eagle's workflow doesn't suffice for some of you.

It worked beautifully for myself and 40 of my engineers, all running rMBP with macOS 10.14.3.

dialabrain, My reality tells a different tale, sir.

When I hold the command key and press the 'Q' key, Finder terminates.

FWIW, the "Quit" command is disabled by default. It can be enabled using the Terminal or a utility such as Onyx. For the vast majority, your reality isn't others reality.

I see "Apple recommended" and i'm just shocked.

For WHAT reason Apple removed it? I just can't imagine what was wrong with this feature. And why there is no setting? It's so hard to give us choice? This is most stupid thing in Mojave. I'm so disappointed.