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Side note, I really would love it if there was à way to stop os x from reopening all windows on the next boot after it crashes. I hate that so much.
by nicolas_t 4y ago
Side note, I really would love it if there was à way to stop os x from reopening all windows on the next boot after it crashes. I hate that so much.
- interpol_p 4y agoPerhaps the "Close windows when quitting an app" setting in System Preferences -> General may do it?
- hungryforcodes 4y agoWould be nice if it actually worked though...
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- hk1337 4y ago > Restart > https://i.imgur.com/uPTJyyS.png https://i.imgur.com/uPTJyyS.png That's always done it for me. It's one of the first things I uncheck on a new Mac.
- derefr 4y agoPresumably, they mean that they want windows to reopen after a controlled shutdown (when they likely quit and clean up applications before doing so); while they don't want windows to reopen after an uncontrolled shutdown (when that results in dozens of windows reopening from 12 different apps, all at once, bringing the system to a crawl for 10+ minutes.)
- nicolas_t 4y agoYup, plus I always uncheck this which works for a controlled shutdown but doesn't seem to have any effect on uncontrolled shutdown
- wlesieutre 4y agoHold shift while you log in
- thombles 4y agoRemarkable - I remember that key preventing the loading of extensions on startup back on System 7. It's cool that the intent of it has lasted so long.
- joshspankit 4y agoFun history: Windows actually took inspiration and adopted that way back in the day. I believe that it still works as well.
- zionic 4y agoI had this exact problem with an old machine. The default behavior was to triple everything, which resulted in 20-30 minute boot cycles. I’m not exaggerating, the boot loop would swap to disk and there she blows