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Catalina insists on re-opening all applications on startup that were used shortly before shutdown
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<blockquote data-quote="Arkestra" data-source="post: 1840066" data-attributes="member: 403800"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I have a MacBook Pro running the latest version of Catalina. I keep on top of updates and have been using Macs for decades. Recently a strange, and annoying issue has begun popping up, and I cannot seem to find anyone else on the net when is experiencing it.</p><p></p><p>Basically what happens is this: before I go to bed at night, I shut down ALL of the applications I may have been using that day, then I shut down the computer. However, for the last few months, when I startup the computer the next morning all of the applications that I was using the day before automatically re-open by themselves. And it changes depending on what I was using the previous day. If I used Photoshop, it will re-open, if I did not, it will not open. This applies to ANY application that may have been used the previous day. Note once again that I shutdown ALL applications before shutting down my computer for the night. NONE are left open.</p><p></p><p>Please also note that I do not have "Resume" enabled, and I have no applications in the Login Items for my account. I understand that there are ways to set OS X to automatically re-open applications on startup - but NONE of these are enabled on my computer and they never have been. I have absolutely no desire to have automatically opening applications.</p><p></p><p>This issue has become so consistent and regular that I've even resorted to closing all open applications, and then waiting 15 to 20 minutes before actually shutting down the computer. And yet the computer STILL automatically re-opens whatever I had open before shutting it down. It makes no sense to me why it is so insistent on re-opening any and all applications that I may have had open the previous day.</p><p></p><p>Everywhere I look online the default answer is "turn off the Login Items". I can assure you that this is NOT what is causing this issue. I've recently started just not turning my computer off anymore because I'm sick of seeing half a dozen applications opening spontaneously the second the computer is turned on. It slows things down and is completely unnecessary.</p><p></p><p>If anyone has any idea what could be causing this, and how to fix it, it would be greatly appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Thank you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arkestra, post: 1840066, member: 403800"] Hello, I have a MacBook Pro running the latest version of Catalina. I keep on top of updates and have been using Macs for decades. Recently a strange, and annoying issue has begun popping up, and I cannot seem to find anyone else on the net when is experiencing it. Basically what happens is this: before I go to bed at night, I shut down ALL of the applications I may have been using that day, then I shut down the computer. However, for the last few months, when I startup the computer the next morning all of the applications that I was using the day before automatically re-open by themselves. And it changes depending on what I was using the previous day. If I used Photoshop, it will re-open, if I did not, it will not open. This applies to ANY application that may have been used the previous day. Note once again that I shutdown ALL applications before shutting down my computer for the night. NONE are left open. Please also note that I do not have "Resume" enabled, and I have no applications in the Login Items for my account. I understand that there are ways to set OS X to automatically re-open applications on startup - but NONE of these are enabled on my computer and they never have been. I have absolutely no desire to have automatically opening applications. This issue has become so consistent and regular that I've even resorted to closing all open applications, and then waiting 15 to 20 minutes before actually shutting down the computer. And yet the computer STILL automatically re-opens whatever I had open before shutting it down. It makes no sense to me why it is so insistent on re-opening any and all applications that I may have had open the previous day. Everywhere I look online the default answer is "turn off the Login Items". I can assure you that this is NOT what is causing this issue. I've recently started just not turning my computer off anymore because I'm sick of seeing half a dozen applications opening spontaneously the second the computer is turned on. It slows things down and is completely unnecessary. If anyone has any idea what could be causing this, and how to fix it, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. [/QUOTE]
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