Hi Zack, I'm not sure either. As mentioned by someone else here though, that checkbox does not always apply the change. There is a thread in Apple Discussions where sighted users have noted similar inconsistency with that option. I just mentioned it as an option for those whose didn't work the first time.
Later… On 2011-07-23, at 9:07 AM, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi Tim, > I'm not sure why you'd need to make that sort of recent items change. I > didn't, and all it took was an initial launch, quit, and relaunch of Safari > for it to work as intended. > Best, > Zack. > On Jul 23, 2011, at 8:05 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I don't particularly care for this behaviour either so I did some research. >> The method Zack mentioned in the General System Pref works great although >> the first time I unchecked that box, it did not do what it was supposed to. >> I had to also change the number of Recent Applications in the General System >> Pref to "None" before it was applied properly. I've since changed the >> Recent Apps back to 10 and Safari does startup with my Homepage instead of >> the previous window thing. >> >> One other method you may wish to use is cmd-option-q. This key combination >> quits the given app and discards the windows. Note though that if you have >> the "Recover Windows" option in General System Preferences unchecked, >> cmd-option-q will behave in the opposite manner. That is, it will actually >> keep the windows noted and open the windows upon startup instead. Hope this >> isn't confusing. >> >> Later… >> >> On 2011-07-23, at 8:47 AM, Zachary Kline wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> I've read some posts on list from people here who don't really want their >>> windows restored to the way they were, particularly in Safari. While I >>> don't know of a way to stop individual apps from acting this way, there is >>> a global preference to do so for all of them. The new General pane >>> contains a checkbox to prevent app window restoration. >>> Hope this helps, >>> Zack. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
