Hi Pat, Hmmm, weird.
Try this: Click on the Apple Logo and hit Restart - take the checkmark OFF "Reopen windows when logging back in"... Then click the Shutdown button. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 18/08/2013, at 5:11 PM, Pat <clamsh...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > Hi, Ronni, > > I usually do Command Q to quit an application, or sometimes right-clicking > the Dock icon and choosing 'Quit'. And I always cast an eye over the Dock > icons to be sure there are no longer any little white dots underneath. > > In System Preferences, there are no Login items in Users & Groups. > > In General, the box is ticked for Close windows when quitting an Application > and > the Recent items is set at 10. > > Thanks for your reply. > Pat > > > On 18/08/2013, at 2:22 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > >> This is definitely my last email... I just read your email again :( >> check in System Preferences > Users & Groups - Login Items >> If you have any Applications showing there that you don't want to open >> automatically when you log in ... >> 1. Select the name of the item you want to prevent from opening at login >> 2. Click Delete (-) below the list on the right. >> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> >> On 18/08/2013, at 2:10 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Sorry Pat, I am trying to do too many things at once :( >>> >>> Also in System preferences > General check - Recent Items: Documents, >>> Apps, and Servers >>> do you have a number selected? >>> >>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >>> >>> On 18/08/2013, at 2:03 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Pat, >>>> >>>> Do you Quit the Applications or just close the window? >>>> >>>> Check in System Preferences > General - do you have selected "Close >>>> windows when quitting an Application"? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >>>> >>>> On 18/08/2013, at 1:33 PM, Pat <clamsh...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I close my Mac Pro, 10.8.4, down every night. Just before I shut it down, >>>>> I systematically close every open application. The last few months, when >>>>> I start the Mac up the next day, occasionally it comes up with all those >>>>> applications open, and it is now happening more frequently. >>>>> >>>>> Is this a symptom of any know malady? Does anyone know what causes it? I >>>>> do not have any items in the Startupitems folder. >>>>> >>>>> Pat >>>>> -- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
