Comments on: Disable Resume for Safari or Other Specific Applications in Mac OS X Lion http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Sun, 19 May 2013 22:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Graham Thorne http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-503693 Graham Thorne Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:48:18 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-503693 The software I use does not have a folder in "~/Library/Saved Application State" what can I do?! I can find the identifier using the activity window but when I run "defaults write com.troikatronix.isadora NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false" it says it can't be found.... HELP! :-) The software I use does not have a folder in
“~/Library/Saved Application State” what can I do?!

I can find the identifier using the activity window but when I run “defaults write com.troikatronix.isadora NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false” it says it can’t be found….

HELP! :-)

]]> By: Uncle Badger http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-364162 Uncle Badger Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:32:10 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-364162 I wholeheartedly agree with many of the writers here. The resume function is a complete pestilence. When I restart my machine if I wanted loads of applications to start up then I would have set them as startup items. I have used Mac OS since system 7 and I am so disappointed that I am seriously considering sticking Snow Leopard back on the machine. If I wanted my computer to be more like my iPad then I would have be using my iPad. I strongly believe that Apple is really dumbing down what they do these days as they are so geared around consumer products. As a result they are becoming a nightmare to support in the workplace. Anyway thanks for the tips :) I wholeheartedly agree with many of the writers here. The resume function is a complete pestilence. When I restart my machine if I wanted loads of applications to start up then I would have set them as startup items. I have used Mac OS since system 7 and I am so disappointed that I am seriously considering sticking Snow Leopard back on the machine.

If I wanted my computer to be more like my iPad then I would have be using my iPad.

I strongly believe that Apple is really dumbing down what they do these days as they are so geared around consumer products. As a result they are becoming a nightmare to support in the workplace.

Anyway thanks for the tips :)

]]> By: Daniel Serodio http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-332129 Daniel Serodio Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:35:46 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-332129 Thanks a lot Aduv! I was going mad with 30+ Preview windows that asked me to save their documents on closing... Thanks a lot Aduv! I was going mad with 30+ Preview windows that asked me to save their documents on closing…

]]> By: Aduv http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-303367 Aduv Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:47:19 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-303367 Ive found it. It is under /Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library Ive found it. It is under /Containers/com.apple.Preview/Data/Library

]]> By: Aduv http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-303353 Aduv Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:13:56 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-303353 This method is working very well for Safari. Numbers, I had to make similar changes for /Library/Autosave Information. Doesn't work for Preview since it is not in Saved application state. Do you suggest something? Thanx for the post This method is working very well for Safari.
Numbers, I had to make similar changes for /Library/Autosave Information.

Doesn’t work for Preview since it is not in Saved application state. Do you suggest something?

Thanx for the post

]]> By: soco http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-263391 soco Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:33:18 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-263391 if you lock the folder, you will not be able to get back any bookmarks that you've added prior to quitting the application. be warned. if you lock the folder, you will not be able to get back any bookmarks that you’ve added prior to quitting the application. be warned.

]]> By: Repairing Lion | Zit Seng's Superwall http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-247697 Repairing Lion | Zit Seng's Superwall Tue, 04 Oct 2011 03:57:21 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-247697 [...] If you just want to disable the saved application state for some specific apps, check out OS X Daily’s post. [...] [...] If you just want to disable the saved application state for some specific apps, check out OS X Daily’s post. [...]

]]> By: Preview: problem controlling which images appear - MacNN Forums http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-245484 Preview: problem controlling which images appear - MacNN Forums Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:15:33 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-245484 [...] sounds like you're running afoul of Lion's Resume function. Here are a couple of posts explaining how to stop Lion from doing this on a per-app basis. (That last one is about Safari, but [...] [...] sounds like you're running afoul of Lion's Resume function. Here are a couple of posts explaining how to stop Lion from doing this on a per-app basis. (That last one is about Safari, but [...]

]]> By: greysave http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-234174 greysave Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:37:11 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-234174 This is the stupidest apple os yet. They are ruining it trying to turn the full version to IOS. Spaces sucks now too, they just dropped the ball. This is the stupidest apple os yet. They are ruining it trying to turn the full version to IOS. Spaces sucks now too, they just dropped the ball.

]]> By: Will http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-223821 Will Tue, 16 Aug 2011 16:42:48 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-223821 It does work if you set the permissions properly, but you must clear out the existing saved states first otherwise it will restore to those as they are locked. It may be easier to just follow the defaults write method though: http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/01/turn-off-resume-per-app-in-mac-os-x-lion/ It does work if you set the permissions properly, but you must clear out the existing saved states first otherwise it will restore to those as they are locked. It may be easier to just follow the defaults write method though:

http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/01/turn-off-resume-per-app-in-mac-os-x-lion/

]]> By: Bob http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-223783 Bob Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:06:10 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-223783 This does not work for me - I think the only way of doing this is through the terminal method. This does not work for me – I think the only way of doing this is through the terminal method.

]]> By: whitewater2 http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-219634 whitewater2 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:11:35 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-219634 I mean DE-select the box that is selected by default. I mean DE-select the box that is selected by default.

]]> By: whitewater2 http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-219633 whitewater2 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:11:05 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-219633 to donkeyshame; When you Shutdown, select the box that says Re-Open Windows Open Restart. to donkeyshame;
When you Shutdown, select the box that says Re-Open Windows Open Restart.

]]> By: donkeyshane http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-219430 donkeyshane Wed, 03 Aug 2011 06:56:53 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-219430 You have got to be kidding me! On Apple's site, it talks about Resume as a feature. I'd classify it as a nuisance. Why is there no preference pane to disable this? I have tried the listed instructions of disabling in the General preference pane, but it does't do anything. I still get windows showing up on reboot. Not to mention I have had to search all over hell and back to actually find this workaround. Thank you eversomuch by the way! Is there a way to make my system show up clean on restart like it did in Snow Leopard? I have always appreciated how my Mac has let me personalize damn near everything. But Lion feels like it has more in common with Windows than anything Mac I have ever seen. Maybe they released it too early. Maybe they aren't paying enough attention to user interaction anymore. But to list Resume as a feature and right next to it say you can turn it off and not give anyone CLEAR instructions is just... stupid. Thanks again! Now I have to solve the problem of the rearranging desktop icons... These two problems seem like they should have been addressed prior to release! You have got to be kidding me! On Apple’s site, it talks about Resume as a feature. I’d classify it as a nuisance. Why is there no preference pane to disable this? I have tried the listed instructions of disabling in the General preference pane, but it does’t do anything. I still get windows showing up on reboot. Not to mention I have had to search all over hell and back to actually find this workaround. Thank you eversomuch by the way! Is there a way to make my system show up clean on restart like it did in Snow Leopard?

I have always appreciated how my Mac has let me personalize damn near everything. But Lion feels like it has more in common with Windows than anything Mac I have ever seen. Maybe they released it too early. Maybe they aren’t paying enough attention to user interaction anymore. But to list Resume as a feature and right next to it say you can turn it off and not give anyone CLEAR instructions is just… stupid.

Thanks again! Now I have to solve the problem of the rearranging desktop icons… These two problems seem like they should have been addressed prior to release!

]]> By: mach http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/31/disable-resume-specific-applications-mac-os-x-lion/#comment-219039 mach Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:11:15 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=19559#comment-219039 There is another way to kind of disable resume for an individual application – just reassign the "Quit and Discard Windows" keyboard shortcut of that application to ⌘Q: 1. In the "Application Shortcuts" section of the Keyboard.prefPane, make an entry for the application – for instance Terminal.app (where resume is just pointless) –; 2. change the "Quit" command for that application to something else than ⌘Q, for instance, change "Quit Terminal" to ^⌘Q; 3. change "Quit and Discard Windows" to ⌘Q. There is another way to kind of disable resume for an individual application – just reassign the “Quit and Discard Windows” keyboard shortcut of that application to ⌘Q:

1. In the “Application Shortcuts” section of the Keyboard.prefPane, make an entry for the application – for instance Terminal.app (where resume is just pointless) –;

2. change the “Quit” command for that application to something else than ⌘Q, for instance, change “Quit Terminal” to ^⌘Q;

3. change “Quit and Discard Windows” to ⌘Q.

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