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Has anyone else had a problem with apps reopening on Startup with Catalina? I have reopen windows when logging back in unchecked, I have no login items, close windows when quitting an app is checked. I always make sure I quit applications before shutting down but nothing seems to fix the problem.
MacBook Pro 16", macOS 10.15
Try unchecking the above box that appears when you shut down the computer.
Try unchecking the above box that appears when you shut down the computer.
This started yesterday for me. It is even weirder than just reopening Apps. It opens Safari Windows that I had closed. System Preferences opens to a pane I used earlier in the day after I have used others. Gmail no longer works. A total mess.
I too have none of the boxes checked.
Bizarre!
I even completely erased my Mac and reinstalled Catalina and that didn't solve the problem either. It happens on my MacBook Pro 16-inch 2019 model and mid-2015 MacBook Pro. I guess we'll just have to report the bug to Apple.
I am so glad you tried the clean install. I do not want to go down that round. In my case I feel like my computer keeps restarting and opening apps in some "Saved State" that I cannot override or delete or make go away.
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I didn't want to either but I thought I'd give it a shot, but to no avail unfortunately. Would be interesting to know how many other people have this issue. I have read on other forums that people have experienced the same issue.
My issue has been booted to a level 3 engineer. Their first concern was a permission issue that was not addressed using normal permission repair. the new repair is done using terminal commands. I deleted my Home folder and created a new account and pointed it to the "old" Home folder. Same behavior. I will post back when they return more information.
As an additional note: iCloud needs me to sign in and I cannot. so Mail, etc are no longer working. I am sure this is related to why I can not sign in to Gmail as well and why Safari opens tabs from 2 weeks ago. Stuck in a time warp.
Debbie
I’ve spoken to a few senior advisors at Apple who are looking into this problem for me. They have passed it onto their engineers for them to look into. I told them that other users had been experiencing the same issues. I managed to record a video of it happening so I hope they can sort something out.
I have that unchecked. I'm not sure what's causing it.
Apps reopening on Startup
