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MacOS has this great feature that they will re-open the application windows automatically when the next time I booted up my Mac. I have been enjoying this for many years.
It is not working anymore after BigSur is installed on my MBP 15 (ver 11.1, late 2013). At the moment of submitting this question in this community, it only affects NUMBERS. The rest, Chrome, Outlooks, finders, Telegram, Safari, Mac Mail, Notes are fine.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.1
jameshoty wrote:
MacOS has this great feature that they will re-open the application windows automatically when the next time I booted up my Mac. I have been enjoying this for many years.
It is not working anymore after BigSur is installed on my MBP 15 (ver 11.1, late 2013). At the moment of submitting this question in this community, it only affects NUMBERS. The rest, Chrome, Outlooks, finders, Telegram, Safari, Mac Mail, Notes are fine.
Uninstall any and all third party Antivirus, Cleaners, Optimizers, speeder uppers....
To trouble shoot further you can:
—Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5-15 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, etc.
Login and test. Reboot as normal and test as caches get rebuilt.
In Safe mode third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled, it removes malware, etc hampering smooth operation, however a reboot will put it back to normal mode.
This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.
—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443
This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.
jameshoty wrote:
MacOS has this great feature that they will re-open the application windows automatically when the next time I booted up my Mac. I have been enjoying this for many years.
It is not working anymore after BigSur is installed on my MBP 15 (ver 11.1, late 2013). At the moment of submitting this question in this community, it only affects NUMBERS. The rest, Chrome, Outlooks, finders, Telegram, Safari, Mac Mail, Notes are fine.
Uninstall any and all third party Antivirus, Cleaners, Optimizers, speeder uppers....
To trouble shoot further you can:
—Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
Takes noticeable longer to get to the login screen, does a 5-15 minute disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, including dynamic loader cache, etc.
Login and test. Reboot as normal and test as caches get rebuilt.
In Safe mode third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled, it removes malware, etc hampering smooth operation, however a reboot will put it back to normal mode.
This test will tell you if third party interference; extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.
—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204443
This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.
jameshoty wrote:
Hi @leroydouglus
Thanks for sharing. Strangely, it is "working" now except that all the NUMBERS windows will minimise after they are opened. I saw the 'animation" when I start my MBP. And I click on NUMBERS on the task bar and all the Numbers windows get maximised.
No report on your SafeBoot or new user account experience..(?)
If no further insight:
—you can file a bug report
Apple Feedback http://www.apple.com/feedback
—You can wait a short while until the macOS 11.2 update is released and see if it has any effect.
jameshoty wrote:
Hi
My apology for the snail response.
I tried safe boot but it does not respond. I shutdown. I press and hold the power button for longer than 30 seconds but nothing appears on the screen.
?
Hold the shift key SafeBoot — https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262
jameshoty wrote:
I tried again and the same behaviour and only 3 of the Numbers windows are opened. I have 4 before the shutdown...
You can file a bug report here— Apple Feedback http://www.apple.com/feedback
Thanks for sharing your positive experience but it does not work for me and I do not know why? It is working all these while since more than 5 years ago and after each major OS upgrades. But BigSur is a little big surprise for me ;)
Hi @leroydouglus
Thanks for sharing. Strangely, it is "working" now except that all the NUMBERS windows will minimise after they are opened. I saw the 'animation" when I start my MBP. And I click on NUMBERS on the task bar and all the Numbers windows get maximised.
Hi
My apology for the snail response.
I tried safe boot but it does not respond. I shutdown. I press and hold the power button for longer than 30 seconds but nothing appears on the screen. But I continue to hold and still nothing appears. I gave up and boot to normal.
I tried again but this time it went straight to normal boot even I press and hold the power button. I thought I slip my finger accidentally and so I tried it one more time. Both are recorded in a short video clip.
https://www.loom.com/share/79fe0dc5c9d241e2aa236b261b3678c6?sharedAppSource=personal_library
https://www.loom.com/share/dcda26ec5ba84df0a33db352018759b4?sharedAppSource=personal_library
I noticed Notes, Mail, Outlook, MS Teams, Finder, Chrome and Safari reopens but not Numbers.
Sorry my bad.
I login to safe mode. All windows are closed and not launched except Finder. I shut down and boot up normally.
I was surprised that all windows remain closed. So I start them manually and position them accordingly.
I shut down and power up normally for about 3 times and all windows relaunched automatically at the last opened position except Numbers. There is no (dot) below the app (on the taskbar) but when I click on the Numbers app, all 4 windows reopened (at the exact location before the shutdown).
FWIW, Numbers reopens for me.
I tried again and the same behaviour and only 3 of the Numbers windows are opened. I have 4 before the shutdown...
Reopen Windows on next Startup
