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Apps opening finder window rather than new document on start

The native Apple apps in macOS (TextEdit, Pages, Numbers, etc.) have always created a new document when I start the applications. I must have changed a setting accidentally, because all of a sudden all of these apps now go immediately to a Finder/Open window when I start them (as if I pressed cmd-O right after opening the app).

Any suggestions as to how to go back to the blank document default?

macOS Sierra

Version 10.12.6

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Mid 2015)

iMac 27″, macOS 10.12

Posted on Mar 9, 2022 6:12 PM

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VikingOSX

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Posted on Mar 10, 2022 5:02 AM

When you enable these applications in System Preferences > iCloud > iCloud Drive > Options…, they resort to opening a file chooser panel. Disabling these selections on that panel ceases the file chooser behavior.

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