Do programs in iMac (with lion) always stay open...evern after restarting?

[rsted222]

Someone told me today that all the programs that are opened in your computer ALWAYS stay running...even if you restart.

That might explain why my new iMac seems to be getting a bit slower.

Is this true and is there a solution?

Thanks in advance.

 

[dangerfish]

No, that's not true. But clicking the red X does not close the program like it would in Windows. You need to quit the program from the menu or hit CMD Q.

 

[GGJstudios]

Someone told me today that all the programs that are opened in your computer ALWAYS stay running...even if you restart.

That might explain why my new iMac seems to be getting a bit slower.

Is this true and is there a solution?

Thanks in advance.

No, they don't stay running. Lion has a feature that will restart whatever apps were open at the time you shut down or restarted, but you can uncheck this box to turn it off.

Also, if you close the apps before you shut down/restart, they won't open again until you launch them.

 

[rsted222]

Good to hear

He was telling me that it was like your iphone and when you leave an app, it still runs in the background...even after restarting. This is true for the iPhone, so he had me believing.

 

[GGJstudios]

He was telling me that it was like your iphone and when you leave an app, it still runs in the background...even after restarting. This is true for the iPhone, so he had me believing.

The iPhone runs on iOS, which is a different operating system than Mac OS X.

 

[jgbiggs]

maybe he was referring to this:

http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7.ars/8#process-model

 

[duncan35]

He was telling me that it was like your iphone and when you leave an app, it still runs in the background...even after restarting. This is true for the iPhone, so he had me believing.

Well, to that extent, he's partially right. Like on an iPhone where an app isn't closed until you close it from the bar at the bottom (that you can access by pressing the home button twice), similarly, in the current version of OS X, programs remain open unless you specifically close them from the dock and now will reopen automatically upon reboot unless you specify otherwise.

 

[PeteyV]

I believe the OP is referring to the fact that even when you quit a program, for example Safari on MacRumors.com, the next time you open it it does open at the same exact spot you quit it at.

 

[KingJosh]

I hate it how it auto opens everything that wasn't closed on a boot again unless you untick that box. I know it sounds dumb but adding an extra click to your workflow every time you shut down is stupid compared to going to your login management and adding applications to your start up list just once. eh os x is on the decline.

 

[GGJstudios]

Well, to that extent, he's partially right. Like on an iPhone where an app isn't closed until you close it from the bar at the bottom (that you can access by pressing the home button twice), similarly, in the current version of OS X, programs remain open unless you specifically close them from the dock and now will reopen automatically upon reboot unless you specify otherwise.

That's only true for multi-window apps, such as iTunes, Safari, Word, Mail, etc. For single-window apps like Dictionary, Photo Booth, and System Preferences, the app quits when you close the window.

 

[iSayuSay]

No, they don't stay running. Lion has a feature that will restart whatever apps were open at the time you shut down or restarted, but you can uncheck this box to turn it off.

Also, if you close the apps before you shut down/restart, they won't open again until you launch them.

More like an enforced feature rather than option. I mean you couldn't permanently turn off "Reopen Windows after logging back in" option. It always ticked by default. Why?? It's frustrating for me since I mustn't forget to un tick it or quitting all apps every time I need to restart.

Letting those apps reopen after restart always make boot time longer since it has to reopen them. Damn Lion.

 

[skottichan]

Or just disable Resume and Restore?

http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/18/disable-mac-os-x-lion-resume-window-restore/

It's just a check box in General.

 

[GGJstudios]

More like an enforced feature rather than option. I mean you couldn't permanently turn off "Reopen Windows after logging back in" option. It always ticked by default. Why??

I agree there should be an option to turn that off in System Preferences.

Or just disable Resume and Restore?

I believe that's a different feature than "Reopen Windows after logging back in", which that check box doesn't affect.

 

[skottichan]

I believe that's a different feature than "Reopen Windows after logging back in", which that check box doesn't affect.

Ah gotcha, wasn't 100% sure.

Disregard. 🙂

 

[jvpython]

More like an enforced feature rather than option. I mean you couldn't permanently turn off "Reopen Windows after logging back in" option. It always ticked by default. Why?? It's frustrating for me since I mustn't forget to un tick it or quitting all apps every time I need to restart.

Letting those apps reopen after restart always make boot time longer since it has to reopen them. Damn Lion.

Just wait for Mountain Lion 🙂 It seems to fix that by permanently remembering your choice.

Cyril

 

[iSayuSay]

Just wait for Mountain Lion 🙂 It seems to fix that by permanently remembering your choice.

Cyril

Well .. let's hope so. I believe the reason that most people restarting their computer (Mac or Windows) is to get a refreshed session of their OS, not to have bloated and RAM-chewing apps reopened from previous operations. Another reason for restarting would be applying critical updates.

So I don't see Apple's logic to enforcing such feature without allowing user to permanently turn it off via System Preferences on Lion. Hope they realize this mistake. Not everyone fond of resuming apps after restart. It really affects re-boot time when OS need to reopen so many apps.