I have a 16 inch MacBook Pro and Safari will randomly open at start up and all the settings like open at login are turned off and I do not have any login items. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
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Safari opening on start up
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Starfia
macrumors 68000
Hmm. If "System Preferences > General > Close windows when quitting an app" is checked, and Login Items is empty, and "Reopen windows when logging back in" is unchecked when you restart or shut down, then I'd start to wonder about the possibility of either malware or some kind of helper application I might have installed without thinking about it.
Have you tried opening Activity Monitor right after starting up, noting anything unusual in the Process Name list, and looking that up online? (Lots of processes with unfamiliar names belong to macOS, but maybe there's something there…?)
Have you tried opening Activity Monitor right after starting up, noting anything unusual in the Process Name list, and looking that up online? (Lots of processes with unfamiliar names belong to macOS, but maybe there's something there…?)
^^^This, first paragraph. Check those settings.
That said, there are some threads for Catalina about apps starting on their own at startup, even with everything setup correctly. Have had it happen to me from time to time. Probable bug.
That said, there are some threads for Catalina about apps starting on their own at startup, even with everything setup correctly. Have had it happen to me from time to time. Probable bug.
bogdanw
macrumors G3
I think it's the same bug https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...t-having-indicated-this-when-closing.2208548/
It seemed fixed in 10.15.3, but it randomly manifests, sometimes opening not only the last app, but several.
It seemed fixed in 10.15.3, but it randomly manifests, sometimes opening not only the last app, but several.
It's a brand new Mac it's happened from the very first time I started using it. Looking at this post it seems others have had the same problem: https://www.mac-forums.com/forums/m...re-applications-startup-shortly-shutdown.html
bogdanw
macrumors G3
bogdanw
macrumors G3
Yes, probably, just wait 10-15 seconds between closing the last app and shutting down your Mac.