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Prevent Mac From Reloading Apps After Restart

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Mar 15, 202618670 views
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I had to power cycle my Macbook Pro by holding down the power button after it locked up. When it restarted, it reloaded all the apps that I had been running before, which took a long time and was completely unnecessary. Is there a way I can prevent it from reloading the previously running apps? I'm…

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Fix for: Prevent Mac From Reloading Apps After Restart

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Holding the shift key down at login should prevent apps from relaunching for that login. If you want to permanently prevent apps from reopening, you can quit all apps then lock the file found in This plist keeps a list of open apps, and any apps tha…

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