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Re: All previous notebooks open at startup

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• Subject: [mg123005] Re: All previous notebooks open at startup
• From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr357 at gmail.com>
• Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:36:29 -0500 (EST)
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In Mac OS X Lion, launch System Preferences and click on the =93General=94 icon

At the bottom of the =93Number of recent items=94 list, uncheck the
checkbox next to =93Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps=94


Bob Hanlon

On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:44 AM, W Craig Carter <ccarter at mit.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
> I recent upgrade to 8.04 and to MacOs 10.7.
>
> When I start mathematica now, *every* screen from my previous session
> opens.  I looked at the options inspector, and Preferences and couldn't
> find anything to stop this behavior. Does anyone know.
>
> The problem is that some dynamic content in a previous notebook is
> causing the continual "Reformatting Notebook and spinning ball of
> Sisyphus"
>
> Craig
>
>
> W Craig Carter
> Professor of Materials Science, MIT
>

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    • From: W Craig Carter <ccarter@mit.edu>