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RestoreMeNot
RestoreMeNot 1.0b10
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Disable window restoration in Mac OS X 10.7.   Free
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RestoreMeNot customizes Mac OS X 10.7's window restoration functionality.

The window restoration feature of Mac OS X Lion is one of the coolest features of Apple's new OS. Sometimes however, one might not want the windows of a certain application to be restored when launching it. Unfortunately window restoration can only be disabled system-wide and not on a per-application basis.

This is where RestoreMeNot comes in and provides a simple preference pane for disabling window restoration for individual applications. Please note that RestoreMeNot is only designed to
What's New
Version 1.0b10:
  • New icon
  • Minor bugfix
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.7 or later



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RestoreMeNot User Discussion (Write a Review)
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Stef_Vandenabele reviewed on 18 Feb 2012
Why no-one else thought about making this is a mystery to me.
It renders the weakest feature of Lion finally to the bin!

Great app and a must have for every OS X Lion user.
[Version 1.0b9]


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+3

+338
Cowicide commented on 05 Jan 2012
Stuff like this is one of many reasons while I'm still using Snow Leapard instead of Lion. Thank you for making what Apple should add to Lion ASAP. Lion... it's should still be in beta.
[Version 1.0b7]

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Nopczone replied on 14 Feb 2012
Lion sucks plain and simple. If it were not that Snow Leopard will slowly be allowed to die I would simply stick with it. There is absolutely nothing new of value in Lion and the Restoration 'feature' on by default is awful.
burypromote
+2

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xXAkumuXx replied on 26 Feb 2012
It's already available as an option in Lion.

System Preferences > General > Uncheck the box that says "Restore windows when quitting and re-opening apps".

The difference between this and RestoreMeNot is that RestoreMeNot lets you pick which programs you don't want to have resume whereas the Lion feature does it OS-wide for all apps.
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Nopczone replied on 28 Feb 2012
Re xXAkumuXx:
The preference setting in Lion does not work as advertised on a Mac Pro with a clean & up to date install . Lion is still a beta & is a step backward from Snow Leopard.
burypromote
-1

+13
Spudboy commented on 04 Jan 2012
After uninstalling, none of my programs will remember to open in fullscreen anymore. I should have never installed this :(
[Version 1.0b6]

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Stealthy Cactus Software (developer) replied on 04 Jan 2012
Did you also remove the applications from the list in RestoreMeNot before removing the prefpane? Or else they will stay with the window restoration disabled.
burypromote

+13
Spudboy replied on 04 Jan 2012
I deleted the prefs and lockfile, does that count?
burypromote
+1

+27
Donmontalvo commented on 03 Jan 2012
http://lisacherie.com/?p=62
[Version 1.0b6]


burypromote
+4

+13
Spudboy commented on 03 Jan 2012
Would be cool if it worked. Hopefully Apple will do something about this.
[Version 1.0b6]


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Hasch reviewed on 01 Nov 2011
There is a little bug in the application: If you use system preferences in 32bit mode a message occurs that RestoreMeNot can't be opened on Intel-Macs. If you start the preference pane in 64bit mode it perfectly works.
[Version 1.0b5]

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xXAkumuXx replied on 18 Dec 2011
Neither mode works for me now. It just entirely stopped working. I can't get it to work and I've tried everything. Very irritating. I hope this issue gets addressed soon as this app is very useful.
burypromote

+97
xXAkumuXx replied on 18 Dec 2011
Update: I deleted the RestoreMeNot preference files and now it works like a dream again. I guess the preferences simply became corrupt.
burypromote
-1

+97

xXAkumuXx reviewed on 12 Oct 2011
Thank you! Very useful app. :)
[Version 1.0b5]


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novalue reviewed on 25 Sep 2011
"The window restoration feature of Mac OS X Lion is one of the coolest features of Apple's new OS... " Worst in 10.7 Lyon is to change the basic gesture (move and drag) on the trackpad with one finger in three not comfortable !
[Version 1.0b4]

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novalue replied on 28 Sep 2011
"Worst in 10.7 Lyon is to change the basic gesture (move and drag) on the trackpad with one finger in three not comfortable ! " I found a solution to restore the basic gesture from Snow Leopard - One Finger Move and Drag: System Preference> Universall Access> Mouse & Trackpad> Trackpad Options ...> Dragging-mark (one finger move and dragging from Snow Leopard). And disabe Preferece System> Trackpad> Point & Click> Tree Finger Drag (move with three fingers)-Unmark. Without this gesture Lion and the Mac is not the quality.
burypromote
-2

+36
Ooshnoo replied on 04 Oct 2011
*Lion
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+7

+73
Raddle replied on 04 Oct 2011
How on earth is this comment relevant?
burypromote
+8

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Acuraice commented on 25 Sep 2011
how bout a script to permanently disable the annoying popup requesting if you would like to restore windows upon a shutdown!!! so friggin annoying!
[Version 1.0b4]

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+5

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tatlcntrlprint replied on 26 Oct 2011
Hi Acuraice, this is one of Lion's most annoying gotchas.
burypromote
+3

+30
Ronl replied on 02 Jan 2012
As an Appleseeder many of us had no problem with the feature OTHER than the fact that it does not have any way to completely disable it. There has been an enormous number of complaints over this since waaaay before it was released to the public. I gave up on being an Appleseeder after I saw just how little Apple took our suggestions to heart.
burypromote

+22

Tom E. Gun reviewed on 31 Aug 2011
Thanks a lot for this tool! Very useful and also freeware. (=
[Version 1.0b2]


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+27

DelportF rated on 08 Jan 2012

[Version 1.0b7]



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Monkeyjunkey rated on 18 Dec 2011

[Version 1.0b5]




Greg_jackson-Zapu rated on 20 Nov 2011

[Version 1.0b5]



+13

Jeff Wragg rated on 12 Oct 2011

[Version 1.0b5]




bielbr rated on 25 Sep 2011

[Version 1.0b4]




Balaji Balasa rated on 03 Sep 2011

[Version 1.0b3]


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Version Downloads:4,461
Type:Utilities : System
License:Free
Date:26 Feb 2012
Platform:Intel
Price:Free0.00
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RestoreMeNot customizes Mac OS X 10.7's window restoration functionality.

The window restoration feature of Mac OS X Lion is one of the coolest features of Apple's new OS. Sometimes however, one might not want the windows of a certain application to be restored when launching it. Unfortunately window restoration can only be disabled system-wide and not on a per-application basis.

This is where RestoreMeNot comes in and provides a simple preference pane for disabling window restoration for individual applications. Please note that RestoreMeNot is only designed to disable the window restoration and not the reopening of apps that is part of Apple's "Resume" feature.
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