MacOS – Preferences/General – How to get it to save in Lion

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I don't want my apps to open previous windows. When I go into Prefs/General and unclick "Restore windows when quitting…," and close preferences, it doesn't save it. When I re-open Prefs/General, it's checked again.

I can't change the preferences in anything. Safari keeps opening the same last two windows and when I go into Safari Preferences and change "New tabs open with:" to 'Home Page'; once I close and open up again, it's back to 'Top Sites.'

Best Answer

Need to reset permissions? Try the following:

  1. Turn off computer
  2. Reboot Mac into Recovery (press and hold Command+R when you hear the chimes until a screen loads)
  3. Select "Disk Utility" enter image description here
  4. Select your "Macintosh HD" volume on the left and press "Repair Disk Permissions" enter image description here
  5. Once that has finished, reboot your computer
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