[APu on Mac] "Reopen document on startup" doesn't work

[Fantomas.CZ]

Hello everyone,

I'd like to report a bug that I have seen for quite a long time (but never got to reporting it): the "Reopen document on startup" checkbox in Settings doesn't work. It is like this only on my Mac, and in both production version and all the betas of V2. 

On Windows, I have no issue.

Thanks, have a nice day!

[walt.farrell]

There's a macOS system setting for closing documents when you close an application. You need to have that setting turned off.

[Oufti]

5 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

There's a macOS system setting for closing documents when you close an application.

Up to Monterey, it's in the System preferences > General.

For Ventura, I suggest you type something as "open" in the System settings search field. 

[MikeTO]

In Ventura it's under Desktop & Dock.

If "macOS System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Close windows when quitting an app/application" is set to on, the Affinity setting will do nothing. If the macOS setting is turned off, the Affinity setting will work as advertised. It's a bit confusing.

[Fantomas.CZ]

Thanks a lot to all of you!

Yes, this is a bit confusing. I had no idea there is a setting like this in MacOS itself (nor do I get, why anyone thought it useful). Maybe a small warning directly in APu's settings would be handy (there is one just a few lines lower), so that more people wouldn't blame Affinity, when it's system's fault 🙂