Want to stop Photoshop from opening at OS X startup

Question

Photoshop opens when I startup my iMac with Yosemite 10.10 I have checked off Open at Login and my System Preferences do not have an Accounts icon in order for me to stop auto login for Photoshop. Photoshop opens anyway.

Solution 1

Right click on the photoshop icon in the Dock.

Go to "Options" and uncheck "Open at Login".

Solution 2

Do you actually use Photoshop regularly & have it open when you shut down your Mac? It could be that a new feature introduced since Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) called “Apple Persistence” is getting in the way. To disable it, open up the Terminal by going to Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal and type in this command:

defaults write -g ApplePersistence -bool no

More details can be found here:

One feature which seems to divide the masses is OS X’s ability to relaunch your applications on startup/reboot. This feature is know as Apple Persistence, which is personally a feature I am not really a fan of. It’s very rare for me to want the same applications on each use of my MacBook, asides from the obvious email and unified comms clients of course.

Comments

[slhck]

In your System Preferences you should see Users & Groups though. Can you turn off Photoshop there, in case it's listed under Login Items for your account? When you shut down your Mac, do you always quit all apps before?

[slhck]

Doesn't this setting pertain to the automatic saving of version history for files, which is actually a good thing? I don't think this is related to login items—or restoring of open windows upon restart—in any way. See also here.

[Giacomo1968]

@slhck Check my edits. Apple Persistence is the not the same as versioning.

[slhck]

I see, thanks. But it does actually do versioning too, so one should be aware of that if they disable it.

[limitcracker]

for me although this option was unchecked it keeps opening on startup. any ideas?