Dear Aunt TUAW: Get Resuminator for control of Lion's restore windows feature

I enjoy resume as implemented by Apple so I tested Resuminator just as a curiosity.

First launch of version … of the application (no version detectable by Finder) seems to break the global preference, which gives the false impression that preferences for all applications have been broken. This happened for two different user accounts.

Many applications are listed more than twice, maybe a symptom of their presence in Time Machine or on other volumes. If Resuminator pays unnecessary attention to copies of applications, that could explain the delays noted by some users.

Amongst the multiples: script-ish applications that I would not expect to use in a windowed way.

Bugs aside, thanks for helping to get the ball rolling for people who want more than Apple's default.

One question on resume in safari. Let's say I am on amazon (with 1-click enabled) and buy something then immediately quit my browser. When Safari reopens my window does it simply restore the rendered window (unlikely) or does it resubmit the URL? Obviously I don't want my browser to repurchase the last thing I purchased every time I open it...

Dear Auntie, I've been "resuminated" and I'm loving it. The app perfectly shut off resume for Safari, which had been driving me nuts, but Pages and other places where resume is a great tool for productivity are wonderfully intact. Very nicely done. Nice to have an Aunt in the business. Your loving nephew, Jeff

What do you mean by "System Preferences > Settings"? No such pane, or am I confused? Thanks!

I'm a little confused by this app. Everything starts off unchecked. What to I do to if an app Should Not resume? Also, what is the difference between Should Resume and Global Resume?

Without altering any preferences, and leaving Restore enabled, you can always opt to discard current windows when quitting an application by using Cmd-Option-Q instead of Cmd-Q to quit. To see this option for yourself in (for example) Safari, open the Safari menu and hold down the Option key - Quit Safari changes to Quit and Discard Windows.

This leaves you the flexibility to choose to discard your windows on a per-instance basis rather than every time.

@GMan: This isn't as elegant a solution, but you could always open your "Working_Soreadsheet.numbers" and File ---> Save A Copy as "Scenarios_Spreadsheet.numbers" and play around on that copy...

Great. Now can you tell us how to turn off Auto-Save?
When I'm working with a spreadsheet doing some "what-if" scenarios, and I DON'T save, I expect my spreadsheet to be as it was - and that's why I didn't save it!

Thanks very much! Very helpful app!

Thank you! I love the resume functionality on most apps, but I hated it in Safari. This is a huge help.