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MacOS sometimes leaks traffic after system updates

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400 points dulvui | 2 comments | 16 Oct 24 08:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.414s | source
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mgoetzke ◴[16 Oct 24 09:44 UTC] No.41857244[source]▶
it also leaks the audio of tabs before logging in.

Even though I had disabled all 'restore' applications features, macos sometimes decides to 'start' browsers BEFORE logging in after a restart AND those start auto-playing audio from whatever was paused before the reboot (or many days before).

Since then I went rather deep disabling that feature, but I never trusted it.

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threeseed ◴[16 Oct 24 10:05 UTC] No.41857358[source]▶
I have never heard of anyone with this issue.

The only explanation is that you restarted whilst having the "Open All Previous Application" checkbox enabled. And yes it will launch processes after you have logged in but before the Desktop is shown.

Either that you or you have some launch daemon that is opening a browser.

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olyjohn ◴[16 Oct 24 10:14 UTC] No.41857407[source]▶
I've had similar experiences with MacOS. I uncheck that goddamn box all the time and still it relaunches previously opened applications half the time. If my application or computer crashes, I don't want the crashy application to open up at startup again. MacOS isn't perfect.
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1. lupusreal ◴[16 Oct 24 10:32 UTC] No.41857521[source]▶
OSX is particularly lousy with remembering user preferences and configuration. I quit using it after I grew sick of raging at it forgetting what applications want different files to open with. I've never had this sort of problem on Linux.
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2. jwells89 ◴[16 Oct 24 11:18 UTC] No.41857809[source]▶
In my experience, when filetype associations change under macOS it’s because some app I’ve used recently has made those changes without asking me.

I know some people are tired of all the prompts but I don’t think apps should be able to change those associations without first prompting the user.