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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      I use the last version of Opera for MacOS. And the option to retain tabs from previous session simply doesn't work. Every time I close opera window all tabs including pinned ones are lost and new session opens empty opera window.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

        @fluffyvixen It still happens if you use a clean profile?

        Other changes are kept?

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        • artem-ktf
          artem-ktf last edited by

          Same for me. Just installed Opera yesterday. No sync enabled if it matters

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          • A Former User
            A Former User @leocg last edited by

            @leocg other changes like bookmarks and custom search engines are kept. What's clean profile?

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            • leocg
              leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

              @fluffyvixen Check the FAQ.

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              • curtein
                curtein last edited by

                The option still doesn't work in 65.0.3467.42

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                • adrianleong98
                  adrianleong98 last edited by

                  Re: "Retain tabs from previous session" doesn't work.
                  The "Retain tabs from previous session" feature still does not work after browser restart even on the latest version of Opera (68.0.3618.165)

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                  • nede
                    nede last edited by

                    Re: "Retain tabs from previous session" doesn't work.

                    So, rather new on MAC, and the issue with lost tabs when closing is annoying. I use Opera as work browser ... lost a lot of things.

                    But most of the time it was because of me, not Opera.

                    • as a windows user, i know that closing an app from "x" will close it. unfortunately, not on MAC. on MAC you are closing the window, not the app.
                    • if i right click and close the browser and then reopen, the session will be restored.

                    I think this is not a bug, but an uncovered OS behavior that influences the behavior of "Restore Previous session". Thus making it rather unreliable.

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                    • nede
                      nede last edited by

                      Something to add:
                      First: i apologize, this should have been a reply on an existing thread.
                      Second: "Thus making it rather unreliable." sounds to hars. It is an OS specific situation.
                      Three: it is still quite annoying 🙂

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                      • gmiazga
                        gmiazga Opera last edited by

                        For reference.
                        macOS works a bit differently. Closing last window doesn't close application. This is indicated by small dot under icon of application in Dock. In such case pressing on application will open new window .

                        To restore previous windows in such case recently closed option can be used to reopen last closed window. It's available in History menu.

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