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3.
Restart the app. The changes will take effect immediately. Note that with
some apps, the first time you run the app, it might restore its old windows.
However, quitting and restarting once more will put a stop to it.
Should you want to reactivate window restore for the app, quit the app and
open a Terminal window. Then type the following for Apple apps, again sub-
stituting the name of the app (the following will reinstate window restore for
TextEdit):
DEFAULTS DELETE -APP TEXTEDIT NSQUITALWAYSKEEPSWINDOWS
For Microsoft Office apps, use the following, again substituting
W O RD
if neces-
sary for the name of the app in question:
DEFAULTS DELETE COM.MICROSOFT.WORD NSQUITALWAYSKEEPSWINDOWS
For Adobe Creative Suite apps, you can use the following, again substituting
PHOTOSHOP
if necessary for the name of the app in question:
DEFAULTS DELETE COM.ADOBE.PHOTOSHOP NSQUITALWAYSKEEPSWINDOWS
Quit and restart the app for the changes to take effect. Again, you might have
to quit and open the app once more for the changes to actually take effect.
You might also try logging out and back in again.
Tip 209
Create Encrypted Archives for All Computers
Elsewhere I explained how to create encrypted archives for use under OS X
also own a Windows or Linux computer, you might want to create cross-
platform encrypted archives that you can copy to, say, a USB stick and carry
around with you.
Luckily, a piece of open source (and therefore free) software called TrueCrypt
provides this functionality. TrueCrypt works by creating an encrypted filestore.
This single file is then mounted by the operating system and accessed as a
virtual disk drive in a similar way to when you attach a USB memory stick.
When you've finished, you unmount it, thus “locking” the store so that nobody
can access it without typing the password.
