
There may also be a 'recently closed' item &/or 're-open last tab' which might let you step back tab by tab to get your closed pages back. In the History menu will be a 'restore all windows from last session' or similar wording - don't rely on it, but sometimes that will pull back windows you had manually closed. Some browsers may have a 'get out of jail free' card.
All Apple apps will return to the last-used state, even if there were unsaved documents.Ĭlosing a window, with the red dot or any other method, removes that window from the 'last session' information & breaks your workflow. This applies to within one session, or through reboot/shutdown/boot too. If you want any app to remember its last session - which all well-behaved apps do these days - then if you want to quit, use Cmd ⌘ Q. The red dot closes the window, it does not quit the app.


This is the first big thing you need to learn about Macs.
