I would like Sketch to remember what documents I had that were opened when I closed the app, and then re-open them when I start it again. Just like Chrome or other apps do. In general use, it’s not so useful, but I get instances where I just need a quick restart of Sketch. Sketch becomes slow and u…

There’s a macOS setting for this: Go to macOS’s System Settings Choose Desktop & Dock from the sidebar In the Windows section, disable “Close windows when quitting an application” [CleanShot 2025-03-28 at 09.52.37@2x]

Re-open documents when restarting the app

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paulozoom (Paulo Pereira) March 28, 2025, 8:53am 2

There’s a macOS setting for this:

Go to macOS’s System Settings
Choose Desktop & Dock from the sidebar
In the Windows section, disable “Close windows when quitting an application”

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Re-open documents when restarting the app

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