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Using a Mac OS X, Tabs not restoring on startup after closing with the red X in upper corner, but restore fine if closed from the toolbar icon.

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Occasionally, I forget and use the red X in the upper left corner to close the Firefox window. When I restart Firefox, all the tabs and groups open when I ended the session are gone. If I remember to close using the icon on the toolbar, the tabs and groups are all there when I next open Firefox. Problem ONLY happens on my Mac. The PC does not have this issue. Problem is CONSISTENT. Happens every time.

Occasionally, I forget and use the red X in the upper left corner to close the Firefox window. When I restart Firefox, all the tabs and groups open when I ended the session are gone. If I remember to close using the icon on the toolbar, the tabs and groups are all there when I next open Firefox. Problem ONLY happens on my Mac. The PC does not have this issue. Problem is CONSISTENT. Happens every time.

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I have noticed something similar with my Macs. If I close with the red X, I get a popup message asking if I want to close the tabs or cancel. If I close with Firefox > Quit or Cmd-Q, I get a message asking if I want to Save and Quit, Quit, or Cancel. The thing is, using the red X, is just supposed to close the interface, not the underlying process.

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If you use the red close button then you only close that window, but you still have the menu bar and the Firefox application running.
In such a case you can use History > Recently Closed Windows to reopen that window and close the Firefox application via Firefox > Quit Firefox.