How to Open Scrivener in Full Screen Mode on MacOS?

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Every time I quit Scrivener and re-open it in MacOS the window needs to be maximized again. I want the full screen mode to persist.

I have followed general online Mac guidance:

  1. Go System Settings > Desktop & Dock > Windows and Apps > Uncheck: Close Windows When Quitting and Application
  2. Quit Scrivener while still in Full Screen Mode
  3. When you re-open Scrivener, it should now open in full screen mode. *It does not.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

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Opening Scrivener in full screen mode under some versions of Mac OS triggers a Mac OS bug that causes Scrivener to crash. Therefore full screen mode is disabled at startup.

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Thank you for this clear and definitive response. Is there a setting in a program file I could change to enable the full screen mode? This would allow me to determine if the bug effects my version of MacOS on my particular laptop. Thanks.

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Sorry, no.

The problem is that it’s a pretty nasty crash to deal with. Once it starts happening, you have to manually delete the file that Scrivener uses to save interface settings in order to make it stop. It’s not hard, but it does require just the sort of digging that people don’t want to do while locked out of Scrivener. We helped a lot of very grumpy users before we made the setting non-persistent.

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I’ve recently acquired a new MacBook and whereas I’m pleased with having refound a certain freedom after years on linux and windows desktops, I’m not that impressed with Mac.
I’m working ok between Scrivener on Windows and Mac using Dropbox but one of my major irritations is the subject of this thread. I like apps to remember their display state when closing down. Not only does Scrivener start in less than full-screen mode but when I select Mac’s full-screen, I have to reset the binder panel width because it too has lost its setting. The inspector panel does retain its width.
Does the Mac OS bug still exist on the latest versions of the Mac OS?
The OS structure is much like what I’m used to on linux but I can’t locate any config files. Where does Scriv keep its config file on a Mac?

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These are my pet annoyances as well. Thanks for the explanation.

This question is getting close to two years old. Any plans to fix this behavior?

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