Controlling what Apps start at boot-up

[komatsu]

re: System Prefs -> Users -> Login Items

Reading in a book here that says "a check alongside an entry in the list has no bearing on whether it starts at login. The checkbox merely controls whether the program starts hidden"

I always believed that "unchecking" a program here prevented it from running automatically in background?

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

No the book is correct, which is why the header for the checkboxes says "Hide" (Or equivalent, I am not on an english system).

 

[komatsu]

No the book is correct, which is why the header for the checkboxes says "Hide" (Or equivalent, I am not on an english system).

Ok thanks, so how do you stop a troublesome from running in the background?

 

[T'hain Esh Kelch]

You have to be way more specific than that.

 

[komatsu]

ok, lets say you have a trial version of Microsoft Office which you no longer want or need. However, dialogue boxes for MS Office keep on popping up...is this where the "login items" select / deselect become useful?

 

[jgelin]

ok, lets say you have a trial version of Microsoft Office which you no longer want or need. However, dialogue boxes for MS Office keep on popping up...is this where the "login items" select / deselect become useful?

Not really, you would remove things from the login items like say Messages was starting up with the computer. It would be in that list. Checking the box will only hide the app, but it will still start. The only way to remove it from startup on login would be to use the minus button which appears when the given app is selected.

If you have a trial version of Office, I would either upgrade or just remove it from my system entirely.

 

[Mcmeowmers]

Click it in that pane and then click the minus button