Startup Applications

[theacemaan]

How do i add an app, i.e. a weather app, to load at startup?

i am running jaguar

 

[Frisco]

System Preferences--Login Items

note: In Panther they are called Startup Items and are in System Preferences-Accounts-Startup Items

 

[krossfyter]

whats the point?... other then to eliminate you manually having to do it? i mean how hard is it to manually just move your cursor and click? im not trying to start something here i am just curious as to what all the hype is on startup applications. in the whole scheme of things this is insiginificant.... but im still curious. maybe you all know something i dont and if so i want to learn.

 

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by krossfyter
whats the point?... other then to eliminate you manually having to do it?

I have always set them. I like to login and have all the apps open I will use. iChat, iCal, MSN Msgr, Mail, WeatherPop, & Konfabulator all open upon login. It takes about 10-15secs for them all to launch, but it saves me time manually starting them all up later.

 

[Doctor Q]

Another advantage is that you can hide them automatically, by checking the "Hide" checkbox.

I do this with ClipboardSharing, for example.

 

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by Doctor Q
Another advantage is that you can hide them automatically, by checking the "Hide" checkbox.

I do this with ClipboardSharing, for example.

Another good point, I do that with iCal & Mail. This way if I have anything I need to remember iCal will remind me, and I will see if I actually need to open mail from the icon

 

[theacemaan]

i don't know if clipboard sharing is what i want but i'm trying to prevent from having to navigate to my applications folder throught the dinder every time i start up to load an app i might want tunning continually. i could just add it to the dock, but i',m a fan of minimal dock clutter, and like to save it for real apps, not for utilities