how to exclude a program from start up sequence

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how to exclude a program from start up sequence

My iPhoto and Evernote somehow made to become the apps self-started during the boot up process. This lengthens the start up time unnecessarily. Is there a way I can take them out of the boot up sequence?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Oct 1, 2012 7:33 AM

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Answer 1

Courcoul

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Oct 1, 2012 7:53 AM in response to Alford7

You need to determine how is it those apps are self-starting. AFAIK, these are the possible paths:

On the Lions, if you leave them running at shutdown and tick the "Reopen windows..." option on the dialog, the desktop will be restored upon return, apps included.
In the user account's Login Items, as seen in System Preferences / Users & Groups
In the StartupItems folders found in /Library and ~/Library (the system library and the user's library folders). Items found in /System/Library/StartupItems are normally set by the system and are best left untouched.

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Answer 2

Oct 1, 2012 7:53 AM in response to Alford7

system preferences>users and groups (select your username)>login items>check the box next to apps you dont want to open at start up.

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