Make Programs Launch in Background?
Daily scenario for me: I'm in a program, say Pages or Todo (tasks magaker,) and I want to open something that takes a while to open, say iTunes or Mail, then switch to the original program and want to keep working without the new program interrupting me.
Googling, I have found two main suggestions: Make these programs Launch on Startup Items and set for Hide, which is a workaround I don't want for multiple reasons, and some suggestions about entering code into the Terminal on a per program basis, such as found on this external thread:
http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/os-x-operating-system/225343-load-programs-back ground.html
I've done simple Terminal commands but I generally stay away from complicated ones, as seems suggested by the multiple steps prescribed to get what I want, besides which, I really don't want the tedium of assigning a script for individual programs (and having to do it for new programs in the future.)
Any simple way to do this? Is it available in Mountain Lion? (I'm planning to upgrade soon.)
Many thanks,
Brian