Can someone please help me understand how I can keep programs like Spotify from starting when I power my MacBook Pro on? I'm sure it's easy but I looked around and couldn't find it and it's my first week using OS X (10.8.3).
Thanks so much!
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
There are several ways how to stop programs from opening at Mac startup:
1) Go to the System Preferences → Users & Groups → switch to Login Items tab and remove the appropriate login item from there.
2) Make a right click on the app's icon in the dock panel and unlink Open at Login.
3) Remove the app's login item via App Cleaner.
resource - https://nektony.com/blog/stop-spotify-opening-on-startup
First of all, OS X Lion and Mountain Lion have got a feature that makes OS X to start automatically all the applications you have opened when you turned off or restarted the Mac in the next startup. To make sure that Spotify doesn't open automatically, go to > Restart, and restart your Mac, but first make sure that you unmark "Reopen windows when logging back in"
Go into System Preferences then Users & Groups and check the Login Items. It is more then likely listed in there to start with the computer. Highlight it and click the Minus sign under that area.
Disable Programs During Startup
