skipping startup items
I remember that (in the OS9 era) the Mac could be started up without loading/opening the start-up items (in the user-defined list) by pushing some key combination at startup.
Every morning my Mac starts up automatically with the main programs I use during the day (Mail, Safari, Soho, Photoshop, Agenda, Contacts etc.).
Sometimes, when I have closed down the system at night and I remember I forgot to send a mail, at start-upI have to wait till the Mac has walked through the whole procedure again, while I only need Mail for a few minutes.
Is there a key combination that takes care of skipping the start-up items.
I couldn't find one in all kinds of help files and apple-docs.
I read somewhere that the shift key would do the job, but trying that, gave me a (very slow) progress bar at start-up.
It took the Mac about 10-15 minutes to run through the startup procedure; not exactly what i was looking for.
Besides that, the iMac feels sluggish after that last "experiment"
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 8 Gb RAM - 1,5 Tb harddisk