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Unwanted startup items (OS Sierra)

I have gone through the step(s) of removing unwanted startup items: System prefs -> Users and Groups, etc and removed unwanted startup programs. However, I have numerous programs that launch at login that aren't even shown there. How do I stop these programs from launching at login?

iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12.1), Intel Core i7; 8GB Ram

Posted on Nov 13, 2016 1:12 PM

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Posted on Jan 22, 2017 2:16 AM

Hi!


You might want to check out this article: https://macpaw.com/how-to/remove-startup-items-in-osx

In short, you need to remove stuff also from the following folders:


  • /Library/LaunchAgents
  • /Library/LaunchDaemons
  • /Library/StartUpItems


In this way I finally managed to prevent both the spammy Adobe Updated and the horrible TeamViewer window from opening on my Mac :-)


Cheers,

Guido

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Unwanted startup items (OS Sierra)

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