When my Mac Book starts up I have a range of programmes which auto start, safari, google chrome, skype etc..how to turn these off?
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Just upgraded to a macbook pro and every time i turn on the laptop about four or five programs open. how do i stop this from happening? I have looked in the system preferences and have not been able to find anything?
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
How do I turn off programs that automatically start up when I turn on the computer? I want to improve the processing speed of my system and I'm pretty sure programs running in the background are slowing me down.
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010)
I don't want anything terribly expensive - I just want to test my times against those uploaded to Amazon from PC's.
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Mac OS X (10.7.4), 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD
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1) Bluetooth is ON:
I can't turn it off. The checkbox is inactive.
But I can turn it off, if I choose "Share my internet connection for other units". (I don't know, if this is the right text in english, because my OSX is in german)
2) Now Bluetooth is OFF:
But I can't turn it on, because the checkbox "ON" is inactive.
It turns only on, if I choose "New Unit"(?). Then there is a new window, that says, that this is only possible if Bluetooth turns on. If I say OK, bluetooth turns ON.
Back to 1)
What's the problem. Why is this f* checkbox for turning bluetooth on and off inactive?
This is not a hardware problem, because I can have stable bluetooth connections.
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MacBook Air (11-INCH, MID 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.4), Plus MacMini, iPhone, iPod Touch and regular MacBook
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