1. Step 1, Right click at the Application Icon at your Dock (bottom usually)
2. In right popup small window(menu) for the Application, then select �Open At Login� to disable the application auto-start at login.
Or how can I at least set it to ask me before it opens itsself?Â
I occasionally click links such as "contact us" in websites that I expect to take me to something that shows an email address, but instead they automatically make my mail application open up, and that's just annoying as ****. Â
I know I can command+click to copy the email address. I don't need this alternate solution/not really a solution to this problem.
Preferences in the application is unavailable, I assume until I choose an account to add as it prompts me to do upon opening. Â
So how can I make it so that mail never opens just because I click an address?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
I would like to disable some processes from starting upon login, but can't figure out how. I am not referring to the Login Items of System Preferences>Accounts. I have checked /Library/StartupItems/ (empty), /Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist (essentially empty), and ~/Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist (which only contains the things that i do want, it matches my account preferences).
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iMac 2.93GHz intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6), 4GB ram
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I'm sure many of you know how using bootcamp can cause slow startups when switching OS's because it has no cache to use. For example I'll be in Windows and then need to swap back over to Leopard to get something done, but it takes forever. The worst part is the list of login items... I've tried using scripts to separate them by 10 seconds or so, but nothing really made it faster. I was wondering if it was possible to login but cancel or disable the startup items for that login that one time... Sometimes I just need to login to grab something off the internet or something quick, but it takes me awhile because I have to wait for everything to load.
Do I make any sense? :P
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In OS X Lion I have to login each time my computer starts up. How do I make it login automatically?
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how I can disable one of my video cards in my MacBook pro. The better of the two recently crapped out, or at least if am able to get it to turn on and can login to switch to the other video card it works fine.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have a third party app that opens at startup. How do I disable?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Two days ago my iMAC began giving me the message "Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory." I have Lion 10.7.4 installed with 1TB HD (half full) and 8GB memory. 3.06 GHz intel Core 2 Duo The HD sounds like it is running all the time. How can I remedy this problem?
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iMAC
I keep getting the following message: Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory. How do I fix this? I heard it might have something to do with my yahoo mail.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I Googled around, and found a Microsoft forum post detailing how to do this. However, whenever I enter the command, I get an access is denied error.
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That's the command, which I get the following error:
The boot configuration data store could not be opened. Access is denied.
on startup, macbook pro showed flashing gray folder with question mark, but no startup. After several retries, now shows circle with diagonal diameter, and still no startup. worked fine yesterday.
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MacBook Pro
I have Black MacBook with 10.7.3 in it when i press alt/option while starting the laptop the startup manager wont come and OS X boots.
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MacBook (13-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I am attempting to select a different startup volume. I restarted my Mac Pro while holding the Option key. The Startup Manager screen never appearded for me to make a selection. I have two bootable volumes on separate internal disks available. I see them displayed in Disk Utilities.Â
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
6 month old MBP 15", been running 100% fine, plugged it into a projector the other day and it auto changed the screen resolution. I unplugged the device, went into settings and changed my screen resolution back to it's factory size as well as command & the minus key to make sure I wasn't zoomed in on anything.Â
I then did a system update for the following; Airport utility, Safari, Ricoh Printer, Digital Camera Raw, java, Itunes.Â
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MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4), Only on loading screen!
My brother's iBook G4 (I think it's a 2003 model) has a problem with the screen. When the computer is turned on, the screen stays black, although the backlight is on (the apple glows). Sometimes, on start up, the screen works normally for a random amount of time before going fuzzy and then black again.
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How do I clean my start up disk for more space? I have I cloud but don't really use it.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
i have a cd stuck in my old ibook G4 making a lot of noise trying to come out but its stuck, is there a way i can just disable the cd so i can continue using my ibook to read emails.
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