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Lingon Startup Folder Locations
My Agents ~/Library/LaunchAgents Users Daemons ~/Library/LaunchAgents /Users/*/Library/LaunchAgents (for all users) Users Agents ~/Library/LaunchAgents /Users/*/Library/LaunchAgents (for all users) System Agents /System/Library/LaunchAgents System Daemons /Library/LaunchDaemons
Disable “Reopen windows when logging back in” by default – OS X Mavericks
You may have noticed that when you log out or reboot Mac OS X Mavericks, you get a dialog window with a checkbox next to “Reopen windows when logging back in” that restores all of your currently open applications and windows. If you don’t like it and you’re tired of unchecking the box to no longer reopen the windows, you can use a third party script to render the feature useless. To clarify, what this does is disable the feature completely on a constant basis, regardless of whether that checkbox to preserve windows is checked or not, the windows will not restore. You may have noticed that when you log out or reboot Mac OS X Mavericks, you get a dialog window with a checkbox next to “Reopen windows when logging back in” that restores all of your currently open applications and windows. If you don’t like it and you’re tired of unchecking the box to no longer reopen the windows, you can use a third party script to render the feature useless. To clarify, what this does is disable the feature completely on a constant basis, regardless of whether that checkbox to preserve windows is checked or not, the windows will not restore. ** instructions ** create a new file called /tmp/loginfix.sh in your temporary directory touch /tmp/loginfix.sh add two lines into that file to tell it to remove login window files: echo ‘#!/bin/sh’ > /tmp/loginfix.sh echo ‘rm -f /Users/*/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.loginwindow.*’ >> /tmp/loginfix.sh make that file owned by the system: … Continue reading
Lingon: Remove an Item
Lingon is an editor which allows you to edit startup items on Mac OS X To remove a startup item, browse to one of these folders: /Library/LaunchAgents /Library/LaunchDaemons /Users/{username}/Library/LaunchAgents/ You will see a file corresponding to the item you wish to remove. Move the file to another folder. Note: These files are part of launchd Learn more about launchd at http://woss.name/2005/11/22/using-launchd-on-mac-os-x/