While it is not often necessary to shut down your computer, it is not a bad idea to do so from time to time. For example, I am flying to Ohio today and will be shutting my MacBook Pro down completely before I send it through the scanner. Also, for a number of reasons, we shut our computers down every night here at Small Dog.
This means that I need to re-open all the programs that I always leave open each time I start back up. While not an especially time consuming task, it is a little annoying to have to do this every time. Thanks to today’s Mac Treat, I will be annoyed no more.
In order to automatically open programs upon start-up (or when you log in to your user account), follow these steps:
- Go to the (Apple) menu and select System Preferences.
- Click on Users & Groups in the System section.
- Click on Login Items.
- Hit the + (plus) button.
- Find the application you want to add (the Applications folder is probably where they all are), highlight it and hit the Add button.
- Repeat for all applications you want to add.