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Have a Mac app that you always use? A document that you always need to have opened? The convenient thing about macOS is that you can have apps, documents, folders, or server connections open automatically whenever you log in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To add or remove automatic items:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"macOS
Log into System Preferences, then choose Users & Groups.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Select your user account, then click Login Items at the top of the window, then do one of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Add a login item: Click the Add button (a plus sign) below the list of items, select a document, folder, app, server, or other item, then click Add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Login
Select your log-in items.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Remove a login item: Select the name of the item you want to prevent from opening automatically, then click the Remove button (a minus sign) below the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 Hide a login item: If you don\u2019t want an item\u2019s windows to be visible after login, select the Hide checkbox next to the item. (Note: Hide does not apply to servers, which always appear in the Finder after login.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n


To temporarily prevent items from opening automatically when you log in:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u00b0 If you see the login window, press the Shift key while you click the Log In button, then release the Shift key when you see the Dock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t see the login window, restart your Mac, hold down the Shift key when you see the progress bar in the startup window, then release the Shift key after the desktop appears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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