Prevent app from auto-launching in OS X - what are ALL the places to look?
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An app on a Mac that automatically launches on boot and I don't want it to. The app itself offers no way to prevent this. Rather than identify the app, I figured it would be nice to use this question as an opportunity to identify all the places such an app could hide. Here's where I've looked so fa…
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There is a folder with the path: Macintosh HD/System/Library/StartupItems I haven't used it in about 7 years, but is it possible that some document associated with the mystery app is in there? The OS would start up the application in order to open t…
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