1. Mac Running Programs

Stop these programs from running on startup, and you might speed up your Mac’s launch process significantly. Try This First: Login Items and App-Controlled Behavior Apps can start at login through two obvious ways: they are launched by the system at login, or the program automatically adds itself to the login items. Mac OS X Tutorials and App reviews from HowTech 33,160 views 0:34 How to stop a program from running automatically when computer starts (Windows) - Duration: 2:15. On the Privacy screen, scroll down and click on Background Apps in the left pane. In the right-pane, toggle OFF the option to Let Apps Run in the background. This will prevent all the Apps from running in background on your computer.

When you use macOS you will find the program auto launching at macOS startup is very convenient. But if there are a lot of programs launching at macOS startup, you will find that is a matter. So we should stop some not often used programs from launching at macOS startup. This article will tell you how to do it. /imessage-app-on-mac.html.

You're starting up your Mac but don't have time for the computer's normal boot process. Instead of waiting for all those startup apps to load, you can temporarily stop them for just this one session. Stop apps from opening using your Dock. If there is a particular app that keeps opening automatically, you can quickly change this from your Dock, assuming the app is there permanently or as a recently-used app. 1) Right-click or hold Control and click the app’s icon.

1. Stop Program Auto Launching At MacOS Startup By Uncheck Login Options.

1. Right click the program icon at macOS dock.
2. Then click Options menu item.
3. Make sure uncheck the Open at Login sub menu item.
   

2. Stop Program Auto Launching At MacOS Startup By Change User Login Items.

1. Click mac logo —> System Preferences menu item at macOS top left corner.
   
2. Click Users & Groups icon at the popup System Preferences window.
   
3. Select the user at left side, click Login Items tab at right side. Then you can select which program will be launched when the user login by check or uncheck the Hide checkbox. If you check the Hide checkbox , then the program will not auto launch when this user login.
   

3. Stop Program Auto Launching At MacOS Startup By Change Program Settings.

For some program, you can configure it to not launch at macOS startup. I just use TeamViewer as an example.

1. Click TeamViewer —> Preferences menu item.
   
2. Uncheck the Start TeamViewer with System checkbox.
   

Mac Running Programs

You can use both above 3 methods to configure your program to not launch at macOS startup.