Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe?
Date	2015-08-31 01:11 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<d4hnu2Fpv47U5@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 2015-08-30, Ant <ANTant@zimage.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Does Mac OS X come with a software, like Windows' msconfig.exe, to 
> manually disable and enable startup options like software to load? 

Most of the boot options for OS X can be done by holding down different
combinations of keys on the keyboard during startup. There are more
technical things you can do with command-line tools; but most people
don't need to to that kind of thing:

<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201255>

> Basically, I want to do clean boot ups and trying to figure out what is 
> causing the hang (probably a software conflict).

"The hang"? What are the symptoms? Are you referring to the Messages
application hanging?

> I found my user account's login items, but that removes and I have to
> remember what to readd back manually. :(
>
> Thank you in advance. :)

There's no need to manually remove and add login items. To prevent login
items from starting during login, you can temporarily disable login
items by holding down the Shift key during login.

To prevent third-party launch daemons and so on from loading during
boot, you can boot into safe mode by shutting down the computer and
holding down the Shift key during startup:

<https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262>

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Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-30 17:28 -0500
  Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-08-30 19:18 -0400
    Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? <henry@att.net> - 2015-08-30 17:13 -0700
      Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-31 01:12 +0000
      Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-31 00:53 -0500
        Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-08-31 09:27 -0400
          Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-01 16:41 -0500
            Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-09-02 04:14 +0000
              Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-09-01 21:40 -0700
                Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-09-02 00:53 -0400
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            Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-09-01 22:00 -0700
    Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-31 00:54 -0500
      Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-08-31 18:27 +1200
        Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-01 16:42 -0500
      Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-08-30 23:31 -0700
        Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-01 16:46 -0500
          Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-02 00:37 +0000
            Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup option like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-06 14:10 -0500
      Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-08-31 09:25 -0400
        Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-01 16:48 -0500
  Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-31 01:11 +0000
    Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-08-30 22:53 -0700
    Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-31 00:57 -0500
  Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-08-30 21:17 -0400
    Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-08-31 00:59 -0500
      Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-08-31 09:29 -0400
        Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-01 16:49 -0500
          Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-09-02 20:16 -0400
            Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-09-04 18:22 -0700
              Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-09-05 13:49 +1200
                Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-06 14:11 -0500
      Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-08-31 10:43 -0400
        Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-08-31 13:10 -0400
        Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-31 20:47 +0000
          Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-08-31 17:02 -0400
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              Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-08-31 19:44 -0400
                Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-01 16:52 -0500
        Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2015-09-01 20:53 -0400
        Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-09-02 00:00 -0400
          Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-09-02 18:28 +1200
            Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-09-02 17:28 +1000
            Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-09-02 05:43 -0400
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  Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-08-31 13:23 +1200
  Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-08-30 21:54 -0400
    Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-08-30 22:14 -0400
  Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-31 08:14 +0000
    Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2015-09-01 16:53 -0500
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