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

From	J Burns <burns4@nowhere.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 13:10 -0400
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<ms21lv$lrb$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 8/31/15 10:43 AM, Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <oa6dneP8jcmpcH7InZ2dnUU7-V-dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
>   ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) wrote:
>
>> Thanks. That's a bummer that Mac OS X doesn't have a Windows'
>> msconfig.exe method type. It's nice just to uncheck and check items.
>
> Anyone else whistfully remembering Conflict Catcher from the pre-OSX
> days?

Yes.
>
> In addition to being able to check and uncheck all kinds of extensions
> and startup items, it had a mode where it would automatically reboot the
> system repeatedly with different subsets of extensions enabled, and ask
> you if the problem you're trying to diagnose still exists, so it could
> eventually narrow down the set of conflicting extensions.
>
> Conflicting extensions tend to be less of a problem in the design of OS
> X, so a utility like this isn't really needed.
>
<http://www.cnet.com/news/mouse-input-temporarily-freezing-after-updating-os-x/>
Topher Kessler explains how to unload the launch agents and launch 
daemons in the main library, then load them one after another for 
troubleshooting.

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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
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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
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  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
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  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
            Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-31 21:38 +0000
              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
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            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? 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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