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From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject: Re: Does Mac OS X have a disable startup opiton like Windows' msconfig.exe?
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> I think it would be a nice addition if the login items could be disabled
> on a one by one basis.  This is especially true if the list of those
> items is deep inside a preference pane instead of a bunch of aliases in
> a folder. (in later case, you can just move an item of the "real" folder
> and into a "disabled" folder and move it back). You can't do that if the
> list of items is in a .plist or some other file.

> There are also items in the LaunchAgents where there are individual
> files for each, and while those can be moved in and out of the folder,
> their names are often not obvious on what they do. (not the
> application's name as it is known to the user).

Exactly. It would be useful for diagnostics.
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