Account Login Items

One of the login items listed under my account in sys preferences is System Events - shown as an application. Any idea what this is? Is it safe to delete from my login items?

System Events is a system application that should never be run by hand. I have no idea why it's in your login items but it's quite safe to remove it from there.

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I cant access System Preferences»Accounts»Login Items

I cant access System Preferences»Accounts»Login Items can anyone help?
I have two admin accounts on this machine. One local admin account that does not have this problem, and one mobile admin (remote access) user account that I use for all work. I have repaired permissions and disk from startup cd. I have deleted the following files-
com.apple.preferencepanes.cache
com.apple.preferencepanes.searchindexcache
com.apple.systempreferences.plist
Nothing seems to work. Any suggestions?

What do you mean that you can't access the login items?
1) No tab for login items in Accounts?
- Are you logged in as that user?
2) Tab exists but doesn't switch to it when clicked?
3) Can see login items, but can't do anything with them?

Help!!! I deleted "ituneshelper" on SystemPrefs/Accounts/login items

Hello Apple Discussions Community.
I deleted from Login Items, located in Accounts on System Preferences, the "iTunesHelper" item.
I would like to retrieve this link again, but it is a part of the iTunes Package, therefore, it is not possible to add it using the "+" button.
I would like to know if there is a command on Terminal or other way to resolve this issue.
Thanks in advance.
Jose Blanco.

Hello. I know this procedure, another thing was missing, that it's necessary to drag the icon to the LoginItems window to add it. I discovered it after following your suggestion.
Thanks!!!
Jose
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Preferences - Accounts - Login Items : rearrange fails, result is removal

This should be considered a bug report, but =i'm rather new to the apple community (user for a year, but only recently trying to help in forums) i am not aware of a legitimate bug-report tool for apple.
as the subject indicates, rearranging items in the Login Items preferences causes them to simply vanish from the list. I have about 8 items launch at startup, and some of them take a while to load (like iCal) and i'd prefer those to load at the END. the only workaround i've found is to remove them all, then add them one at a time in the order i want them to start up. this is clearly a bug.

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Hi Jared,
You're right, this should rather be considered a bug, as it used to work perfectly well in Panther...
Smart (?) reasons like "this is because of how launchd works" or "sending feedback requires some membership etc..." certainly do not look very "Macish", "user friendly", the way we were used to by Apple's legendary quality.
Here is the place where to send your feedback:
- http://www.apple.com/macosx/feedback/
(and many users have sent the same comments about login items, since Tiger's launch last May...)
Thank you for helping with your own form!
Axl

What is the ITunesHelper? SysPrf Accounts Login Items "iTunes Helper"

I searched around to find an explanation and found none.
You would think Apple would have am explanation somewhere to describe it's purpose and function?
ITunes Helper? SysPrf>Accounts>Login Items

You could just create a new Admin account and then change the other back to standard. However, you would have to disable filevault, wait for it to decrypt, then enable it again so you could give that new account the ability to decrypt the hard drive.
But, you're gonna have to do that anyway for whatever account you create. There doesn't appear to be a way to enable new users to decrypt the hard drive. It has to be set up when you encrypt: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4790

User Account login items keep dissappearing

Ya i dont understand why it does this i load up a prog that i want to start on start up and after i restart it doesnt and i go back to the startup item page and its empty...i worked once but then the next time i started up it was gone. The only thing i think it cold be is that maybe it might dissappear after i have gone into windows and turned off the computer and then go back to apple later
any ideas would be appreciated
Andrew

ehhh...restart of the OD master fixed that problem...
I hate such kind of problems...
Does anybody know, if there is a routine, WHEN and HOW OFTEN the OD sends updates to their clients?
Or does the Clients ask the OD?
...i am puzzled...and tired...but happy

Login item on managed account

Hi all -
On our iMac running leopard, we'd like the ability to keep a program (VOIP phone program) running all the time regardless of which user is logged in. I figured out how to add the item to the Login Items for the Admin account (me), but there is no option to do the same for our daughter's login (a managed account). I tried accessing it through Parental Controls and even changin her account to Standard, but no luck.
I've scoured the forum and the web to no avail...any solutions out there?

Nate Hines wrote:
Hi all -
On our iMac running leopard, we'd like the ability to keep a program (VOIP phone program) running all the time regardless of which user is logged in. I figured out how to add the item to the Login Items for the Admin account (me), but there is no option to do the same for our daughter's login (a managed account).
what do you mean? you add programs to login items in the same way on all accounts, including parental controlled accounts. log into that account and start system preferences. go to accounts->login items and add whatever you need to add there.
I tried accessing it through Parental Controls and even changin her account to Standard, but no luck.
I've scoured the forum and the web to no avail...any solutions out there?

Remove login item from my accounts

I had Mac Protector installed on my computer without my knowledge. I have gotten rid of it from my applications, but I can't figure out how to get it off my login items on my accounts. Please help!

Go to system preferences > accounts > login items > unlock the padlock > uncheck Mac Protector then click it and press the minus button.

All Network Volumes set as Login Items open in Finder on EVERY startup

...after updating to 10.5.8
I have a Mac running on an otherwise all PC network. Before updating to 10.5.8 I had 5 network volumes set to "connect" on startup automatically (System Prefs / Accounts / Login Items). This worked perfectly and connected to these volumes silently without me having to ever worry about it. I didn't even have to check the "Hide" boxes.
After updating to 10.5.8 however, it became completely annoying. Now it still connects to these volumes, but opens up every single one in Finder upon every startup. That's 5 windows I have to close every time I startup my computer. It may not sound like the worst thing in the world, but mind you I have to log out and back in every day for work. Even checking the "Hide" checkboxes don't do anything.
Anybody experiencing the same problem? Anybody know a workaround or fix? My company has a rather large and complex network so staying connected to certain folders that I use is a must. Thanks.
Screenshots:
Login Items - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/Magick0ne/Other/Login_Items.jpg
Every Startup - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v326/Magick0ne/Other/Finder_Windows.jpg
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Pifman wrote:
Thanks to both of you. I guess the search I ran wasn't good enough as I didn't find the discussion that you posted.
One of the possible workarounds posted there was to use a third-party program that I found difficult to understand and use. Instead I took V.K.'s advice and made an AppleScript and then made that script launch at login. Works like a charm.
Only difference is that my AppleScript isn't located in the Utilities folder (10.5.8), instead I got to it by going to Applications / AppleScript / Script Editor.
sorry, my mistake on the location.
Then I made a script and saved it as an application. I then put that application in my Login Items (System Prefs / Accounts / Login Items).
If you're having trouble finding the mount volume (or server) address, here's how you can find it: If you are currently connected to the volume(s) that you want to use, left-click it and hit Cmd+I (or right-click, Get Info). Use the address next to "Server:" - That's it!
Hopefully Apple will fix this bug soon so people don't have to make AppleScripts just to make the OS work correctly.
I wouldn't bet on it for leopard. leopard development has stopped now after snow leopard has been released. historically, Apple only releases security patches for old OS versions once a new one comes out. Interestingly, this bug is present in snow leopard too! or maybe they don't consider it a bug and this is how it should work. one can make a case for this, I guess.

Is it possible to SORT the Login Items on

Is it possible to SORT the Login Items on
Apple - System Preferences - System - Accounts - Login Items?
Useful to load one of them before or after the others.
Thanks?

I don't think you can sort them like that but you can achieve this by using apple script.
for example if you want to launch Mail first and Safari second, paste the following into script editor and save it as an application.
tell application "Mail" to launch
tell application Safari to launch
You can also put a delay between the two:
tell application "Mail" to launch
delay 3
tell application Safari to launch
this will put a delay of 3 seconds between launches. Now remove Safari and Mail from login items and put the app you made using apple script there instead.

Anyone heard of a login item called 'sharkMonitor'?

Hi all,
I wonder if you can help. Google has offered nothing on this front.
I opened System Pref > Users/Accounts > Login Items in order to remove pesky Spotify from opening each time I start up.
Whilst there, I noticed I have an item called 'sharkMonitor', an Application in my login items.
Does anyone recognise that as something I should keep, or is it sinister?
As I say, I have googled, and nothing comes up.
I'm running 10.7.4 on a MBP 15" Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz if that makes any difference.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

Brilliant - thank you BT! Doesn't look like it's anything as sinister as its name might have suggested. Since I have no recollection of a Griffin radio attachment, 'll safely delete that now.
Well found, I couldn't locate anything from a sharkMonitor search.
Thanks

Login Items Remote Volume, always open window on Boot

I've set up connecting to a drive on a network, and then dragged the volume into the Accounts/login items. So that everytime it reboots it connects to theses volumes, however each time it does it also opens a window for each of them. I have ticked the hide box next to them, but neither makes any difference.
Thanks
Matt

Yes, that is one way to do it. I usually make a shell script and package it as an application using Platypus.
To do so you would use a text editor (I prefer pico) to create a script file with the .command extension and make it executable. The syntax is as follows:
mkdir /Volumes/yourvolume
mkdir /Volumes/anothervolume
mount_afp afp://username:password@server/yourvolume /Volumes/yourvolume
mount_afp afp://username:password@server/anothervolume /Volumes/anothervolume
Of course you can leave out username:password@ and you can use mount_smb as well as other protocols.
http://www.sveinbjorn.org/platypus

Login Items connect to server in 10.5.6

When you select a server volume in System Preferences / Accounts / Login items / to open a directory on a network server every time you log in, in system 10.5.5 and earlier the directory will be automatically opened on your desktop after startup.
Not any more in system 10.5.6. The connection is made but the map will not be automatically openened any more (even when "hide" is not selected).

Sounds like a tip that you should post to the server forums. Unless I missed something, there doesn't appear to be a question in your post.

Login items - not in user prefs

My wonderful imac os x - tiger 10.4.7 opens 3 items (safari, mail and ichat) that are not in the startup items list.
As the initial login takes ages I want to remove them, but as they don't appear in the list under accounts/login items I can't.
I have tried adding them so they do appear and then deleting them, but that doesn't fix it, they still open on login.
Any ideas how I can fix this.

"Login Items" can be specified in at least three different places. The usual one (written to by the "Accounts" pref pane) is the "~/Library/Preferences/loginwindow.plist" file in each user's "home" folder, but if the items aren't appearing in the pref pane, they are probably listed in one of the other locations.
The other user-specific file is in the "~/Library/Preferences/ByHost" folder, and is called the "loginwindow.xxx.plist" file, where the "xxx" usually represents the MAC address of the built-in ethernet card, so will vary from computer to computer. If present, try moving or deleting that file to see if that prevents the unwanted items from opening.
The computer's main "/Library/Preferences" folder can also contain a "loginwindow.plist" file, but any items listed in that file will open at login for all users. "Admin" privileges will usually be required to remove or make changes to this file.
Also, note that a computer's administrator can set up "login items" for "managed" users, through 'mcx_settings'. Again, this isn't something that an individual user can override themselves.
This probably isn't what you are after, but unless explicitly prohibited in 'mcx_settings', it also is possible during any given log in to prevent login items from opening by holding down the "Shift" key while logging in, but it would be necessary to do this every time.

Login item - in a specific Space/Desktop

I would like to have all the applications which are started up when I log on (System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items) started in a specific Space (desktop). Is this possible?

Yep.
In Login Items you have the option to show/hide login items, make sure all the ones you want to show are set appropriately there.
Then in System Preferences go into Expose & Spaces, then the Spaces tab. You can set Application Assignments so apps start up in certain spaces or in every space.

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