I have a macbook pro 10.6.8. My question is, is there a way to bypass the startup items (programs) when booting the computer?

Question

I perform music with my Macbook pro.  so I have several music applications that startup automatically when the computer boots. they look for the audio interface that they are supposed to talk to and then everything is good.  but sometimes I boot my computer when it is not connected to the audio interface and this breaks the conncetion link between the music applications and the audio interface.  If the is a way to bypass (turn off) the startup items as I boot the computer when it is not connected to the audio interface, then I'd no longer have this problem.  is there a way to do so?
Burr

Answer 1

Burr Johnson wrote:
...but sometimes I boot my computer when it is not connected to the audio interface and this breaks the conncetion link between the music applications and the audio interface.
This is a third party software problem you need to contact the developer to fix, perhaps they already have a update and you need to apply it.
Nothing should "break" if it's not connected to hardware as with portables people are always connecting and disconnecting.
If it's breaking the connection between two other pieces of software then it's poorly designed.
Some hardware + software combinations are meant for pernament desktop installations as a integrated system, not for portables.
The only case I can think of that software won't work without the hardware attached if the hardware is a form of content protection, that it won't run without the dongle etc., attached.