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I'm the proud new owner of a mini, the first Mac I've ever owned. I'm reading all the Mac info I can find in hopes of making my transition from Windows as easy as possible. I'm finding this forum to be an invaluable resource.
In the past, the first thing I would do when I got a new Windows box was remove every non-essential program (i.e. media players, AOL/AIM, Acrobat "helper", etc. -- basically everything but antivirus software) from the taskbar and make sure it wouldn't run on startup and sit in the background using valuable system resources on every boot. I like my machines to run as lean as possible for the best performance.
How is this done on Macs, or is it even necessary? With only 512mb of ram on my mini, I know every mb is precious, so I want to be using as little as possible on startup.
By default, do Macs load many programs on startup? Does the Dock show all startup items, or is there a startup folder that shows those programs and lets you remove them so they don't start on every boot?
I'm probably making things more difficult than they are and my mini will probably run great right out of the box, but old habits die hard and I'm accustomed to cleaning out the garbage and optimizing my new computers.
Thanks.
Mac mini Mac OS X (10.4.3) 1.42, 512 RAM, Superdrive

Doug,
Thanks for making this post. I did not have the exact issue being discussed, however I was looking to remove a program that was auto loading at startup and could not find the location of the entry causing the application to load.
It was in the "Login items" under my user login as you noted in your post.
Thanks so much for the post, I was able to remove the application and I may be able to use the information again in the future.
AG

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