On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 09:13 AM, Obrecht, Jerry A (N-Boeing) wrote:
> >> How can I permanently put something on the dock? say for example >> excel? > or to automatically run a program when starting the computer?< > > Fernando, > > To have an app startup automatically at startup, just drag an alias of > the > app to the ...is it the "Startup Items" folder in the system folder?? > Unfortunately, I don't have my Mac here with me, but inside the system > folder there are two folders for doing these sorts of things: one to > launch > activities at startup and one to launch activities at shutdown. I > believe > the one your looking for is called the "Startup Items" folder, but the > actual name may be slightly different. > > Jerry > Jerry, I think you're thinking of OS 9 or earlier, although I may be mistaken. In OS X, I use the "Login Items" panel in "System Preferences". Here you'll see an "Add" button, which when clicked brings up a navigation window to select the app you want to start automatically at login. Also, I don't think it's been mentioned in this thread yet, but another way to keep an item in the dock is that once it's running, click and hold the icon in the dock and it brings up a little menu where you can select to "Keep in Dock". dave -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
