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macOS Oct 14, 2026

Too many apps open by themselves when my Mac starts

Spotify, Teams, a printer utility and a few others launch at login and make startup crawl. Login Items only lists some of them. Where are the rest coming from?
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johnj Oct 19, 2026
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System Settings > General > Login Items. The list at the top is everything that launches when you log in, select the ones you don't want and hit the minus button. Also when you shut down, untick Reopen windows when logging back in on that little dialog. Otherwise macOS brings back whatever was open last time, which looks exactly like apps starting by themselves.
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