This is actually a good tip for anyone that’s used a mac for a while and especially anyone that’s recently converted from PC to Mac.

Anyone who’s ever used a PC is probably familiar with the Startup folder where you place shortcuts to applications so that they will automatically start up when the computer starts.

Well guess what, you can achieve this on a mac as well, its a very simple process, read more below to find out how this can be done.

Click on the Apple icon on the top left hand corner of your screen and then click on System Preferences.

Apple - System Preferences Menu

You’ll get a dialog that looks like the following, from there, click on Accounts.

Apple - System Preferences Dialog

After you click on Accounts, you’ll be presented with a dialog similar to the following, from here, you’ll want to select your user account and then click on Login Items

Apple - Accounts

After you click on login items, you should have something similar to the below screenshot. All you need to do here is drag an application, folder, or network share to this screen and it will be added to your startup items.

Apple - Login Items

So the nice thing about this is, it doesn’t just work for applications, but it also works for folders, and network shares, and I’m pretty sure for anything that you can drag into that window.

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