Information Technology Reference
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Unfortunately, although you can run any apps you write yourself on the
simulator, you can't run any apps you might have downloaded for your
actual iPhone or iPad. The simulator runs as an x86/64 application, while
the iPhone and iPad use the completely different ARM CPU architecture.
Tip 134
Control Start-up Apps
If you're a convert from Windows, you might be used to periodically pruning
the list of programs that start at login by editing the
STARTUP
folder.
Editing a Mac's Start-up List
You can find the equivalent function on Macs by opening the Users & Groups
component of System Preferences (Apple menu→System Preferences). Unlock
System Preferences if necessary by clicking the lock icon at the bottom left
(note that only system administrator-level accounts can change start-up
items), and then select your account in the list on the left. Then click the
Login Items tab on the right. To remove a program from the list, select it and
click the minus button beneath the list.
Note that a check alongside an entry in the list has no bearing on whether it
starts at login. The checkbox merely controls whether the program starts
hidden, that is, whether the program starts with its window invisible (the
equivalent of minimized under Windows).
Adding New Start-up Items
There are a variety of different ways to add a program so it starts when you
log in:
• Click the plus icon within the Login Items view within System Preferences,
as described earlier, and navigate to the program using the File Open
dialog box.
• Drag and drop icons from the Applications list within Finder on top of the
start-up application list within the Login Items view.
• Right-click the program's Dock icon, and click Options→Open at Login.
