Re: How do I add an Application to the startup items in OS X?

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:56:04 +0100, Leonard Blaisdell wrote
(in article <leo-8BDD60.04560420072006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

In article <0001HW.C0E5196B0033281BF0407530@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Sally Thompson <me2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Glad to be of service :-) I was also very glad of this particular set-up
because having solved my problem above, I dragged Safari to the Login
Options
and it vanished in a puff of smoke never to be seen again. Wasn't in the
trash, wasn't in the Applications folder, wasn't anywhere under the desk.
Nada. A strong coffee and a bit of thought later, and I was able to put a
copy of it into my guest account drop box and retrieve it that way. I have
also now downloaded a second browser onto that machine to be on the safe
side
since it's very difficult to download a browser if you don't have one to
start with :-(

Anything that vanishes in a 'puff of smoke' on a Mac is an alias. If
you're familiar with Microsoft, it's a shortcut. If you're familiar with
Unix, it's a symlink. The application is still on your computer
somewhere with all its functionality if it's a Mac.
Most 'puffs of smoke' come from dragging something from the dock to the
desktop and releasing the mouse. What appeared to be the application is
gone, but the application is still where it always was.
If you accidentally trash Safari, it will be in the Trash. It will be
hard to trash by accident. Learning what an alias is can be really
useful.

I probably did release the mouse too soon. However, Safari had disappeared
from the list of Applications, and was definitely not in the trash. I did a
Spotlight search and tried every reference. One which looked hopeful which
should have performed an *upgrde* failed. I then tried to trick the system
<g> by typing in an URL and selecting it, and got the message that there was
no application to open it (may not be the exact words, but that was the
gist). So while not disbelieving you in the slightest, there really did not
seem to be any web browser on that system until, as I said, I heaved a copy
over from my admin account. One of the life's great mysteries, but I was
*very* glad to have a Mac since it gave me this option.

Incidentally, I was also well impressed when we had a power cut when my
husband was typing an email on the G4. (Well, not impressed with the power
cut you understand - but with the Mac.) When I turned the machine back on,
there was his email down to the last letter - and he had not saved it. I
think we now have another Mac fan in the house<g>.

Three cheers for usenet and all the wealth of knowledge out there that people
are willing to share.




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Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church:
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