Mac App Preferences Delete

You can choose how often you want to enter your password when you buy items (including in-app purchases) from the App Store and iTunes Store:

Always Require—Every time you make a purchase, you'll be asked to enter your password, even if you're signed in with your Apple ID.
Require After 15 Minutes—If you entered your password within the last 15 minutes, you won't be asked to enter your password again.

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If you don't want to enter a password when you download free items, follow the steps below and turn off password protection for free items.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Open the Settings app.
Tap [your name], then tap iTunes & App Store.
Tap Password Settings. If you have Touch ID or Face ID turned on for purchases, you won't see Password Settings.
Under Purchases and In-App Purchases, tap the setting that you want.
Under Free Downloads, tap Require Password to turn the setting on or off.
When asked, enter your password. Then tap OK.

On your computer

On your Mac, choose the Apple menu () at the top of your screen, then choose System Preferences.
Click Apple ID.
Click Media & Purchases.
Select the settings that you want for free downloads and purchases. If you have Touch ID turned on for purchases, you won't see this menu.

If you're using an older version of macOS, open iTunes, choose iTunes > Preferences, then click the Store tab.

On a PC

If you're using a PC, open iTunes. From the top of the iTunes window, choose Edit, then choose Preferences. Click the Store tab. Then select the settings that you want for purchases and free downloads.

On your Apple TV 4K or Apple TV HD

From the Home screen, select Settings.
Select Users and Accounts.
Select [your name]'s Account.
Under Require Password, choose the settings that you want for purchases and free downloads.

On your Apple TV (3rd generation)

From the Home screen, select Settings > iTunes Store > Sign In.
Sign in with your Apple ID and password.
After you click Submit, you'll see a screen that says 'Remember Password?' Select your preferred level of protection:
- Choose Yes if you want the Apple TV to remember your password for purchases as long as you're signed in with your Apple ID.
- Choose No if you want to enter your password each time that you make a purchase in the iTunes Store.

To change your password settings, sign out, then follow the steps above to sign in again.

About turning off password protection

You can't completely turn off password protection for paid items on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or computer. On Apple TV, you can turn off password protection for both free and paid items.

If you enabled Touch ID or Face ID for App Store and iTunes Store purchases, you'll be asked to use Touch ID or Face ID for every download, even if the item is free.

Manage what kids buy or download

If you use Family Sharing, you can use Ask to Buy to control what kids buy. When a child asks to buy an item or download a free item, the family organizer can approve or decline the request.

What are startup items?

Startup items, or login items, are services and applications that launch every time you start your Mac. These are applications that sneak into startup items without notice, never asking if you need or want them there. This way you may end up with a dozen apps launching as soon as you turn on your Mac, weighing heavily on its processor and memory capacities and slowing it down. Such items can increase your Mac’s startup time and decrease its performance.

Plus, sometimes when you remove an application or a service, it leaves a login item with a broken link. These broken login items are completely useless, cause unwanted messages, and waste your Mac's resources (because they look for non-existent applications). Whether you're running macOS Catalina or El Capitan, or earlier — it's all the same, so just read on.

So, let's go over how to take control of login items, and how to get rid of unwanted, broken or hidden startup items.

How to disable startup programs?

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Do you want to stop programs from running at startup? There’s an easy way to remove programs from startup and get your Mac to load faster on launch. The fastest way to turn off startup items on Mac is an app like CleanMyMac X.

Download CleanMyMac for free.
Launch the app.
Open Optimization tab.
Click on Login items.
From the list of apps, disable the ones you don’t need on startup.
Done!

How to change startup programs manually?

Disabling Mac startup programs is possible manually. Therefore, if you have some time and would like to do it yourself, follow the steps below.

Your login items are listed in settings. One of the easiest ways to control startup items is inside System Preferences > Users & Groups.

Open System Preferences.
Go to Users & Groups.
Choose your nickname on the left.
Choose Login items tab.
Check startup programs you want to remove.
Press the “–” sign below.
You’re done.
If you need to add an item back, press “+” and choose the app you’d like add.
Then restart your Mac to see the changes.

How to fix broken startup items?

Broken Mac startup files are left there because some part of apps are left on your Mac long after you’ve moved the app to the Trash. To get rid of these parts and to fix your startup, you’re going to need CleanMyMac again. First, you need to check if they’re among startup items and disable them if so. You can do it following the instructions above. Then you need to remove app leftovers. CleanMyMac works fine on macOS High Sierra and earlier OS.

Launch CleanMyMac.
Choose Uninstaller tab.
Scroll through the list of apps.
If you spot any app that you’ve deleted, check them.
Delete the app leftovers you’ve chosen.

You can also find and remove broken login items with the help of System Junk module:

Choose System Junk tab.
Click Scan.
Review details and click Clean.

Finally, you need to clean your macOS startup items through launch services:

Open Maintenance tab.
Choose Rebuild Launch Services.
Hit Run.
Done.

Once you do it, all broken app data on your Mac will be fixed.

Remove daemons and agents from startup process

If speaking of files, first go to the system folder /Library/StartUpItems. Here you’ll find all the startup files that are being launched with the system. You can delete the login item you think is necessary if you’re totally sure what you are doing.

Also, the /Library/LaunchDaemons folder contains a bunch of preference files that define how the application that is being launched along with the system should work. You might want to delete some of these files as well if you know you don’t need them and removing them is safe.

The /Library/LaunchAgents contains preference files responsible for the apps that launch during the login process (not the startup).

The above-mentioned folders contain app-related files. However, you can also check system folders to review whether you need some of the system applications to be running on startup:

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons - note that besides preference files this folder contains other important system items that are recommended to keep untouched.
/System/Library/LaunchAgents - most probably, you won’t also find anything worth removing in this folder, however, keeping this location in mind might help you find files related to a problematic app that causes troubles on Mac startup. If you have a problematic application that messes about on login, you can try to trace it back from this folder.