Issue sixty nine of iCreate: The creative magazine for Mac users has a feature section, Detox your Mac (and get it ready for Snow Leopard), starting on page 82. One of the tips mentioned is to prevent items from opening automatically at login (page 85). By removing these items from the Login Items list, you can reduce the time it takes to load your desktop. We all want speedier boots, and this is one sure-fire way to get there.

First, back up your computer using Time Machine or whatever your preferred backup method might be. After your backup is complete you can tweak your settings.

Just go to System Preferences - - > Accounts - - > your account - - > Login Items. Highlight the items you don’t want to start at login, and then click the minus sign.

Right now the price for a US subscription to this zine from across the pond is $119 for 13 issues. Pricy, yes. But these magazines come with CDs that are chock-full of nifty programs and useful stuff like fonts, stock images, ringtones, music tracks. The content is unbeatable. The tutorials are very nicely laid out, very easy to follow and just plain useful.

I have to say, that in my issue sixty nine, page 25 has the most ungodly font, it’s barely readable. It must’ve been an error because the facing and subsequent pages have a sans serif font that is much easier to read.

Let’s hope their desktop publishers don’t let too many of these font no-no’s pass on to the presses.

By the way, iCreate is published in the UK, so most pricing mentioned will be in pounds sterling. To get a dollar price, simply go to an online pounds sterling to USD converter.


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