Elementi di avvio
Gratis da consultare, Pro per modificare
Vedi cosa si avvia quando fai il login, quanto costa ogni elemento in memoria e quali sembra che tu non usi.
The problem
Every app you install gets a chance to start itself when you log in, and many take it: updaters, sync helpers, menu bar extras, agents for apps you removed years ago. They add up to a slower login and memory held all day, and the list is spread across System Settings and folders you never open.
You cannot tell from the names which ones you use. Hedroom lists them with who made them and why they start, shows what each costs in memory, and suggests turning off only the ones its own data says you do not use.
How it works
- List. Hedroom reads the launch agents and daemons in your own LaunchAgents folder and in /Library, with no admin password. Apple's own items are not listed.
- Explain. Each row shows who signed it, why it starts (it opens itself, it is an updater, it stays running), and its memory five minutes after your last login. Until it has watched a login, the size is a typical one marked "~".
- Suggest, narrowly. An item is suggested only if its program is gone, or you used the app in at most 1 of your last 10 logins. Hedroom suggests nothing until it has watched 10 logins.
- Switch off, reversibly. Turning an item off renames its file so it does not start at your next login. Turning it on puts the name back. Nothing is deleted, and an app that is running is left running.
- Measure. At your next login Hedroom reads the same apps five minutes in and writes a receipt. It claims a drop only if every earlier login was clearly higher.
What you will see
The Startup items screen reads "Starts with your Mac", with the number of items. Each row has a letter tile, the name, a tag when one applies (Suggested off, App removed, Unknown signer), "Signed by X · reason", its memory cost and a switch. Items in /Library/LaunchAgents show an Open Login Items button instead of a switch. Items in /Library/LaunchDaemons are listed but cannot be switched yet. Until Hedroom has watched enough logins, the screen says it is still learning and suggests nothing.
"Turn off the suggestions" opens a sheet that lists every item with its own checkbox. Nothing changes until you confirm.
A worked example
Example, not real data
A helper for an app you removed
Say the list shows a launch agent tagged App removed: its program no longer exists, so it starts nothing, but its file still sits in your LaunchAgents folder. Hedroom suggests turning it off.
You switch it off. The file is renamed, not deleted, and one click turns it back on. Because nothing was running from it, the receipt at your next login says so: no data, no effect. Removing a dead entry tidies the list. It does not make your Mac faster, and Hedroom does not pretend it does.
Details and limits
Cosa fa
- Elenca launch agent e daemon dalla tua cartella LaunchAgents e da /Library, con chi ha firmato ciascuno e perché si avvia.
- Mostra la memoria di ogni elemento cinque minuti dopo il tuo ultimo login, o una dimensione tipica contrassegnata da “~” finché non ne ha osservato uno.
- Suggerisce di disattivare un elemento solo se il suo programma non c'è più o se hai usato l'app in al massimo 1 degli ultimi 10 login. Aspetta di aver osservato 10 login.
- Dopo una modifica, misura il tuo prossimo login e scrive una ricevuta.
What it will not do
- Eliminare qualsiasi cosa. Disattivare un elemento rinomina il suo file in modo che non si avvii al prossimo login. Riattivarlo rimette il nome.
- Elencare o toccare gli elementi di Apple.
- Suggerire app solo in background, app di backup o di sincronizzazione, o app che non ha mai visto in esecuzione.
- Fermare qualcosa che è in esecuzione adesso. Impedisce solo che si avvii la volta successiva.
- Disattivare un gruppo di elementi senza prima mostrarti ciascuno con una casella di selezione.
Limits
- Hedroom attiva e disattiva gli elementi nella tua cartella LaunchAgents. Per gli elementi in /Library/LaunchAgents apre Elementi login in Impostazioni di Sistema. Gli elementi in /Library/LaunchDaemons sono elencati ma non si possono ancora modificare.
- Le app che si aggiungono da sole in Impostazioni di Sistema › Elementi login e estensioni non possono essere elencate senza diritti di amministratore. Usa Elementi login per quelle.
- Finché non ha osservato abbastanza login, dice che sta ancora imparando e non suggerisce nulla.
Gratis o Pro
L'elenco è gratuito. Disattivare o attivare un elemento fa parte di Pro.
The reason: seeing the list changes nothing, while a switch changes what starts on your Mac.
Questions people ask
Does turning an item off delete it?
No. Hedroom renames the file so it does not start, and turning it on puts the name back. If you uninstall Hedroom, the renamed files stay where they are, and the uninstall dialog lists them by name with how to turn them back on.
Could turning something off break an app?
An app can lose a helper that starts at login, such as an updater or sync agent, until you turn it back on. That is why Hedroom never suggests background-only apps, backup apps, sync apps or apps it has never seen run, and why you can simply leave anything you are unsure about switched on.
Why is an item I know about missing?
Apple's own items are hidden. Apps that added themselves in System Settings › Login Items cannot be listed without admin rights, so the screen links you to Login Items for those.
How does it know which apps I use?
It notes, on this Mac, which apps were in front during the first hour of each login. That history stays in Hedroom's local database.