Itens de inicialização
Grátis para ver, Pro para mudar
Veja o que inicia quando você faz login, quanto cada item custa em memória e quais você parece não usar.
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
O que faz
- Lista agentes e daemons de inicialização da sua própria pasta LaunchAgents e de /Library, com quem assinou cada um e por que ele inicia.
- Mostra a memória de cada item cinco minutos depois do seu último login, ou um tamanho típico marcado com “~” até ter observado um.
- Só sugere desativar um item se o programa dele sumiu ou se você usou o app em no máximo 1 dos seus últimos 10 logins. Ele espera ter observado 10 logins.
- Depois de uma troca, mede o seu próximo login e escreve um recibo.
What it will not do
- Excluir qualquer coisa. Desativar um item renomeia o arquivo dele para que não inicie no seu próximo login. Ativar de novo devolve o nome.
- Listar ou mexer nos itens da própria Apple.
- Sugerir apps só de segundo plano, apps de backup ou de sincronização, ou apps que nunca viu em execução.
- Interromper algo que está em execução agora. Ele só impede que inicie da próxima vez.
- Desativar um lote sem mostrar cada item com uma caixa de seleção antes.
Limits
- O Hedroom liga e desliga itens da sua própria pasta LaunchAgents. Para itens em /Library/LaunchAgents, abre Itens de Login em Ajustes do Sistema. Itens em /Library/LaunchDaemons são listados, mas ainda não podem ser alterados.
- Apps que se adicionam em Ajustes do Sistema › Itens de Login e Extensões não podem ser listados sem direitos de administrador. Use Itens de Login para eles.
- Até observar logins suficientes, ele diz que ainda está aprendendo e não sugere nada.
Grátis ou Pro
A lista é grátis. Desativar ou ativar um item faz parte do 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.