Keep Spotify From Launching Automatically Mac

(Updated on 11/6/2017)So, here’s a quick question: how long does it take for your Mac to start up? A minute? Two minutes? Five? Or just too long? One possible reason your Mac may be slow out of the blocks is that it’s trying to launch a slew of programs all at the same time.

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How To Keep Spotify From Opening On Startup Mac
Keep Spotify From Opening On Startup

The next time your computer is restarted, the Spotify application will not be opening automatically. Note, however, that if you need to reinstall the program at any point, the default installation settings will have Spotify automatically starting at launch again. You're starting up your Mac but don't have time for the computer's normal boot process. Instead of waiting for all those startup apps to load, you can temporarily stop them for just this one session.

To disable Cisco Webex Meetings from starting up on Mac OS without logging into the application, please follow the Apple documentation on user login items. Keywords: webex, webex meetings,cisco, auto, start, login, mac, windows Suggest keywords. One of the easiest ways to slow down your Mac is by overloading on launch applications. After a year or so, you might not even realize what apps are starting in the background. While apps like Spotify jump up front and center when they launch, alerting the user, other apps are happy to chug away in the menubar with nary a user interaction for. How To Turn Off Spotify Auto-Start on a PC. Click Edit in the upper-left corner of the Spotify desktop application interface. Click Preferences from the drop-down menu.

Now, some of these programs might be actually be ones that you do want to launch automatically, such as the Safari web browser, or Apple Mail. But other, not-so-necessary programs may be piling up in your Mac’s “login items” list, too—ones that set themselves to launch automatically without asking first.

Another factor that may be slowing down your system is the Mac’s “Resume” feature, which re-opens any and all apps you had running when you shut down your Mac. That could lead to a crush of apps all trying to launch themselves at startup.

Last but not least, you may have specific programs on your Mac with “Launch at Startup” settings that you’ll need to find and disable.

Now, if you’re the patient type, waiting a little longer for your Mac to boot up so that your programs appear just as you left them might be a fair trade-off.

But if you’d rather shave a few seconds—or even minutes—off the time it takes for your Mac to settle down after hitting the power button, read on.

1. Cross items off your Mac’s “Login Items” list

Your Mac launches a series of programs each and every time it starts up. Some of these programs are critical for the smooth operation of your system; others, not so much.

To see a list of all the programs your Mac opens automatically, click the Apple menu in the top-left corner of the screen, select System Preferences, click the “User & Groups” icon (it’s under the “System” heading), pick a user (you, most likely), and finally click the “Login Items” tab.

You should now see a list of everything your Mac is launching (or trying to launch, anyway) whenever it starts up.

Some of the items will be easy to identify—in my case, I’ve got Dropbox and Google Drive (the handy file-sharing apps) listed, as well as something called an “Eye-Fi Helper” (an app that lets my Mac receive wireless images from my digital camera) and “AirPort Base Station Agent” (which keeps tabs on my AirPort Wi-Fi base station).

To delete these or other startup items from the list (but not from your Mac, mind you), just select them and click the “-” button at the bottom of the list.

2. Keep “Resume” from re-launching previously open apps

Don’t get me wrong—”Resume” is one of the handiest Mac features, especially for those of us who like to pick up in Safari or the Calendar app right where we left off.

But if you don’t want Resume relentlessly re-launching all the apps you had open when you last shut down your Mac, you can stop it from doing so.

The next time you select Shut Down or Restart from the Apple menu, take a closer look at the window that pops up; in addition to the “Cancel” and “Shut Down” or “Restart” buttons, you’ll also see a checkbox labeled “Reopen windows when logging back in.”

Click the box to clear out the checkmark, and the only apps that’ll re-launch the next time your power on your Mac are those listed in the Login Items menu.

3. Check for program-specific “Launch at Startup” settings

So, you emptied the “Login Items” list and turned off the Resume feature, but there’s still a program that’s launching itself at startup. What gives? Well, it could be that the stubborn program has its own “Launch at Startup” setting.

Open the program, make sure it’s the active app on your desktop (just click its window if it isn’t), then find its Preferences menu; generally speaking, you’ll find it under its main menu in the Mac menu bar (like “Spotify” in the case of Spotify).

Once you’ve opened the program’s Preferences menu, look around for a “Launch at Startup” setting. If there are lots of different Preferences categories, start with “General,” then try “Advanced.” (In Spotify’s case, I found a “Open Spotify automatically after you log into the computer” setting under its “Advanced” settings.)

Found the “Launch at Startup” (or the equivalent) setting? Go ahead and disable it, then rinse and repeat for any other programs that are still launching themselves when you turn on your Mac.

Everyone has a distinct music taste and preferences. Often when you're playing music on your phone at a party, and your friends and family members ask you to play their favorite song next. It can be tedious to look at the requested songs and make changes to the current playlist. Wouldn't it be fun to share a music listening session with friends to discover and enjoy songs? That's what Spotify is trying to achieve with the new Spotify Group session in the app.

Spotify, the world's biggest music streaming service, is on a roll with an aggressive push in the podcast industry. That doesn't mean, Spotify isn't focussing much on the music department. The company recently launched a Group session for the Premium subscribers. Group sessions let you listen to songs with friends in real-time. Users in Group session can pick what to play and control the music together.

The feature can also be useful when you are thousands of miles away from your friends and want the squad to listen to the same music simultaneously.

So, how does it work? How to setup and host the Spotify Group sessions with friends? How to end the Group session? We have all the answers for you. Let’s get started.

Availability

The Group session is only available for the Premium subscribers for now. The feature is accessible from the Spotify mobile and tablet app. There is no word on making the Group session feature available on the Spotify desktop or web app.

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Host a Spotify Group Session With Friends

To control the music together, you need to create a Group session and ask your friends to join the group to play and control music. Follow the steps below to host a Spotify Group session.

Step 1: Open the Spotify app on your device.

Step 2: Play any song. Open the music player screen and tap on the multi-device icon at the bottom left corner.

Step 3: The following screen will offer you a bunch of connectivity options such as AirPlay or Bluetooth. You will see Group sessions with Start Session and Scan to join options. Tap on the Start Session button.

Step 4: The next screen will showcase the unique Spotify Group session code. You can ask your friends to scan the code using the Scan to join option or tap on the Invite Friends option to generate a Group session link.

Step 5: Send the link using Messages or any social media chat apps such as WhatsApp or Telegram.

Step 6: When your friend (He/She should be using Spotify Premium as well) opens the link, it will take him to the app with an invitation to join the Group session.

Step 7: They can either join the session or use the not now option to ignore the message.

Step 8: When the other user joins Session, the Spotify app will offer two options to listen to music. Let’s understand the action of each option.

If you select 'Join the same device as your friend,’ you won’t be able to hear the song on your side. The playlist will keep playing on your friend’s device. However, you can look at the upcoming songs and add your preferred songs in the queue. You can always pause or skip the song.

This option is meant for parties and functions where you don’t want the same music to keep playing on each group user’s device. Instead, it will only play on the admin’s device while offering control to all the members in the Group session. In short, every one gets to be the DJ.

If you go with ‘On my own device’ option, then the same music will play on your side. In this situation, the music will play on all users' devices. This one is useful when you are away from your friends but wants to listen to the same music.

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Group Session Controls

A user can add up to five members to a Group session. All the joined members can play, skip, forward, rewind, and pause a song. You can also add your favorite song to the group playlist.

Navigate to a song that you like and tap on the three dot menu. Select Add to queue from the following menu. And that will add the song to the group playlist.

From the song's playback screen, you can see how many members are listening to the current song, and if you have boarded the group as ‘Join the same device as your friend,’ you will see the main device name on which the song is currently playing.

How Much My Info Is Available to Group Members

Invited members will be able to see your name, device name, and current Spotify playlist. They can also look at your Spotify profile with the following, followers numbers and public playlists. However, they won’t be able to see your private playlists.

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Does It Work With Podcasts

Yes, the Group session works perfectly fine with podcasts as well. The procedure to create the Group session remains the same as above.

How to End/Leave Group Session

At any time, you can leave or end the current Group session. Go through the steps below.

Step 1: Open the Spotify app and go to the music playing screen.

Step 2: Tap on the multi-device icon and select Leave Session from the following menu. If you are a group admin, you will see End Session option.

Play Music Together

Group session feature is like a breath of fresh air in the music streaming space. Spotify’s Group session function is quite handy, and the overall implementation is spot on. I can’t help but see Spotify’s lead increasing in the music streaming app race. Go ahead and try out Group session in Spotify with friends. I’m sure you and your friends will have a blast while exploring and enjoying new music.

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