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Skype - can i stop it from loading at start-up?
I have found a few threads but mostly windows based. Does anybody here know how to do this??

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go to System preferences... then accounts... then click the "Login Items" tab. Highlight Skype.

Click the minus "-" button. Viola! No longer a login item.
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excellent, thanks. that was really bugging me!

why did it take me so long to get a Mac?
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why did it take me so long to get a Mac?
Ignorance.


But don't feel bad... I was guilty of it too.
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