Change Login Items & Extensions settings on Mac

Open at Login

Choose login items that open automatically when you log in.

• Add a new login item: Click 👁 the Add button
  below the login items list, then select the item you want to open when you log in.

• Delete a login item: Select it in the login items list, then click 👁 the Remove button
  .

If you see 👁 a yellow triangle
next to an item, the item won’t open automatically because it was moved or deleted.

Item column

View the names of apps, documents, folders, or connections that open automatically.

Kind column

View the type of item (app, document, folder, volume).

App Background Activity

Allow apps to perform tasks when the app isn’t open, such as checking for software updates or syncing data.

Added extensions

Extensions you installed on your Mac. These are extensions created by third-party developers.

If the extension is a content extension that enables extra functionality in apps, an Actions checkbox is shown below the extension. If it’s a Finder extension, a Finder checkbox is shown. Select the checkbox to enable the extension.

Actions

Content extensions installed on your Mac. Select a content extension to make it available in apps.

For example, if Markup is turned on, you can draw on pictures and sign documents in apps such as Mail, TextEdit, or Preview.

Camera Extensions

Camera extensions installed on your Mac. These allow you to install and use custom cameras.

Color Panels

Color panel extensions installed on your Mac. These allow you to select and view colors, copy and paste color codes, create palettes, and more.

Dock Tiles

Dock tile extensions installed on your Mac. These allow you to customize the dock by adding spacers, set quick actions, see previews and actions, and more.

Drivers

Driver extensions installed on your Mac. These allow you to install custom drivers to give apps access to system functionalities.

Endpoint Security Extensions

Endpoint security extensions installed on your Mac. These enhance security functionality by monitoring system events for potentially malicious activity.

File Providers

File provider extensions installed on your Mac. These allow you to see local files and remote storage files in one view in Finder.

Finder

Finder extensions installed on your Mac, such as iCloud Drive. Finder extensions enhance search and organization functionalities for files, documents, images, and more. Turn on extensions that you want to access from the Quick Actions menu on the desktop, and in the Finder and the Finder Preview pane. See Perform quick actions in the Finder.

Media

Media extensions installed on your Mac. These add new controls for playback, editing, and sharing. Extensions can also be used for playing various formats.

Network Extensions

Network extensions installed on your Mac. These allow you to customize and extend core networking features such as configuring a VPN or content filter.

Photo Projects

Photo project extensions installed on your Mac. These allow you to create, edit, and order print projects in Photos.

Photos Editing

Photos extensions installed on your Mac, such as Markup. Turn on a Photos extension to make it available in Photos while editing photos.

Quick Look

Quick Look extensions installed on your Mac. These allow you to click on a file, then press spacebar to preview the file.

Sharing

Select the sharing extensions to include in the Share menu (available from 👁 the Share button
in the Finder and in many Mac apps).

• Default extensions, such as Mail and AirDrop, can’t be turned off.

• If an extension in the list is turned on but doesn’t appear in the Share menu, the item you’re trying to share can’t be shared using that extension. For example, you can use AirDrop to share a webpage in Safari, but you cannot share selected text.

Smart Card Readers

Smart card reader extensions installed on your Mac. These allow you to manage smart cards and certificates, authenticate, and complete tasks across apps.

Spotlight

Spotlight extensions installed on your Mac. These enhance search functionality by allowing your Mac to search and display content from many sources and apps.

Touch Bar

If your Mac has a Touch Bar, turn on extensions that you want to access from it. (You need to first set Touch Bar options to show Quick Actions, or add the Quick Actions button to the Touch Bar.)