You can set up your Mac to automatically open programs when you log on.
Here's how.
From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences and click on the Accounts
button. Click on your account name, then click the Login Items tab. A list
of all Login items appears.
You can remove programs by selecting them and clicking the minus sign, or
add new ones by clicking the Add (+) button and navigating to the desired
application. If you check the Hide box next to the program name, the
application will open automatically, but won’t be displayed onscreen until
you select it in the Dock or via the Command-Tab key command (which cycles
you between all open applications).
Aug 1, 2008 LW