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Setting Up Your Web Browser
Now that we've programmed our Mac to wake us up, we have to decide
which Web page we'd like to load. We checked the ZDNet Macintosh Download
page to see if it had any new cool software packages available. You
simply go to whatever page you'd like to view and then add it to your
Favorites menu.
Now, choose Open Favorites from the Favorites menu bar. Then in the
Favorites window, simply drag a copy of the ZDNet: Mac Download file
onto the desktop. To make a copy, hold down the option key before
clicking on the file... that way, your Mac will create a fresh copy
of the file instead of moving the original. Now, open the System Folder
and drop your copy from the desktop into the Startup Items folder.
The active pop-up menus in OS 8.5 should now open the Startup Items
window. Close all windows and you're finished. Just remember to shut
down your computer before going to bed, or configure it to turn itself
off at a pre-arranged time (i.e., midnight) otherwise, it won't start
up in the morning (or whenever you've assigned it to) and launch your
browser via the Favorites item you've chosen. You can also place an
alias of your favorite e-mail client in the start-up menu, and your
Macintosh will launch the application and check your e-mail for you,
so any new messages will be waiting when you wake up.
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