This table describes the changes to System Startup Programming Topics.
| Date | Notes | 
|---|---|
| 2008-11-19 | Miscellaneous edits. | 
| 2007-02-08 | Clarified the explanation of launchd daemons versus startup items. | 
| 2006-11-07 | Added mention of prelinked kernels and helper partitions. | 
| 2006-10-03 | Added information about Intel booting, launchd, and asl (logging). | 
| 2005-08-11 | Updated guidance for customizing login and logout. Updated information pertaining to Startup Item property-list files. | 
| 2005-04-29 | Updated for Mac OS X v10.4. Updated login/logout customization information. | 
Added information about launch-on-demand daemons.  | |
Updated information related to the use of startup items.  | |
| 2003-08-07 | First revision of this programming topic. Some information in this programming topic originally appeared in System Overview.  | 
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