Mac Power Launch

The facts about autorun / autostart on the Mac

The autostart feature has been available since the release of QuickTime 2.0. AutoStart for Macintosh can open an application or document when the CD is inserted. The end user must have the QuickTime 2.0 or above extension installed and enabled and be running System 9 or below. The application or document must be in the root directory of the CD and be less than 11 characters.

Mac autoplay behavior requires QuickTime 2.0 or above and System 9 or below. OS X does not support autoplay.

A few years ago there was a Mac virus which used the QuickTime Autorun feature to wreak havoc on Mac’s all over the world. Macintosh engineers came up with a solution for fixing the problem—they simply removed the autorun feature from the OS X operating system. Hence the inability for OS X users to autorun CDs.

You can't make OS X autostart, but the next best thing is to make the CD folder open automatically when the CD is inserted. We will show you how to do this. That way the user is directed right to your product.

When creating a hybrid Mac/Windows CD, you need to design the folder layout on the Mac to be simple and direct so the user can easily find the main start icon. This is required because we can't rely on an autorun mechanism launching the right program.

Which of the following would you (as a user) rather see opening a CD folder for the first time?

Mixed set of files	Organized into folders with a start icon

Example 1	Example 2

	Example 1 -- you are flooded with a confusing mix of programs and files and don't have much of any other option than to look for a readme to tell you what to do.
	Example 2 --All the supporting files are neatly tucked away in folders and there is just one obvious object to click on to get things started.

All of our Mac / PC solutions are designed so you can set up your CD like Example 2.

You can't make OS X autorun, but the next best thing is to make the CD folder open automatically when the CD is inserted. We will show you how to do this. That way the user is directed right to your product.

The facts about autorun / autostart on the Mac

You can't make OS X autostart, but the next best thing is to make the CD folder open automatically when the CD is inserted. We will show you how to do this. That way the user is directed right to your product.

When creating a hybrid Mac/Windows CD, you need to design the folder layout on the Mac to be simple and direct so the user can easily find the main start icon. This is required because we can't rely on an autorun mechanism launching the right program.

Which of the following would you (as a user) rather see opening a CD folder for the first time?

Example 1 -- you are flooded with a confusing mix of programs and files and don't have much of any other option than to look for a readme to tell you what to do.

Example 2 --All the supporting files are neatly tucked away in folders and there is just one obvious object to click on to get things started.

All of our Mac / PC solutions are designed so you can set up your CD like Example 2.

You can't make OS X autorun, but the next best thing is to make the CD folder open automatically when the CD is inserted. We will show you how to do this. That way the user is directed right to your product.

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