Managing startup and background processes with Norton Utilities Ultimate

1. Open Norton Utilities Ultimate.

2. On the main menu, click Manage Programs.

3. In the Manage Programs window, on the Processes tab, click Rescan.

4. From the list, identify the processes that have High or Medium impact.

5. For each item, turn off the Processes switch.

These startup programs and processes can no longer run in the background. However, you can open and use these programs normally. After you close the program, Norton Utilities Ultimate automatically returns its status to sleeping.

Tip: If you use a program daily, we recommend not to turn it off. For example, you may miss incoming calls if you put the Skype app to sleep.

The Startup Manager feature helps you to turn off programs that run automatically in the background to stop them from slowing down your Mac and impacting the performance of your daily tasks.

1. Open Norton Utilities Ultimate.

2. Click Startup Manager > Manage startup items.

3. Click the green (ON) slider next to a startup item, so that it changes to red (OFF) to turn off the program. You can also filter the list of programs using the All, Active, and Inactive categories at the top panel.