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Re: launching application after reboot
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Re: launching application after reboot


  • Subject: Re: launching application after reboot
  • From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:24:51 -0800

On Dec 17, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Kyle Sluder wrote:

> Why?! If the user wants to start your program, they will start your program.

It could be necessary for some sort of installer that needs to restart the OS and then needs to run something afterwards. (Some of Apple's firmware updaters do this.) But yeah, I can think of very few cases where it would be needed...

> If you have a good reason for this, please read System Startup
> Programming Topics in the documentation:
> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/BPSystemStartup.html

Um, he said "run an _application_". That's not the appropriate documentation for that.

The right thing to do is to add the app as a login item, and then when the app launches, have it remove itself. (Is there an official API yet for manipulating login items, or do you still have to mess with a .plist?)

—Jens_______________________________________________

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