How to make an app launch on login?
How to make an app launch on login?
- Subject: How to make an app launch on login?
- From: Jens Alfke <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:01:56 -0700
One of my companies’ apps has a “Launch at login” pref, which no longer works in OS X 10.11. I’m not surprised, since the existing code implements this by writing into loginwindow’s user defaults :-p
I’m trying to find the currently supported API for this. The “Adding Login Items” page says:
> There are two ways to add a login item: using the Service Management framework, and using a shared file list.
> Login items installed using the Service Management framework are not visible in System Preferences and can only be removed by the application that installed them.
> Login items installed using a shared file list are visible in System Preferences; users have direct control over them.
I’d definitely prefer the latter, since it seems like a bad idea to have the app not show up in the user’s login-item list in the Accounts system pref.
I found LSSharedFileList.h, but everything in there is marked deprecated. :(
What are my options?
—Jens
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