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MacOS: How to get login item to load without having to login? - pinkoos - 09-13-2019
Hi,
I want one program to load on my Mac whenever it restarts, without me having to login first - is this possible?
I know I can turn myself on for automatic login and then it will work, but my Mac is shared with my kids and so I don't want automatic login on
There must be some terminal command or something that could possibly allow this, right?
Thanks in advance
Re: MacOS: How to get login item to load without having to login? - raz - 09-13-2019
look up launchd
Re: MacOS: How to get login item to load without having to login? - decay - 09-13-2019
raz wrote:
look up launchd
https://www.launchd.info/
Re: MacOS: How to get login item to load without having to login? - JoeH - 09-13-2019
And you would use the launchctl command to start, stop or restart the program from the Terminal command line.
Re: MacOS: How to get login item to load without having to login? - Paul F. - 09-13-2019
Yeah... what they said...
You're not looking for a login item, you're looking for a startup item.
Some things will run on startup without the GUI, others choke and have to run under a user account.
But, regardless, you want to research launchd, launchctl, and startup items.
Re: MacOS: How to get login item to load without having to login? - pinkoos - 09-14-2019
Thanks for the replies, I'll check out the links