Launch iTunes in background at login?

[DarkHeraldMage]

I'm a recent switcher and am intrigued by the idea of having iTunes be a startup program so it'll already be there for when I want to listen to music. However, I don't want it to open up as soon as I'm logging in. Is there a way to make it run in the background without actually launching the main window until I'm ready for it? Thanks!

Afterthought: If I have it launch in a different space, if it's the only app launching at startup will it automatically redirect me to that space? (I'm not at home and can't test at the moment)

 

[PlaceofDis]

not sure about the spaces question, haven't tried it, but this is what you do to have it launched at startup/login and have it hidden (you'll just have to click the icon to bring it forward).

System Prefs> Accounts> choose user> Login Items tab at top> add iTunes to the list and check it off to have it hidden.

 

[DarkHeraldMage]

not sure about the spaces question, haven't tried it, but this is what you do to have it launched at startup/login and have it hidden (you'll just have to click the icon to bring it forward).

System Prefs> Accounts> choose user> Login Items tab at top> add iTunes to the list and check it off to have it hidden.

Thank you so much! I'll do it as soon as I get home in a couple hours. It's people like you on this forum that really help us switchers with the transition.

As for the spaces part of it, since I can now make it hidden I'll just use spaces preferences to set it to open in something other than the default, and since it's hidden it won't matter. Yay!

 

[pianoman]

in response to the question re: Spaces, the answer is yes. it's what i do with iTunes, Mail, and iCal, each opens in a different Space but i only see my first Space.