Making an application automatically start

[stoavio]

How do you make an application automatically load upon logon? I would like ByteController (the iTunes controller that loads in the menu bar) to automatically start when I login.

Thanks

 

[igucl]

System Preferences/Users/Your user name/login items

 

[Eniregnat]

It can be a little difficult getting some menubar items to load in the order you want. I wrote a script that loads the the menubar items I use in the order I want.

• *Eniregnat's boot script
  tell application "Finder"
  activate
  open application file "MoofMenu.app" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  open application file "Check Off.app" of folder "menubar" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  open application file "BackLight 2.app" of folder "menubar" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  open application file "Calq.app" of folder "menubar" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  open application file "MainMenu.app" of folder "menubar" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  open application file "coconutWiFi.app" of folder "menubar" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  open application file "iClip.app" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  
  end tell

The script still has to be saved as an application, but this allows you to easly change the order, if you use a lot of menubar items. I have a 12" screen, so the order of my menubar items is important, and loading them in a particular order in OSX is difficut, as there is no easy to reorder start up items. This is really over kill, but it's fun.

 

[stoavio]

It can be a little difficult getting some menubar items to load in the order you want. I wrote a script that loads the the menubar items I use in the order I want.

• *Eniregnat's boot script
  tell application "Finder"
  activate
  open application file "MoofMenu.app" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  open application file "Check Off.app" of folder "menubar" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  open application file "BackLight 2.app" of folder "menubar" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  open application file "Calq.app" of folder "menubar" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  open application file "MainMenu.app" of folder "menubar" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  open application file "coconutWiFi.app" of folder "menubar" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  open application file "iClip.app" of folder "Applications" of startup disk
  
  end tell

The script still has to be saved as an application, but this allows you to easly change the order, if you use a lot of menubar items. I have a 12" screen, so the order of my menubar items is important, and loading them in a particular order in OSX is difficut, as there is no easy to reorder start up items. This is really over kill, but it's fun.

Thanks a lot! Also thank you igucl.

 

[jlanuez]

System Preferences/Users/Your user name/login items

Thanks! Just what I was looking for!

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