Run application as hidden service

[cvzyl]

I have a mac mini which I use as a media server, almost like a MediaPC or AppleTV. I have no keyboard or mouse on it as I control it using my remote, however sometimes I do have situations where I need more control over the machine. I have been using Telekinesis with my iPhone in these situations and it works great.

What bothers me is the iPhone Remote icon sitting in the dock. Is there a way to automatically start up an application with OS X and have it run hidden, almost like a service? At the moment I have it as one of my login items but marking it as hidden doesn't remove it from the dock.

Maybe I'm just petty but it really bugs me, I have a very minimalist dock on all my machines and not being able to remove this icon is eating away at me 🙁

Cobus

 

[Cuckoo]

Well, i can't give you an answer, but i've tried to do more or less the same with azureus... and they have on their wiki site a manual which explains how to 'hide' a normal application and have it run as a system service...

i can't find the link right now, but it could work for your problem as well, just replace the azureus program part with your desired program

good luck!

 

[karenflower]

Have you tried Dock Dodger?

http://foggynoggin.com/dockdodger

 

[cvzyl]

Thanks karenflower, Dock Dodger did the trick!

Thanks for your help.

Cobus

 

[karenflower]

You're welcome Cobus. 🙂 Glad it worked!