如何在OSX中自动启动程序？

Question

I have a little program that I want to make open automatically when my mac is started up.

Because this program accepts command line arguments, its not as simple as just going to System Prefs/Accounts/Login items and adding it there...

From google, I read that I can create a .profile file in my user's home folder, and that will execute whatever I put in it... So I have a .profile page in ~ like this:

-rw-r--r--@ 1 matt staff 27 27 Sep 13:36 .profile

That contains this...

/Applications/mousefix 3.5

But it doesn't execute on startup! If I enter "/Applications/mousefix 3.5" manually into the terminal, it does work.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

From here and into the future, look into launchd for what you want to do. All other methods have been deprecated or are now unsupported. This is probably a bit more heavy-weight than what you want, though.

It could also be a problem with your version of the bash shell not correctly executing your .profile . Try putting the command into .bashrc in your home directory, and see if that helps.

Answer 2

您可以使用Lingon来帮助构建launchd的plist文件。

Answer 3

The most general way of launching things on startup on MacOS is using launchd . You can create a plist file to tell it to launch your program on startup, which can include arguments.

Answer 4

您可以使用可运行终端命令的Applescript，然后在启动时启动该AppleScript。

Answer 5

The .profile and .bash_profile only come into play when you open a new shell (ie. opening Terminal or entering through SSH). Also, I believe if bash detects .bash_profile it won't look for .profile
If you want it start upon login, I would look at the other suggestions about launchd

Answer 6

您总是可以编写一个包装器脚本，使用您想要的参数运行它

Answer 7

Thanks all. The launchd solution is pretty cool, yes its heavyweight for such a simple thing, but its good to know, and as a developer I'm happy to tinker about :)