Add app to the "Startup Items"

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Some applications have a check button for "start at login"...

Start on login http://b2.s3.p.quickshareit.com/files/growlstartup49525.png

How would you implement this?

possible duplicate of [Register as Login Item with Cocoa?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/608963/register-as-login-item-with-cocoa) — jkp, Jun 10 '10 at 09:45

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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See my answer to the earlier question Register as Login Item in Cocoa.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Mar 08 '09 at 16:24

Peter Hosey

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '09 at 10:29

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Growl is open source.

answered Mar 08 '09 at 10:29

Jan Jungnickel

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Yeah, but we do it the old, sucky way. The new hotness is Shared File Lists, which we don't use yet. ☺ – Peter Hosey Mar 08 '09 at 16:25
Yeah, I didn't actually check how you did it. I just wanted to point out that xPablo already posted his own solution in some way ;) – Jan Jungnickel Mar 08 '09 at 16:46

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 07 '12 at 01:45

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This will do it, according to Justin Williams: http://carpeaqua.com/2008/03/01/adding-an-application-to-login-items-in-mac-os-x-leopard/

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answered Mar 08 '09 at 11:01

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All linked the files and github repos in the post is gone, this answer is of no use. – Peter Du Jul 18 '13 at 21:47
Even the website itself is not available anymore, but it can still be accessed via the Google Cache – lukas Nov 26 '14 at 19:36

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 25 '11 at 06:31

Copy this part of code in .m file:

- (void)awakeFromNib
{

    [self setShouldStartGrowlAtLogin:1];

}


- (BOOL) shouldStartGrowlAtLogin {
    Boolean    foundIt = false;

    //get the prefpane bundle and find GHA within it.
    NSBundle *prefPaneBundle = [NSBundle bundleWithIdentifier:@"com.yourcompany.Menu_Item"];

    NSString *pathToGHA   = [prefPaneBundle bundlePath ];
    //pathToGHA = [pathToGHA stringByAppendingPathComponent: @"/Contents/MacOS/Menu\ Item"];

    NSLog(@"%@", pathToGHA);    

    if(pathToGHA) {
        //get the file url to GHA.
        CFURLRef urlToGHA = CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(kCFAllocatorDefault, (CFStringRef)pathToGHA, kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle, true);

        UInt32 seed = 0U;
        NSArray *currentLoginItems = [NSMakeCollectable(LSSharedFileListCopySnapshot(loginItems, &seed)) autorelease];
        for (id itemObject in currentLoginItems) {
            LSSharedFileListItemRef item = (LSSharedFileListItemRef)itemObject;

            UInt32 resolutionFlags = kLSSharedFileListNoUserInteraction | kLSSharedFileListDoNotMountVolumes;
            CFURLRef URL = NULL;
            OSStatus err = LSSharedFileListItemResolve(item, resolutionFlags, &URL, /*outRef*/ NULL);
            if (err == noErr) {
                foundIt = CFEqual(URL, urlToGHA);
                CFRelease(URL);

                if (foundIt)
                    break;
            }
        }

        CFRelease(urlToGHA);
    }
    else {
        NSLog(@"APP: your install is corrupt, you will need to reinstall\nyour prefpane bundle is:%@\n your pathToGHA is:%@", prefPaneBundle, pathToGHA);
    }

    return foundIt;
}

 - (void) setShouldStartGrowlAtLogin:(BOOL)flag {
    //get the prefpane bundle and find GHA within it.
    NSBundle *prefPaneBundle = [NSBundle bundleWithIdentifier:@"com.yourcompany.Menu_Item"];

    NSString *pathToGHA   = [prefPaneBundle bundlePath ];

    [self setStartAtLogin:pathToGHA enabled:1];
}

 - (void) setStartAtLogin:(NSString *)path enabled:(BOOL)enabled {
    OSStatus status;
    CFURLRef URLToToggle = (CFURLRef)[NSURL fileURLWithPath:path];
    LSSharedFileListItemRef existingItem = NULL;

    UInt32 seed = 0U;
    NSArray *currentLoginItems = [NSMakeCollectable(LSSharedFileListCopySnapshot(loginItems, &seed)) autorelease];
    for (id itemObject in currentLoginItems) {
        LSSharedFileListItemRef item = (LSSharedFileListItemRef)itemObject;

        UInt32 resolutionFlags = kLSSharedFileListNoUserInteraction | kLSSharedFileListDoNotMountVolumes;
        CFURLRef URL = NULL;
        OSStatus err = LSSharedFileListItemResolve(item, resolutionFlags, &URL, /*outRef*/ NULL);
        if (err == noErr) {
            Boolean foundIt = CFEqual(URL, URLToToggle);
            CFRelease(URL);

            if (foundIt) {
                existingItem = item;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    if (enabled && (existingItem == NULL)) {
        NSString *displayName = [[NSFileManager defaultManager] displayNameAtPath:path];
        IconRef icon = NULL;
        FSRef ref;
        Boolean gotRef = CFURLGetFSRef(URLToToggle, &ref);
        if (gotRef) {
            status = GetIconRefFromFileInfo(&ref,
                                            /*fileNameLength*/ 0, /*fileName*/ NULL,
                                            kFSCatInfoNone, /*catalogInfo*/ NULL,
                                            kIconServicesNormalUsageFlag,
                                            &icon,
                                            /*outLabel*/ NULL);
            if (status != noErr)
                icon = NULL;
        }

        LSSharedFileListInsertItemURL(loginItems, kLSSharedFileListItemBeforeFirst, (CFStringRef)displayName, icon, URLToToggle, /*propertiesToSet*/ NULL, /*propertiesToClear*/ NULL);
    } else if (!enabled && (existingItem != NULL))
        LSSharedFileListItemRemove(loginItems, existingItem);
}

This is useful (I think), but please format it and link to the source! — Rob Lourens, Jan 12 '11 at 17:36

Add app to the "Startup Items"

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