macos: manage add list remove login items apple script

macos: manage add list remove login items apple script

# applescript

# add login item
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to make login item at end with properties {name: "Notes",path:"/Applications/Notes.app", hidden:false}'

# delete login item
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to delete login item "itemname"'

# list loginitems
osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get the name of every login item'


# with defaults
defaults write loginwindow AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary -array-add '{ "Name" = "Notes" ; "Path" = "/Applications/Notes.app"; "Hide" = 0; }'

Does this work for you in Big Sur?

Does this work for you in Big Sur?

just tried – listing loginitems via apple script works on big sur @ m1 for me

Does adding and deleting too?

Seems it requires an absolute path, I can't add things like ~/some-thing to the login items (it just doesn't appear)

Seems not to work in Ventura anymore to add startup items which launch hidden.

not adding as application , only adding as Unix executable

Looks like the defaults write method does not work since Big Sur.

Also, does name: "Notes" in the properties do anything? Seems like path is sufficient, works fine.

The delete method does not work on macOS Sonoma 14.3, but list and add do.

All 3 Applescripts lines works in Sequoia, the example to add an app is not working but is because it cannot find Notes.app, if you replace it with Safari.app it works fine, the Notes.app is stored in /System/Applications. Read from the plist is not working for me in Sequoia