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.