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Example: How to launch a GUI application using launchd
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>pvt.talkingmoose.LaunchTextEdit</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/bin/open</string>
<string>-a</string>
<string>/System/Applications/TextEdit.app</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
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rvarkey commented Sep 16, 2022

Thanks @talkingmoose changing the path and setting the permissions helped.

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