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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; }'
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Arduingo commented Apr 11, 2025 •
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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

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