Comments on: OS X Tip: Staggered Login Items

By: Avi

Avi — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:59:59 +0000

Thanks Hitori, I’m glad to hear it.

I just realized another advantage of this technique: many third-party applications add little icons to the menubar. They’re very convenient, but most of them can’t be rearranged – unlike those provided by Apple. Therefore the order in which they launch is important, because any application with a long menu will hide the left-most icons. By specifying the launch order of these apps, you can ensure that the most important icons stay farther to the right, and get hidden by long menus less frequently.

By: HitoriPhoto

HitoriPhoto — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:28:51 +0000

that’s phenomenal. so easy. I actually learned how to make scripts for this! I’ve been holding off on the scripts thing cause it daunted me, but the slow login KILLS me. Login is pretty much the one time when I REALLY want my computer to JUMP. Why else would I have started it up? I want to USE it! Especially when I’m just checking some junk then shutting it back down again. This worked wonders and took no effort or confusion. THANKS!

By: Chris LoSacco

Chris LoSacco — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:47:24 +0000

Avi, this worked great for me! Thanks!

By: Avi

Avi — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:19:38 +0000

Only thing I can think of is something like this:

do shell script “open ‘/Path/To/Application 2′”
tell application "System Events" to set visible of process "Application 2" to false

By: Will

Will — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:55:55 +0000

what about hiding? i’m not familiar with writing scripts. can i set this launcher to automatically hide the applications it starts up?