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Another possible approach is to create a helper app which opens an app without opening a window. I used platypus to create a simple app which will execute a shell script. The settings used for th...
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#2: Post edited
by
samcarter
·
2023-04-14T21:26:17Z (almost 2 years ago)
- Another possible approach is to create a helper app which opens an app without opening a window.
- I used [platypus](https://sveinbjorn.org/platypus) to create a simple app which will execute a shell script.
- The settings used for the app were the following:
- The shell script used by the app is
- ```
- #!/bin/zsh
- open -j /System/Applications/Mail.app
- ```
- After the app is create, add this helper app to your login items.
- Another possible approach is to create a helper app which opens an app without opening a window.
- I used [platypus](https://sveinbjorn.org/platypus) to create a simple app which will execute a shell script.
- The settings used for the app were the following:
- 
- The shell script used by the app is
- ```
- #!/bin/zsh
- open -j /System/Applications/Mail.app
- ```
- After the app is create, add this helper app to your login items.
#1: Initial revision
by
samcarter
·
2023-04-14T21:24:34Z (almost 2 years ago)
Another possible approach is to create a helper app which opens an app without opening a window. I used [platypus](https://sveinbjorn.org/platypus) to create a simple app which will execute a shell script. The settings used for the app were the following:  The shell script used by the app is ``` #!/bin/zsh open -j /System/Applications/Mail.app ``` After the app is create, add this helper app to your login items.