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10.4: Stagger startup items for less system impact
Hi everybody
I use this script doing almost the same by looping through an array, so it might be much easier to add and remove apps if you need to - just edit the list (appsToStart) at the start. Moreover it hides the apps after launching them so you don't end up with a cluttered desktop. (It even hides them more the the prefernce pane - on my system ;) Have fun.
property appsToStart : {"iChat", "Skype", "BluePhoneElite", "Synergy", "ClamXavSentry", "iScrobbler", "Mail"}
repeat with appToStart in appsToStart
with timeout of 120 seconds
tell application appToStart to launch
end timeout
delay 2
tell application "System Events"
try
set visible of process appToStart to false
end try
end tell
end repeat
10.4: Stagger startup items for less system impact
I've been using the older AppleScript that Rob linked to in the hint for at least a couple years with no problems. It makes use of a directory with aliases to the applications you want to launch, and you can rename the aliases to make the apps launch in a certain order. Scroll down through the comments to that hint for the slightly newer script. |
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