I keep having to re-add apps to the startup list because they keep disappearing. Apps boot on startup like they are supposed to for a couple of times and then they just don't. When I check the "login items" list, the apps I added are gone. I found a thread with the same problem from 2013... Not sure if this is different or not so I'm asking again.
MacBook Pro
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Finally found the issue. It's with the app itself. It was the only app that I had added to login items to I didn't know that other apps didn't disappear. Apparently, launching on start up is a premium feature for the app which took me a while to realize because it would work for the next boot up after I added it to the login items list. I guess when the app actually launched, it would take itself off the list.
Thanks for the help
I don't see any of the usual suspects. Boot into Safe Mode (Use Safe Mode to isoloate issues with your Mac), reset all of the launch items, reboot and test to see if the problem persists.NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing.
Apps on my "login items" list keep disappearing after a couple startups.
