This criminal app auto-launches when I login and it does so in some weird surreptitious way. It isn't in the Login Items. It isn't a LaunchAgent. And no, turning off the option in the Advanced Settings doesn't help.
Any ideas?
MacBook Pro 17″, macOS 10.15
Apps can create "modern" login items that will register the login item from within the app bundle.
Apps that are distributed through the App Store must provide a method to disable the startup item.
Apps that do not go through the App Store are allowed to screw you however they like.
If you downloaded Spotify from the App Store, check the preferences or menus. If you didn't, you can also try to find a method within the app.
As already noted, if you don't like their behavior, uninstall it.
Apps can create "modern" login items that will register the login item from within the app bundle.
Apps that are distributed through the App Store must provide a method to disable the startup item.
Apps that do not go through the App Store are allowed to screw you however they like.
If you downloaded Spotify from the App Store, check the preferences or menus. If you didn't, you can also try to find a method within the app.
As already noted, if you don't like their behavior, uninstall it.
LOL, amazing. Apple gives 3rd parties more control over MacOS than users. You can't even disable the built-in login item because it will invalidate the app bundle! Brilliant!
Now looking into disabling 'modern login items' in general (what a ****** 'feature'!) Nothing turning up as yet.
FWIW, I have Spotify installed on five different Macs. Most running Catalina. None "auto-launch".
Try deleting…
~/Libray/Preferences/com.spotify.client.helper.plist
~/Libray/Preferences/com.spotify.client.plist
dialabrain wrote:
FWIW, I have Spotify installed on five different Macs. Most running Catalina. None "auto-launch".
Try deleting…
~/Libray/Preferences/com.spotify.client.helper.plist
~/Libray/Preferences/com.spotify.client.plist
Should be…
~/Library/Preferences/com.spotify.client.helper.plist
~/Library/Preferences/com.spotify.client.plist
OK, it seems I can rename the 'modern' login item within the bundle. This *should* disable this crap. Still no method for disabling these login items in general.
1) How is that an answer?
2) I was under the impression this was a Mac forum
You can always vote with your pocketbook. That's how crappy apps were weeded out in the early days of Macintosh.
Based on your original post: "This criminal app auto-launches" one would think that deleting it wouldn't be a bad idea. That's one solution to the continual auto launching by an annoying app.
How does Spotify auto-launch? Can't get it to stop
