Login item won't start

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Login item won't start

Hi I just got a new machine (studio) - set it up identically to my old one. But one of my login items won't start up when the machine boot / I login.

It's added to the login items list of course. And it used to start up on the old machine running the identical OS (Monterey 12.4). And yes, I can start the app manually after the machine boots just fine.

I've tried reinstalling the app, removing/re-adding the item to the login items list.

Any idea why this app won't start on login on THIS machine?

Thx!

Mac Studio

Posted on Jul 5, 2022 12:23 PM

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Answer 1

sinomoon

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Jul 5, 2022 12:59 PM in response to Joel Pro

This is unfortunately a common issue for any version of MacOS or any Mac device. For example, Spotify likes to start on my iMac despite not being one of the programs added to the startup or log in disk items. However, I found this happens because in the Spotify app settings, there is an option for the app to initiate on its own. So perhaps your apps won't start due to that same reason, there are apps that have an internal option to start but are disabled by default on your new machine.

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Answer 2

Jul 9, 2022 7:59 PM in response to galacticowboy

Just looked it up may be because it's an intel app not optimized for m1?

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Joel Pro Author

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Jul 6, 2022 1:30 AM in response to sinomoon

Thanks for that idea. Totally good thought. I checked - but the app (Stream Deck) does not have an auto startup option. - And what's odd is it worked fine on my last machine. So I dunno. Still trying to resolve it. But thanks!

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Jul 9, 2022 7:53 PM in response to Joel Pro

I too just got a mac studio and right clicked the stream deck app in the doc selected options- open at log in but it just won't for some reason. I have to manually open it, so you are not alone in this problem.

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