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Hi all. I'm setting up Asset from scratch on an M1 Mac mini, running OSX Sonoma. I want Asset to "Open at Login", and have it run invisibly in the background like it did on Catalina on my old Mac. Now, Asset always opens in the Dock, and appears on the desktop? How can I stop this happening and have Asset run in the background? Any pointers welcome.
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Re: Mac OSX Sonoma - Open At Login, hiding Asset App?
Some versions of Asset worked exactly as you say: no dock icon, only menu bar item.
However, this turned out to be problematic for some users - apparently Mac OS may hide menu bar items if there are too many of them; Apple documentation very specifically says to make your app *not* rely on the menu bar item being visible.
Obvious solution would be to implement a toggle for showing the app in the dock or not. But that won't work either, it depends on app manifest line which can't be changed after building the app - I'd basically have to build two versions of Asset, one with dock icon and one without.
With enough technical knowledge you can locate Asset service program inside Asset UPnP.app and have it launch on logon. I'll write a FAQ post about how to do this later. -
Re: Mac OSX Sonoma - Open At Login, hiding Asset App?
... and done:
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Re: Mac OSX Sonoma - Open At Login, hiding Asset App?
That's fabulous! Many thanks Peter, I'll give that a go.Comment
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