Any way to create a Mac LC background app?

[Devin Asay]

On Mar 12, 2014, at 3:39 PM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>
 wrote:

> On 12/03/14 23:20, Devin Asay wrote:
>> On Mar 12, 2014, at 3:11 PM, Richmond <richmondmathewson at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>> On 12/03/14 23:10, Devin Asay wrote:
>>>> On Mar 12, 2014, at 1:52 PM, Richard Miller <wow at together.net>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Is there any way for a LC app to run in the background on a Mac, so the user won't see it listed when they cycle through their open programs? I know how to make it invisible, but it still shows up when you Apple Key-Tab through running apps.
>>>>> 
>>>> Richard,
>>>> 
>>>> You have to edit the info.plist file for the app and insert a LSUIElement key:
>>>> 
>>>> This creates a faceless application (one that doesn't appear in Force Quit list or in the Dock):
>>> And what happens when your standalone starts creating merry hell, and you have no way of quitting the thing?
>>> 
>>> Sounds a bit risky.
>> Actually, the app is not exactly "faceless"' that was a poor choice of words. You can still quit the app by clicking into the interface
> 
> Um? If the app is running invisibly, how does one click into the interface?

Right, that's why I said "faceless" was a poor choice of words on my part. An app configured like this still has a visible interface; it just doesn't appear on the Force Quit list or the dock.

Devin


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