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Asked: 2026-05-10T16:08:14+00:00

I have a little program that I want to make open automatically when my

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I have a little program that I want to make open automatically when my mac is started up.

Because this program accepts command line arguments, its not as simple as just going to System Prefs/Accounts/Login items and adding it there…

From google, I read that I can create a .profile file in my user’s home folder, and that will execute whatever I put in it… So I have a .profile page in ~ like this:

-rw-r–r–@ 1 matt staff 27 27 Sep 13:36 .profile

That contains this…

/Applications/mousefix 3.5

But it doesn’t execute on startup! If I enter ‘/Applications/mousefix 3.5’ manually into the terminal, it does work.

Any ideas?

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  1. From here and into the future, look into launchd for what you want to do. All other methods have been deprecated or are now unsupported. This is probably a bit more heavy-weight than what you want, though.

    It could also be a problem with your version of the bash shell not correctly executing your .profile. Try putting the command into .bashrc in your home directory, and see if that helps.

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