# How get a sketch to run on startup of a Mac

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-get-a-sketch-to-run-on-startup-of-a-mac/32052>\
**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [September 1, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-get-a-sketch-to-run-on-startup-of-a-mac/32052 "2021-09-01T16:48:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![josephh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josephh/32/210_2.png) [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-get-a-sketch-to-run-on-startup-of-a-mac/32052/2 "2021-09-01T17:57:08Z")

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> [@Apps in Login Items on Mac do not launch](https://discourse.processing.org/t/apps-in-login-items-on-mac-do-not-launch/31995):
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> I am using a Macintosh When I place a Processing App in the Login Items to launch at startup, it does not launch. The App icon appears in the Dock and bounces a couple of times as though it is starting to launch, but then it disappears and the app does not launch. Can anyone explain why this doesn’t work? Thanks

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