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How do I start programs automatically when Mac OS X boots up? Specifically VMWare Fusion's vmrun to start VMs

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How do I configure programs to run automatically when (after) Mac OS X boots up? Specifically I am trying to get VMWare VMs to start automatically after an OS X reboot but running any (non-graphical) program would be useful. (Note that vmrun starts VMware VMs in the background and the Fusion GUI ca…

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Fix for: How do I start programs automatically when Mac OS X boots up? Specifically VMWare Fusion's vmrun to start VMs

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On a Mac, if you want to run a script or application on boot (not on login), add it to /System/Library/StartupItems. In the case of vmrun, I would write a shell script to set the path correctly (to include the VMWare Fusion directory) and start the …

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