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In 10.6.8 OSX, I have set XBMC to automatically launch at startup. In both the nightly and stable versions, XBMC starts with the OSX menu bar in the foreground. How do I prevent this from occurring? Ideally, I would like this to boot right into XBMC without any user intervention needed. Right now I have to use a mouse on my phone to select xbmc in the background to make this go away.
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Just a shot in the dark:
Is XBMC the last thing set to launch?
I'm on 10.8, so I can't be a lot of help, but it works just as you wish for me.
(I've had this issue with Plex before, but as with most things, XBMC has had no such quirks)
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2014-03-14, 01:54
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XBMC already starts as fullscreen, just for some reason, the menu bar pokes through upon automatic restart. Has anyone else on 10.6 experienced this and what was the workaround? I'd sure like to be able to restart this Mac mini without any user intervention.
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Something else is also auto starting at log-in that is taking focus away from XBMC. Change the boot order or remove the other program from auto starting.
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Yes, but something else is still starting after XBMC, even if it is not in your "login items".
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Not currently.
Hmm, I can't think of why that would happen on a fresh install. I have seen just what you describe happen before, but it was almost always some weird thing being launched at startup, like a background helper app for some program/hardware/whatever. There's at least three different ways that I can think of that things can be launched at startup, so sometimes it's tricky to hunt down the offender. I had a heck of a time stopping EyeTV from launching their EyeConnect software, for example. However, a fresh install, that has me stumped.
If I find anything out then I'll post about it in this thread.
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Thanks for all the replies.
I ended up installing 'DelayedLauncher' and installed that which allowed me to delay the auto start of XBMC for 15 seconds on boot. That fixed the issue by allowing whatever system process (Finder, I assume) to start first before XBMC.
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Does XBMC Helper run in the background for you too?
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2014-03-17, 15:15
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Yes, I have it set so I can launch XBMC with the IR remote - mainly in case it crashes on me - I can close the crash reporter dialogue and re-launch XBMC with the remote without having to connect a keyboard and mouse...
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