My nix-darwin and NixOS config
macmini: add AltServer as a login item
AltServer is a menu bar app (LSUIElement = true), which macOS explicitly
hides from Spotlight by design. Registering it as a login item means it
auto-starts at login — the correct way to use it — without needing
Spotlight at all.
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hosts/macmini/default.nix
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hosts/macmini/default.nix
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# See docs/time-machine.md for first-time setup instructions.
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myConfig.darwin.externalDisk.timeMachineVolumeUUID = "9217DB34-722B-4596-8ADD-20C8060FC257";
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# AltServer is a menu bar app (LSUIElement = true) so macOS intentionally
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# hides it from Spotlight. Register it as a login item instead so it
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# launches automatically at login without needing Spotlight.
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system.loginItems = [
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{ path = "/Applications/AltServer.app"; }
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];
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# Timezone — driven from myConfig.timeZone
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time.timeZone = cfg.timeZone;
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