My nix-darwin and NixOS config
macmini: fix AltServer launch — use launchd agent, not system.loginItems
system.loginItems doesn't exist in nix-darwin. AltServer is also an
LSUIElement menu bar app which macOS intentionally hides from Spotlight
by design. Use a launchd user agent with RunAtLoad instead so it
auto-starts at login.
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hosts/macmini/default.nix
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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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# hides it from Spotlight — this is by design and cannot be changed.
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# Launch it automatically at login via a launchd user agent instead.
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launchd.user.agents.AltServer = {
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serviceConfig = {
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Label = "com.rileytestut.AltServer";
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ProgramArguments = [ "/usr/bin/open" "-a" "/Applications/AltServer.app" ];
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RunAtLoad = true;
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};
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};
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# Timezone — driven from myConfig.timeZone
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time.timeZone = cfg.timeZone;