✨ Startup Loop in the background

[nimbling]

Feature Request Summary

To work around an illustrator Bug I'm quitting and starting Loop using apple shortcuts, but every time it starts it now shows its window. Please allow starting of loop without showing the window (Or fix the Illustrator ignoring bug, either is fine for me really - PS, LOVE THE "Check for updates" microcopy! <3 ;)

Problem / Opportunity & Desired Solution

Allow starting hidden

Alternatives Considered

Apple shortcuts, quite hacky!

Visuals or References

No response

Additional Context

No response

Priority

Medium (important but not blocking)

Final Checks

• My issue is written in English.
• My issue title is descriptive.
• This is a single feature request (multiple feature requests should be reported individually).
• I have looked to see if this is a duplicate of another feature request.
• I can help with research or testing.
• I can help code this feature.

[nimbling]

[SenpaiHunters]

I know this is a "hack," but as an app that handles all of my startup and auto-opening applications, I recommend LowTechGuys' StartupFolder. It has the option to start up an app and hide the app's window; it's quite fast too.

[SenpaiHunters]

Hey, @nimbling, this is now merged. You can now toggle it to hide/unhide in settings or via defaults write. Just a note: if there are issues, make sure you run

defaults write com.MrKai77.Loop startHidden -bool false

in case you cannot open or see Loop. This is more of an issue with debug environments. If you have something like Raycast or Alfred, you should be able to reopen Loop without issues, but just in case, that is always the fallback.