Start a workflow at logon

[donnoating]

Hello everyone,

 

being an old dog, it's hard for me to learn new tricks.

 

I just received a new MBP M1 14" and being a programmer from times past, I just can't get used to the location a the tilde (~) key. That's why I'd like to exchange the location of tilde (~) with paragraph (§) key. I only have to execute the following once at logon:

hidutil property --set '{"UserKeyMapping":[{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000035,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000064},{"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingSrc":0x700000064,"HIDKeyboardModifierMappingDst":0x700000035}]}'

 

I'd like to create any kind of workflow performing the above once automatically at logon.

Can anyone give me a hint or two?

 

I could do that using launchctl, but I'd rather have all my automations in one place.

 

Thx in advance,

 

Edited January 27, 2022 by donnoating

[vitor]

39 minutes ago, donnoating said:

I could do that using launchctl

And you’ll have to. By design, Alfred Workflows have to be purposely called, there’s no facility to auto-run them on their own.

[gohoyer]

This might be what  you want: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6442364/running-script-upon-login-mac/6445525#6445525

 

Not on Alfred but....

[vitor]

@gohoyer That solution takes the long way around and uses a deprecated tool. @donnoating mentioned they know how to do it with launchd; that’s the correct and most straightforward tool for the job—it’s even recommended in the link you posted.

Edited January 27, 2022 by vitor

[donnoating]

21 hours ago, vitor said:

And you’ll have to. By design, Alfred Workflows have to be purposely called, there’s no facility to auto-run them on their own.

@vitor, thanks for the help. I did hope there would be some kind of startup hook to execute stuff.

 

Actually used https://rakhesh.com/mac/using-hidutil-to-map-macos-keyboard-keys/ to alter the keyboard layout only when I login. No one else should have to put up with my shenanigans 😉 

Edited January 28, 2022 by donnoating