Autorun for Mac?

Question

I've got a Flash projector which I plan to distribute on CD. I'm making a projector for Mac and Windows. I know how to do Autorun on Windows, but I want to do so on Mac as well.

How does that work?

Answer 1

It doesn't. Mac OS 7–9 had a similar system but Mac OS X has nothing of the sort.

Your best bet is to make a nice Finder window design that makes it clear what to do. DropDMG may be useful.

Answer 2

There is no autorun in OSX anymore.

Answer 3

You can't set an application to autorun for security reasons. However you can set a Finder window to auto open on insert. I've seen a lot of CDs do this then have a "Click here to start" icon.

This is the terminal command to set it up on your diskimage before burning. discName should be the name of your disk image.

sudo bless -folder "/Volumes/discName" -openfolder "/Volumes/discName"

More info here

Answer 4

There is an easy way to do it. Just right-click the icon in the dock, chose "Options", then "Open at Login" Then the selected app will launch every time OSX boots.