OSX - Auto Start and/or Run as service

Help & Support
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Hi,

Does anyone know a way to autostart NZBDrone on a Mac and/or run it as a service ?

Thanks

2

A couple options, launchd or Lingon X - some more info here: http://forums.nzbdrone.com/discussion/comment/4414#Comment_4414

3

I grabbed lingonx just for this reason. Works well and super easy to setup. I’m still looking for a way to run it as a stand alone daemon app but this is definitely better than terminal

4

You can do this manually. create plist file on desktop with name of your choice (not a text file but file that ends with extension .plist)
I use “NZBDrone.job.plist”. open it in textedit and
paste this in blank plist file.
adjust location of NzbDrone folder, if you didnt install it on Application folder.
adjust type you want to run it as between “RunAtLoad” or “KeepAlive”. save it.
open finder “command + shift + g” and go to "/Library/LaunchAgents/"
move your plist file in there, enter pass if asked. reboot and launch browser. done.

5

Thanks all got it all working

6

Thanks, worked for me too. For anyone experiencing the same problem I did: when I created the file in TextEdit, for some reason it wasn’t recognized as a “.plist” file, even after renaming the extension. I ended up copying an existing “.plist” file (from the LaunchAgents directory mentioned above) to my desktop, then modifying it according to the above steps.

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hey, sorry for the late reply. Thanks a lot for this. I’d love more control of turning it on/off. I’ll give this a shot and keep you posted. Thanks a lot.