Mail opens at start up
I have my settings set-up so that mail opens at startup. Is there a way so that it doesn't pop up when I start my computer. What I mean by this is how widgets is always open but isn't on your screen unless you select it. I want to be able to do that with mail. Can I do this?
Due to an apparent bug, you cannot stop Mail from showing itself at login when it is set as a login item, but an AppleScript such as the following can be used to hide it automatically:
tell application "Mail"
run
end tell
delay 2
tell application "System Events"
set visible of process "Mail" to false
end tell
Paste it into the Script Editor in the /Applications/AppleScript/ folder, save it as an application, and add it to the list of login items for your account. With this script set up, you don't need to keep the actual Mail application in the list.
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