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AppleScript: Hide all applications and show the desktop on Mac
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hide-all-app.scpt
tell application "Finder"
set visible of every process whose visible is true and name is not "Finder" to false
set the collapsed of windows to true
end tell
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launch-an-app.scpt
set appName to "Mail"
set startIt to false
tell application "System Events"
if not (exists process appName) then
set startIt to true
else if frontmost of process appName then
set visible of process appName to false
else
set frontmost of process appName to true
end if
end tell
if startIt then
tell application appName to activate
end if
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Beautiful! Works perfect as an Automator Login Item which hides every stubborn app which refuses to start hidden.

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duthied commented Feb 1, 2023

👍 thanks for this

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