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Comment on MacOS Application as a daemon or in non-interaction mode
Thanks Quinn. First, before I dig deep, wanted to clarify to be on the same page - Using the terms you have mentioned to be better aligned, assume I want to build 2 'separate' products - MyApp.app - This is my GUI Program MyServer.app - This is my Server Program I would also want to build, deploy and distribute them 'separately'. Is this approach okay ? I mean, instead of having MyServer.app embedded in my GUI program itself (as you proposed).
Mar ’25
Comment on MacOS Application as a daemon or in non-interaction mode
Also, If the user installs MyServer.app independently, now MyServer can also be launched from Finder. Also, one can use MyServer.app to run as a daemon or agent via launchd. Now when MyServer is launched from Finder, because it is a server program, it will not show an GUI. Which I understand is not what macOS users expect, hence not the right UE. Apart from embedding MyServer into MyApp, is there any other approach I can take and still keep MyServer as an independent application ?
Mar ’25