TimeSync 0.1.4 — Launch at Login toggle

Launch at Login. A single toggle in Settings → General that registers TimeSync.app to start automatically every time you log in. Closes the last gap in the auto-start story:

	Auto-starts at boot?
chrony daemon	✅ — was already, via LaunchDaemon
gpsd daemon	✅ — was already, via LaunchDaemon
TimeSyncHelper	✅ — on-demand via launchd whenever the app makes its first XPC call
TimeSync.app menu bar UI	✅ now — when you flip the toggle

How it works: uses SMAppService.mainApp (modern macOS API, same family as the helper registration). The first time you turn it on, macOS shows a one-time notification "TimeSync was added to Login Items" — that's the standard prompt for any app that registers itself to launch at login. After that: every login, the menu bar icon appears automatically, no Dock icon (LSUIElement still set).

Caveat: requires TimeSync.app to live in /Applications/. If you launched from Downloads or anywhere transient, SMAppService refuses — move the app first.

Verifying

shasum -a 256 TimeSync-0.1.4.zip
# expect: 994fdcfe7b4dce1215fbd2438d2e60fe2eb2c375cba18e6dfb498bc60428f93a

unzip TimeSync-0.1.4.zip
spctl -a -vvv TimeSync.app
# expect: source=Notarized Developer ID, accepted

Upgrading

Quit TimeSync, drop the new TimeSync.app over the old one in /Applications/, launch. Open Settings → General to find the new toggle. Helper protocol is unchanged in this release, so no need to reinstall the helper.

License: MIT — see LICENSE.

73 de Manoj VU2CPL