Mailspring was unable to create or delete the LaunchAgent file

Bug Reports
#1

Description

When I try to disable “Launch on system start”, I get this error:

Screen Shot 2020-05-02 at 9 50 17 AM

I wanted to use the “Login Items” feature of macOS so I could hide Mailspring on start, which doesn’t seem achievable just using the “Launch on system start” feature in Mailspring.

To Reproduce…

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Go to Preferences
  2. Try to untick “Launch on system start”

Error above received.

Expected Behavior

I expected no error to appear and for the box to get unticked.

Screenshots

Setup

  • OS and Version: macOS 10.14.6
  • Mailspring Version: 1.7.6

Additional Context

I only recently installed Mailspring.

(Originally psoted by squintgit on GitHub.)

#2

Hey thanks for reporting this! I’ll see if I can reproduce this - I wonder if something changed in macOS 10.14.

(Originally posted by bengotow on GitHub.)

#3

I just installed Mailspring (through Homebrew) and am seeing the exact same error message on Catalina 10.15.6.

(Originally posted by RavHilton on GitHub.)

#4

Same On High Sierra 10.13.6

Mailspring was unable to create or delete the LaunchAgent file at /Users/designlab/Library/LaunchAgents/com.mailspring.plist.

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/Users/designlab/Library/LaunchAgents/com.mailspring.plist’

came wile swishing to debug flags

(Originally posted by designlabmx on GitHub.)

#5

I get the same message after installing via homebrew brew install --cask mailspring

Screenshot 2021-02-19 at 09 25 16

(Originally posted by cabbage on GitHub.)

#6

I’m getting the same pop up window. Running OS Cat 10.15.7, Mailspring 1.8.0.

#7

I’m getting the same error on a fresh install Mojave 10.14.6.

#8

I have the same problem on macOS 12.1 Monterey.

Realized that /Users/{username}/Library/LaunchAgents is missing. So I created this folder manually and the error went away.