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title: "Autostart on macOS"
description: "Instructions on how to setup Home Assistant to launch on Apple macOS."
redirect_from: /getting-started/autostart-macos/
---
Setting up Home Assistant to run as a background service is simple; macOS will start Home Assistant after the system has booted, the user has logged in, and make sure it's always running.
To get Home Assistant installed as a background service, run:
```bash
$ hass --script macos install
Home Assistant has been installed. Open it here: http://localhost:8123
```
Home Assistant will log to `~/Library/Logs/homeassistant.log`
Configuration is kept in `~/.homeassistant`
To uninstall the service, run:
```bash
$ hass --script macos uninstall
Home Assistant has been uninstalled.
```