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# Bunch Application Launcher
- URL: https://chrisenns.com/2020/08/bunch-application-launcher/
- Published: 2020-08-08T00:09:47.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-08T23:51:30.000Z
- Author: Chris Enns
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-04-08 17:31, #ichris

Brett Terpstra's got a slick project called [Bunch](https://brettterpstra.com/projects/bunch/?ref=chrisenns.com) that allows you to automate launching and / or quitting apps on macOS in "bunches".

> I wrote Bunch because I tend to launch a specific group of apps depending on the context I’m working in. These are apps I wouldn’t launch on login, and don’t need running all the time. I just wanted to make starting a new context into one click.

I'm going to try it out but I can already see the usage for quickly setting up different environments on my Mac:

- One bunch might set me up for recording a podcast (shut down Dropbox, Drive, Time Machine. Open up Audio Hijack, Farrago, and Ecamm Live.) This is how I learned about Bunch - Brett tweeted [this bunch for pausing Dropbox and Backblaze](https://gist.github.com/ttscoff/71c922e5fef966684e7bcc770f0a25b6?ref=chrisenns.com).
- Another bunch could be for email and communication mode where Spark, Slack, and Discord are opened but everything else is shut down.
- Invoicing and work "paperwork" could be another bunch where I shut everything down and open up Xero in a browser along with my Dropbox folder of expenses PDF.

This kind of app falls way outside my general rule of trying to use as few non-stock macOS apps for productivity as possible because I hate having to keep my iMac and MacBook Pro in sync with all the shortcuts to remember. But Bunch is nice in being a menu bar or Dock application that you run and can just click to use.