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A system for starting, stopping, and managing automated processes.

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Launchctl difference between load and start, unload and stop

I was reading through the launchctl man page and have a few questions about its functioning: What is the difference between load and start, unload and stop? Where do I find the job label for a daemon, is it in the plist file?
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Can anyone recommend a good tutorial for writing (from scratch) a cron-style launchd job?

I've got a fairly simple job that I'd like to run every hour. I could do it using cron, but I thought I'd use this to learn about launchd, since I hear good things about it. I've got the man launchd.plist page as a reference, but I'm looking for…
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What is the default working directory of a script run via launchd?

I'd expected this to be easy to find on Google, but wasn't able to discover anything. I know that the working directory of a launchd agent/demon can be changed via the workingdirectory key. However, this key is optional. If no working directory is…
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How to stop OS X from trying to run TeamViewer every 10 seconds

I recently happened to look at my system.log file and noticed the following messages over and over: Mar 4 12:09:32 ix com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (com.teamviewer.teamviewer[11506]): Service could not initialize: Unable to set current working…
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How can I find what process is starting apps in the background?

I keep seeing CIJScannerRegister running. I'd like it to never run. Every time it appears I use launchctl to remove its listing and that kills the app. But it reappears later. I know where CIJScannerRegister lives and could delete it, but I would…
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Why is an application running so slowly when started with launchctl?

I've written an application in C++, using OpenGL and Cinder. When I launch the app file from the Finder, it runs nice and smoothly at 60FPS. However, when I launch it using launchctl load the performance is terrible, the UI is sluggish and in…
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How can I write to Notification Center from a launchd command?

I've got a plist set to run at a set interval, and have put it in /Library/LaunchDaemons like so: /Library/LaunchDaemons $ ll macports_update_notifier.plist lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 55B 5 Sep 13:47 macports_update_notifier.plist@ ->…
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What does launchctl unload actually do?

When running launchctl unload some.plist, what is this command translated to specifically, in terms of UNIX commands, etc. There is nothing in .plist files that specifies any "command line to run when the user specifies unload", so does macOS simply…
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Postfix auto start on Sierra for smtp relay

Postfix works great when I start it manually. Can relay off of it from other hosts on my network; telnet to it on port 25 etc. How do I get it to auto start such that It will always be listening on port 25? I understand it starts up every minute or…
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launchctl issues: Bootstrap failed: 5: Input/output error

Before Big Sur I was able to use launchtl like this: plst file: Label com.iPinky7.removeLogs Program /Users/michael/Downloads/Python/scripts/removeLogs.sh ProgramArguments commandLineArgument …
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com.apple.pc.launchd keeps respawning every 10 seconds -- problem with MRT, MRTd?

I am running OS X El Capitan, on an iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010). Using "top," I noticed that my systems was always running "ReportCrash"; I looked into the logs, and found: 1/25/18 12:32:51.464 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.MRTd) Service…
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Why is launchd saying "service already loaded" but "launchctl list" doesn't show the service?

I created the configuration files in ~/Library/LaunchAgents When I attempted to load the plist, I got the message that the service was already loaded. launchctl load ~/LaunchAgents/hosts_Blocksites_AM.plist …
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launchd: ask user before performing tasks

Is there a way to get a user-defined launchd task (i.e. like the one in this question) to get user confirmation before executing the task? A popup like the one for scheduled sleep (with yes/no and a timer in case of no user input) would be great,…
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Force launchd to re-read environment variables

Is there any way, short of rebooting, to force launchd to re-read environment variables newly defined in /etc/launchd.conf? Can it be done with launchctl(1)?
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macOS methods for applications autostarting

It is known to me that application autostart is based on different methods: Login elements in the System…
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