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What is this Login Item - Allow in the Background? [duplicate]
It is listed as Mark Allan, I imagine the software author or company.
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How can I make a LaunchDaemon run an app at login?
I have an internally-maintained macOS app for my macOS Catalina-based enterprise environment which:
Must run as root (it accesses a privileged device API)
Runs in the background without a UI (via ...
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Script to run Adobe Update Remote Manager as Launch Daemon at Boot without MDM
Scenario: I need to figure out how to run the /usr/local/bin/RemoteUpdateManager at DeepFreeze maintenance cycle. During this maintenance cycle, the computers will restart to the login screen and ...
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macOS Catalina: execute bash script on boot with launchctl
Before updating to Catalina (10.15.1) my agent based on a bash script was working perfectly.
I had set the agent in order to execute the bash script on boot.
Here is the plist file:
<?xml ...
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What are the various auto launch paths mean in OSX?
I'm trying to track down sneaky apps that launch upon reboot. They are not in System Preferences > Users and Groups > Login items and the in-app preferences for auto starting is disabled too for ...
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Make sysctl changes at startup
I'd like to change the default smb settings at startup to remove timeouts. I have the following script;
#!/bin/sh
sysctl net.smb.fs.kern_deadtimer=0
sysctl net.smb.fs.kern_hard_deadtimer=0
sysctl ...
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How do I kill a daemon and not have it open up again if I can't find it in the LaunchAgents or LaunchDaemons?
So I think I downloaded a program from Avatron called Airconnect. I'm not sure, but their website was purple when I looked it up. Anyway, now everytime I check my activity monitor, com.avatron....
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Where does the OS X routing table come from?
Trying to find out where the initial routing configuration for OS X is stored (plist, or wherever), and what happens at startup to read that configuration and configure the network interface(s).
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Where does mysql register to start itself at boot time?
I've got a Macbook Air that is starting mysql on boot. I've looked in LaunchAgents, LaunchDaemons, .bash_profile and .profile and login items. It's also not in /etc/rc.local.
Where else can I look?
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What is PPPMonitord.app?
I was looking to disable some startup daemons and apps on my Mountain Lion iMac, and I noticed that inside /Library/LaunchDaemons there is a file called cn.com.zte.PPPMonitor.plist which point to an ...
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How can I launch a daemon process as a specified user at boot without an interactive login?
I'm trying to setup a TeamCity Build Agent on a Mac Mini Server running 10.7.3. I have successfully got it running and building but only if I login and launch the process manually.
We'd prefer to ...
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How to make the pcscd daemon load at startup on Lion?
I've got an obscure cryptographic USB token that works pretty good with Lion except I need to run...
sudo /usr/sbin/pcscd -adf
...each time I want to use it because it doesn't load automatically.
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