Questions tagged [daemons]
macOS, which is a Unix system, uses daemons. A daemon is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user.
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Disabling services (daemons, agents) with launchctl
I want to get rid of some system services completely.
I turned off sip with csrutil disable.
Then following command
sudo launchctl disable com.apple.cloudphotod
Gave me an unexpected answer:
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What is local.blackjack from Netstat?
When running netstat I noticed the suspicious name blackjack. I wonder if it's malware.
PROMPT> netstat -v
Active Internet connections
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address ...
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S3 lauchctl error input/output. Boot doesn't mount S3 bucket
My script to mount an S3 bucket works fine, but mount at boot is not working. I tried launch daemons on macOS Sonoma, compiling with this plist. Here is the code:
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How do I start the docker daemon on macOS?
I am using macOS 10.14.6 and docker info shows me that the docker daemon is not running.
How do I start the docker daemon from terminal?
I have not found any information on doing so anywhere. On ...
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How can I automate via command line a process to prepare video files when my Mac starts?
This is an improvement to previously discussed: Constantly check folder for specific file type and run terminal command with new filename as an argument
I used to love Automator for such tasks, but ...
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how to prevent numerous background daemons from harming gaming FPS (or other intense foreground workload performance)?
One or another of the various macOS background daemons that comes with the operating system is always popping up and using a ton of CPU in the background. This is generally slightly bothersome, but ...
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Is there a way to prevent apps like Google's from adding services/daemons to mac? [duplicate]
Companies like Google and others love to install daemons/services on
~/Library/LaunchDaemons
Sonoma alerts me when this happens, but I want to be able to prevent bloat services like this even ...
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High opendirectoryd CPU usage caused by Qustodio- Any Fix?
I have an 14" M1 Max that gets very poor battery life, which I suspect is mainly due to the installed internet filter, Qustodio, causing high CPU usage from opendirectoryd. As per activity ...
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How to run a script on login that can capture camera output
I have the following shell script:
#!/bin/bash
time=$(time);
imagesnap -q "/var/captures/$time.jpg";
When I run it in the terminal, everything works. But when I run it using launchtl or ...
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MirrorDisplays error every 30 seconds in system.log
I'm seeing an error every 30 seconds in the system log, using the Console app, complaining about MirrorDisplays service only running for 0 seconds.
Nov 5 22:45:22 computer com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (...
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Possible method to mount a Linux SMB share on macOS Ventura before user login
I am trying to mount a Linux SMB share onto a macOS machine running Ventura 13.4. I must have the share mounted after the macOS machine bootup is completed, but before any possible user has logged ...
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Leave SSH daemon running permanently
I, for some reason, cannot seem to find a google search which actually answers this question. I have a mac, and I would like to have the ssh daemon running in the background at all times, so I can ssh ...
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macOS - run bash script when specific URL is clicked
Is it possible to write an AppleScript or macOS service/daemon to detect when a URL is clicked (which would launch the browser) and run a bash script as well/instead? Use case: detect when github.com ...
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Equivalent to systemd timers on OS X?
On Linux, many distros ship with systemd. Systemd supports "timers", which are a kind of systemd service for running programs on a schedule. There are of course many ways of scheduling tasks,...
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Enable SMB sharing from command line
On OS X 10.8, using terminal commands, I'd like to enable SMB sharing as if I had ticked the following checkbox under System Preferences - Sharing - File Sharing - Options:
I've tried the following ...
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