Closed todd-dsm closed 2 years ago
User stuff
mbook:test vagrant$ sudo ls -l /Library/LaunchDaemons
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 472 Feb 20 2017 com.github.timsutton.osx-vm-templates.detectnewhardware.plist
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 103 Sep 1 13:53 com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist -> '/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist'
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1156 Aug 25 2016 com.vmware.launchd.tools.plist
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 76 Sep 1 13:54 org.virtualbox.startup.plist -> '../Application Support/VirtualBox/LaunchDaemons/org.virtualbox.startup.plist'
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 382 Sep 1 13:54 org.wireshark.ChmodBPF.plist
sudo ls -l /Library/LaunchAgents
total 8
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 104 Sep 1 13:53 com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist -> '/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Resources/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist'
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 935 Aug 25 2016 com.vmware.launchd.vmware-tools-userd.plist
ll /Users/$USER/Library/LaunchAgents (tbook)
total 32
-rw-r--r-- 1 thomas staff 697 Feb 4 2017 com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
-rw-r--r-- 1 thomas staff 688 Jan 28 2018 com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist
-rw-r--r-- 1 thomas staff 484 Apr 10 2017 com.bluejeans.app.detector.plist
-r-xr-xr-x 1 thomas staff 464 Feb 18 2018 com.citrixonline.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist
-rw-r--r-- 1 thomas staff 803 Jul 17 18:35 com.google.keystone.agent.plist
-r-xr-xr-x 1 thomas staff 451 Feb 18 2018 com.logmein.GoToMeeting.G2MUpdate.plist
-rw-r--r-- 1 thomas staff 524 Jun 13 17:44 com.skype.skype.shareagent.plist
-rw-r--r-- 1 thomas staff 677 Aug 30 10:33 org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist
System stuff
sudo ls -l /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
sudo ls -l /System/Library/LaunchAgents
we no longer care about such things
Check programs that start when the system boots. The .plist files that launchd uses can occupy any of five folders, and their location determines when the items load and with what privileges: