[launchd-dev] Remove "disabled" services; Migrate from "old" launchd

Jerry Krinock jerry at ieee.org
Sun Aug 23 12:34:42 PDT 2015


Thank you, James.

> On 2015 Aug 23, at 11:16, James Bucanek <subscriber at gloaming.com> wrote:
> 
> Apple is clearly trying to transition to a different architecture/philosophy for agents and daemons.

Indeed.  That’s why I hope there is some kind of “transition guide”.  Maybe it has all to do with XPC?  (XPC is a topic which I’ve managed to avoid thus far.)

> Have you tried 'launchctl remove <orphaned-service-identifier>' to make launchd forget?

Yes, I forgot say I tried that too.  It has no effect.

Jerry



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