Comments on: Remove an agent from launchd http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Wed, 22 May 2013 19:52:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bob-O http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-531535 Bob-O Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:00:07 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-531535 Any idea what launch puppies with "..anonymous.." in name are? See examples below (I’ve changed codes in case they’re revealing something about my system I don’t want known). Rather uncomfortable seeing such, like a virus or so. Some have process ID of launchd. There are several such in both sudo and user launchctl list. 0x7f936fc058b0.anonymous.bash 0x7f936ed2de90.anonymous.login Some have process IDs that aren’t listed in Activity Monitor. Several are attached to obvious processes, like 0x7h035bd031d5.anonymous.WindowServer Thanks in advance Any idea what launch puppies with “..anonymous..” in name are? See examples below (I’ve changed codes in case they’re revealing something about my system I don’t want known).

Rather uncomfortable seeing such, like a virus or so.

Some have process ID of launchd. There are several such in both sudo and user launchctl list.

0x7f936fc058b0.anonymous.bash
0x7f936ed2de90.anonymous.login

Some have process IDs that aren’t listed in Activity Monitor.

Several are attached to obvious processes, like

0x7h035bd031d5.anonymous.WindowServer

Thanks in advance

]]> By: Frankly http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-499911 Frankly Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:47:58 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-499911 what a completely lousy answer to someone asking for information. what a completely lousy answer to someone asking for information.

]]> By: Frankly http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-499909 Frankly Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:46:38 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-499909 exactly the sort of answer that i absolutely hate about some Mac users below .. "What are some of the services that we should remove? Any service that would be slowing down the computer? None. If you don’t have a reason to, don’t mess around with launchd" - what a smug, unhelpful, narrow-minded and insulting answer.. that is exactly the sort of mindset that real tech's hate. LaunchD is there to tweak, the whole OS is tweakable, so shitty answers like 'apple knows best' is exactly the type of blinkered and philistine answer that makes my blood boil. There is even a app called 'Lingon' - which lets you tweak, add, remove, respawn and generally mess around with Launchd.. there are many services n OS X that you can do without, consume RAM, CPU and thus battery life and with running additional unwanted 'services' or 'daemons for example which can expose vulnerabilities on an network level. For example addressbook, podcast uploader, pictd, quicklook, remote desktop, screen reader, samba, cups, spindump, backupd, applespell, spindump and postfix are just some of the stuff not running on my MacbookPro .. i dont need, want or use them, so they can go. Just Google carefully the service you're interested in, AND be prepared to reinstall if the Mac doesn't start up after removing / disabling these, and obviously back up all your data BEFORE you do thid, or before you reinstall. Some you can remove easily and will never notice, some you may never use, and yes, some will kill the OS, making it unbootable again, requiring you to reinstall OSX again over the top of your broken OS.. warning over. Anti-intellectual, paternal and insulting comments llke 'dont touch it' are a disease in the Apple community and should be stamped out and these people should actually learn about computer operating systems themselves before opening their mouths. The info is out there, try it, reinstall it, learn it, understand it, and pass it on. exactly the sort of answer that i absolutely hate about some Mac users below ..

“What are some of the services that we should remove? Any service that would be slowing down the computer?

None. If you don’t have a reason to, don’t mess around with launchd”

- what a smug, unhelpful, narrow-minded and insulting answer.. that is exactly the sort of mindset that real tech’s hate. LaunchD is there to tweak, the whole OS is tweakable, so shitty answers like ‘apple knows best’ is exactly the type of blinkered and philistine answer that makes my blood boil.

There is even a app called ‘Lingon’ – which lets you tweak, add, remove, respawn and generally mess around with Launchd.. there are many services n OS X that you can do without, consume RAM, CPU and thus battery life and with running additional unwanted ‘services’ or ‘daemons for example which can expose vulnerabilities on an network level.
For example addressbook, podcast uploader, pictd, quicklook, remote desktop, screen reader, samba, cups, spindump, backupd, applespell, spindump and postfix are just some of the stuff not running on my MacbookPro .. i dont need, want or use them, so they can go.

Just Google carefully the service you’re interested in, AND
be prepared to reinstall if the Mac doesn’t start up after removing / disabling these, and obviously back up all your data BEFORE you do thid, or before you reinstall.
Some you can remove easily and will never notice, some you may never use, and yes, some will kill the OS, making it unbootable again, requiring you to reinstall OSX again over the top of your broken OS.. warning over.

Anti-intellectual, paternal and insulting comments llke
‘dont touch it’ are a disease in the Apple community and should be stamped out and these people should actually learn about computer operating systems themselves before opening their mouths.

The info is out there,
try it,
reinstall it,
learn it,
understand it,
and pass it on.

]]> By: Skip L http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-476543 Skip L Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:51:18 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-476543 Thanks Helper for the tip! Had the same MacKeeper launching services console problem; com.apple.launchd[1] com.apple.launchd (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon[65237]) posix_spawn(“/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/MacKeeperATd”, …) deleted the .plst file under my user/Library/ LaunchAgents and finally got rid of the pesky issue! Thanks Helper for the tip!
Had the same MacKeeper launching services console problem;

com.apple.launchd[1] com.apple.launchd (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon[65237]) posix_spawn(“/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/MacKeeperATd”, …)

deleted the .plst file under my user/Library/ LaunchAgents and finally got rid of the pesky issue!

]]> By: JamieL http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-409651 JamieL Wed, 25 Jul 2012 04:30:55 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-409651 It might be running as normal user not sudo user. Try both launchctl remove if that fails also try sudo launchctl remove It might be running as normal user not sudo user.

Try both launchctl remove if that fails also try sudo launchctl remove

]]> By: helper http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-365101 helper Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:47:33 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-365101 You'll have to track down the "com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon" file, it's probably in the /Library/LaunchDaemons/ directory You’ll have to track down the “com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon” file, it’s probably in the /Library/LaunchDaemons/ directory

]]> By: Tom! http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-365092 Tom! Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:37:03 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-365092 amazing!, but I still have a problem, I uninstalled long ago MacKeeper, but I think I did it the wrong way, so, at the console still displaying this: 25/03/12 14:30:51 com.apple.launchd[1] com.apple.launchd (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon[65237]) posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/MacKeeperATd", ...): No such file or directory I want to get rid of this, i tried with all those comand lines, but nothing happens, what should i do? amazing!, but I still have a problem,
I uninstalled long ago MacKeeper, but I think I did it the wrong way, so, at the console still displaying this:

25/03/12 14:30:51 com.apple.launchd[1] com.apple.launchd (com.zeobit.MacKeeper.plugin.AntiTheft.daemon[65237]) posix_spawn(“/Library/Application Support/MacKeeper/MacKeeperATd”, …): No such file or directory

I want to get rid of this, i tried with all those comand lines, but nothing happens, what should i do?

]]> By: golook http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-363001 golook Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:55:24 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-363001 Thanks for the tip but I am having a similar experience as Albinoz. I have services that start with my computer that are also found in the launchctl list but I get the error message ” launchctl remove error: No such process” Anybody got a clue? I even tried sudo with my password. I have multiple accounts on my computer but after a new start none have run. Besides I am the only admin! questions, question hope someone hears these late on comments Thanks for the tip but I am having a similar experience as Albinoz.
I have services that start with my computer that are also found in the launchctl list but I get the error message ” launchctl remove error: No such process”
Anybody got a clue?
I even tried sudo with my password.
I have multiple accounts on my computer but after a new start none have run. Besides I am the only admin!
questions, question
hope someone hears these late on comments

]]> By: Michael Hines http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-344777 Michael Hines Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:22:22 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-344777 This worked perfectly removing Xquartz from the list. I use the open source opennx client and one day I decided to try Xquarts instead of X11.app and suddenly my NX client stopped working. When I tried this to remove Xquartz, my NX started working again. You're a lifesaver. This worked perfectly removing Xquartz from the list. I use the open source opennx client and one day I decided to try Xquarts instead of X11.app and suddenly my NX client stopped working. When I tried this to remove Xquartz, my NX started working again. You’re a lifesaver.

]]> By: Christian http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-187265 Christian Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:45:20 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-187265 OMG Thank You! I was finally able to remove this MYSQL service. OMG Thank You! I was finally able to remove this MYSQL service.

]]> By: Tim http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-181019 Tim Sat, 12 Mar 2011 04:18:02 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-181019 Hmm. No files in LaunchAgents. And I don't have either of the other folders :( Hmm. No files in LaunchAgents. And I don’t have either of the other folders :(

]]> By: albinoz http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-180629 albinoz Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:00:45 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-180629 Tim : Look in /Library/LaunchAgent and /Library/LaunchDeamon or maybe in /Library/StartupItems. SomeTimes they are in your Home library… have more speed ;) Tim : Look in /Library/LaunchAgent and /Library/LaunchDeamon or maybe in /Library/StartupItems. SomeTimes they are in your Home library… have more speed ;)

]]> By: Tim http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-180389 Tim Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:39:03 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-180389 OK, this has come at the perfect time for me. At least, I thought it had. Every time I rouse my Macbook from sleep, I get an annoying process named 'rastertobrother3'. This seems to be a process related to the CUPS driver for Brother peripherals (which I don't use). I kill the process manually because it uses 100MB of RAM which I can't afford to lose. But doing it manually every time is a MASSIVE PAIN. Here's where it gets weird: the process doesn't show up in launchctd list. The process ID is simply not there. What the hell? How do I kill this process once and for all?! OK, this has come at the perfect time for me. At least, I thought it had.

Every time I rouse my Macbook from sleep, I get an annoying process named ‘rastertobrother3′. This seems to be a process related to the CUPS driver for Brother peripherals (which I don’t use).

I kill the process manually because it uses 100MB of RAM which I can’t afford to lose. But doing it manually every time is a MASSIVE PAIN.

Here’s where it gets weird: the process doesn’t show up in launchctd list. The process ID is simply not there.

What the hell? How do I kill this process once and for all?!

]]> By: Art http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-179866 Art Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:53:07 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-179866 None. If you don't have a reason to, don't mess around with launchd. None. If you don’t have a reason to, don’t mess around with launchd.

]]> By: albinoz http://osxdaily.com/2011/03/08/remove-an-agent-from-launchd/#comment-179859 albinoz Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:19:14 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=13640#comment-179859 NIce tips thanks but remove result " launchctl remove error: No such process" ? NIce tips thanks but remove result ” launchctl remove error: No such process” ?

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