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Title: How to disable app launch agents, daemons and extensions
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Description: Learn how to how to disable app launch agents, daemons and extensions.
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Author: Sun Knudsen <https://github.com/sunknudsen>
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Contributors: Sun Knudsen <https://github.com/sunknudsen>
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Reviewers:
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Publication date: 2021-01-04T15:53:29.749Z
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# How to disable app launch agents, daemons and extensions
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## Guide
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> Heads-up: following steps are used to “tame” Adobe Creative Suite, but same logic can apply to all apps.
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### Step 1: disable launch agents and daemons
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> Heads-up: don’t worry if you see “Could not find specified service” warnings.
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```shell
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launchctl unload -w {,~}/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.*.plist
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sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.*.plist
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```
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### Step 2: disable extensions
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Open “System Preferences”, then click “Extensions” and disable “Core Sync / Finder Extensions”.
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### Step 3: append kill function to `.zshrc`
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> Heads-up: following step assumes macOS is configured to use “Z shell” (running `echo $SHELL` should return `/bin/zsh`).
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```shell
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cat << "EOF" >> ~/.zshrc
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# Kill Adobe
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function kill-adobe() {
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pgrep -afi adobe | xargs sudo kill 2>&1
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}
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EOF
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```
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