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how-to-disable-app-launch-agents-daemons-and-extensions/README.md

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

how-to-make-sure-app-is-not-running-in-the-background/README.md

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+Title: How to make sure app is not running in the background
+Description: Learn how to how to make sure app is not running in the background.
+Author: Sun Knudsen <https://github.com/sunknudsen>
+Contributors: Sun Knudsen <https://github.com/sunknudsen>
+Reviewers:
+Publication date: 2021-01-04T15:53:29.749Z
+Listed: true
+-->
+
+# How to make sure app is not running in the background
+
+## Caveats
+
+- When copy/pasting commands that start with `$`, strip out `$` as this character is not part of the command
+- When copy/pasting commands that start with `cat << "EOF"`, select all lines at once (from `cat << "EOF"` to `EOF` inclusively) as they are part of the same (single) command
+
+## Setup guide
+
+> Heads-up: following steps illustrate how to make sure “Adobe Creative Suite” is not running in the background, but same logic should apply any app.
+
+### Step 1: find app launch agent and daemon bundle identifier prefix
+
+```console
+$ ls -A1 {,~}/Library/LaunchAgents/ /Library/LaunchDaemons
+/Library/LaunchAgents/:
+at.obdev.LittleSnitchHelper.plist
+at.obdev.LittleSnitchUIAgent.plist
+com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist
+com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist
+com.adobe.GC.AGM.plist
+com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist
+com.adobe.ccxprocess.plist
+
+/Library/LaunchDaemons:
+at.obdev.littlesnitchd.plist
+com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist
+com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist
+com.adobe.acc.installer.v2.plist
+com.adobe.agsservice.plist
+com.apogee.DuetDetect.plist
+com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist
+local.pf.plist
+local.pmset.plist
+local.spoof.plist
+org.virtualbox.startup.plist
+org.wireshark.ChmodBPF.plist
+
+/Users/sunknudsen/Library/LaunchAgents/:
+com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist
+local.borg-wrapper.plist
+org.virtualbox.vboxwebsrv.plist
+```
+
+com.adobe
+
+👍
+
+### Step 2: disable app launch agents and daemons
+
+> Heads-up: don’t worry if you see “Could not find specified service” warnings.
+
+```shell
+BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER_PREFIX="com.adobe"
+launchctl unload -w {,~}/Library/LaunchAgents/$BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER_PREFIX*.plist
+sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/$BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER_PREFIX*.plist
+```
+
+### Step 3: disable app extensions
+
+Open “System Preferences”, then click “Extensions” and uncheck app extensions (if any).
+
+![core-sync](./core-sync.png?shadow=1)
+
+### Step 4: add `kill-apps` helper to `.zshrc`
+
+> Heads-up: following step assumes macOS is configured to use “Z shell” (running `echo $SHELL` should return `/bin/zsh`).
+
+```shell
+cat << "EOF" >> ~/.zshrc
+
+# Kill apps that match string
+function kill-apps() {
+  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+    printf "%s\n" "Usage: kill-apps string"
+    return 1
+  fi
+  printf "%s\n" "Finding apps that match \"$1\"..."
+  pgrep -afil "$1"
+  printf "%s" "Kill apps (y or n)? "
+  read -r answer
+  if [ "$answer" = "y" ]; then
+    pgrep -afi "$1" | xargs sudo kill 2>&1 && echo "Done"
+  fi
+}
+EOF
+source ~/.zshrc
+```
+
+👍
+
+## Usage guide
+
+### Make sure “Adobe Creative Suite” is not running in the background
+
+```console
+$ kill-apps adobe
+Finding apps that match "adobe"...
+46639 /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Desktop Common/IPCBox/AdobeIPCBroker.app/Contents/MacOS/AdobeIPCBroker -launchedbyvulcan /Applications/Adobe Premiere Pro 2020/Adobe Premiere Pro 2020.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Premiere Pro 2020
+46645 /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Creative Cloud Libraries/CCLibrary.app/Contents/MacOS/../libs/node /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Creative Cloud Libraries/CCLibrary.app/Contents/MacOS/../js/server.js
+46653 /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud Experience/CCXProcess/CCXProcess.app/Contents/MacOS/../libs/Adobe_CCXProcess.node /Applications/Utilities/Adobe Creative Cloud Experience/CCXProcess/CCXProcess.app/Contents/MacOS/../js/main.js
+46655 /Applications/Adobe Premiere Pro 2020/Adobe Premiere Pro 2020.app/Contents/MacOS/LogTransport2.app/Contents/MacOS/LogTransport2 86E222CE52861AEA0A490D4D@AdobeID 1 0 NOVALUE NOVALUE
+Kill apps (y or n)? y
+Password:
+Done
+```
+
+Done
+
+👍