privacy-guides/how-to-disable-app-launch-agents-daemons-and-extensions

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.

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”.

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).

cat << "EOF" >> ~/.zshrc

# Kill Adobe
function kill-adobe() {
  pgrep -afi adobe | xargs sudo kill 2>&1
}
EOF

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