Tip: Discover what apps & services run as part of MacOS boot
The recent MacOS vulnerability made me wonder what runs when my computer boots. I knew that there’re items in the “Users & Groups” but it was clear that it’s not everything that loads automatically.
For example, apps like Fantastical & Jumpshare did not appear in the above list.
Following a quick research, I’ve found 4 folders that are being scanned as part of the boot sequence in binaries in them are automatically executed.
These are the folders:
/Library/LaunchDaemons//Users/dreamer/Library/LaunchAgents/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools//Library/Preferences/
There’s also another folder that is recommended to look at but the logic of its content is much less straightforward:
/Library/Application Support/I’ve found left-overs from apps I uninstalled a while ago as well as Apps that I use but do not want them to pre-load themselves unnecessarily.
I bet that almost anyone who will check what is in these folders will be surprised.
