Prevent app from auto-launching in OS X - what are ALL the places to look?

Posted by Justin Searls on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Justin Searls
Published on 2010-03-08T01:53:58Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 3:32 UTC
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An app on a Mac that automatically launches on boot and I don't want it to. The app itself offers no way to prevent this. Rather than identify the app, I figured it would be nice to use this question as an opportunity to identify all the places such an app could hide.

Here's where I've looked so far, and I still haven't found it:

  • Accounts - Login Items
  • Dock - Open at Login
  • launchd - Cycled through each tab of agents & daemons in Lingon

Other ideas?

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Prevent app from auto-launching in OS X - what are ALL the places to look?

Posted by Justin Searls on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Justin Searls
Published on 2010-03-08T01:53:58Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 2:15 UTC
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An app on a Mac that automatically launches on boot and I don't want it to. The app itself offers no way to prevent this. Rather than identify the app, I figured it would be nice to use this question as an opportunity to identify all the places such an app could hide.

Here's where I've looked so far, and I still haven't found it:

  • Accounts - Login Items
  • Dock - Open at Login
  • launchd - Cycled through each tab of agents & daemons in Lingon

Other ideas?

© Super User or respective owner

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