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    Purpose of XPCservices and Agent related to an Application

    Just for general knowledge what is the purpose of XPCServices and Agent related to a specific application? I will try to give you an example. I noticed when I launch the Calendar Application I see the following 2 processes running...
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    Mac Application do not start on system reboot

    I have created a LaunchDaemon service which runs a application sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.testapp.plist Here is my com.testapp.plist: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"...
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    macOS Run Script with Launchd at Login

    I'm attempting to setup a Launch Agent that will run a simple shell script to mount a FUSE drive at login. I have written a .plist file and moved it into the ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ directory (shown below). Both the .plist and the shell script have permissions of 755. I am able to use the...
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    macOS Mac OS X- How to catch Logoff / Restart / Shutdown notifications and do few things before app/proce

    Mac OS X- How to catch Logoff / Restart / Shutdown notifications and do few things before app/process terminates (Backgroud apps / Commandline tool ). With foreground apps , I can achieve the same by using this delegate . -...