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I have YSoft Safe Q client installed on my Mac OS X 10.10.5. Client starts everytime on startup but I do not want to. Unfortunately it's not available in list of programs inside System Preferences -> Accounts -> Login items so I cannot prevent it.
Is there possibility to disable program start on Mac boot if it's not listed in login items? Thanks!
Kosmetika
Posted 2015-09-07T08:43:30.053
Reputation: 447
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If it is not in the regular user Login list, then it is most likely in LaunchDaemons.
There are two locations for these, one is for Apple daemons only:
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
The other is to include 3rd party processes:
/Library/LaunchDaemons
You may also need to remove from:
/Library/LaunchAgents
Simply remove or zip the process you don't wish to auto-launch & it should be gone at next boot.
Tetsujin
Posted 2015-09-07T08:43:30.053
Reputation: 22 456
3thanks, that helped me, except I needed to delete app's file from
/Librart/LaunchAgentsas well. – Kosmetika – 2015-09-10T11:48:47.060ah, OK - I'd assumed removing the Daemon would prevent the Agent. – Tetsujin – 2015-09-10T11:54:36.657
Nice info... Google search just turns up dozens of articles that all say to configure User & Groups. I hoped this would work... I deleted a likely culprit in
/Library/LaunchDaemons. But the WD My Cloud app is still prompting to open on launch. Any other ideas to try? – peacetype – 2018-03-30T08:54:12.193I've no idea, sorry - might be best asking WD. – Tetsujin – 2018-03-30T09:01:44.603
1Nice idea to 'zip' it! Still in the same place, but non functioning. – CousinCocaine – 2020-02-02T13:49:07.393