Two years ago I wrote about a shell script that I used with cron to keep 'critical' applications running. Some of the commenters suggested that I "should" be using launchd. There are times when I ...

In response to a Macworld article, TidBits' Chris Pepper elaborated on ways to run Software Update, Apple's means of delivering updates and patches, on your own schedule. Beginning with the fact that ...

I've recently noticed that a couple of root-level processes (launchd, and systemlogd) have been hogging my CPU (C2D), eating about 90-100% of one of the cores.<br><br>I tried force-quitting them, only ...

I compiled a unix daemon written for debian/bsd. It seems to want to spawn a second instance when launched with launchd plist, regardless of whether I put the plist in /Library/LaunchAgents or ...

Founded by former AFL stars James Begley and Matthew Pavlich, Launchd was created to solve a long-standing industry headache: fragmented workflows and hard-to-measure outcomes in the $33 billion ...