DisableSpindump

disablespindump.sh

#!/bin/bash

#
# disablespindump
# Script to disable spindump
#
# (c) Muntashir Al-Islam
# License: MIT License
#

#
# Alert if not a root user
#
if ! [ `id -u` -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "The script must be run as root!"
    exit 1
fi

spindump_file="/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.spindump.plist"

#
# Main
#
if [ -e $spindump_file ]; then
    status=`sudo launchctl list | grep com.apple.spindump`
    status=$?
    if [ $# -eq 1 ] && [ $1 = "false" ]; then
        if [ $status -eq 0 ]; then
            echo "spindump has already enabled."
            exit 1
        else
            `sudo launchctl load -w $spindump_file`
            if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                echo "spindump is now enabled."
                exit 0
            else
                echo "Cannot enable spindump, try again."
                exit 1
            fi
        fi
    else
        if [ $status -eq 1 ]; then
            echo "spindump has already disabled. Use 'false' argument to enable it."
            exit 1
        else
            `sudo launchctl unload -w $spindump_file`
            if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                echo "spindump is now disabled."
                exit 0
            else
                echo "Cannot disable spindump, try again."
                exit 1
            fi
        fi
    fi

else
    echo "spindump is already disabled or not available"
    exit 1
fi

DisableSpindump

A script to prevent spindump from loading at startup.

Installation

• Download disablespindump and copy it to /usr/bin

sudo curl -L https://gist.github.com/MuntashirAkon/fd6d2174f52f85635bb2125a3cfa765b/raw/9cb8eec597ea4ecdd1efe90cda951318e82b289c/disablespindump.sh -o /usr/bin/disablespindump

• Make the file executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/disablespindump

Usage

Always run disablespindump using sudo. The default behavior is to disable spindump.

To enable spindump, run sudo disablespindump false.

License

MIT License