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Where macOS looks for services to launch on boot
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mac-startup-script-locations.md

These are the typical locations where startup plist files are stored. Yet, they can be located anywhere as long as they've been registered with launchctl.

  • ~/Library/LaunchAgents
  • /Library/LaunchAgents
  • /Library/LaunchDaemons
  • /Library/StartupItems
  • /System/Library/LaunchAgents
  • /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
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