Mac Startup

This post explains the areas to check for controlling what gets launched on startup on your mac.

Login Items

System Settings, General, Login Items

StartupItems

• /Library/StartupItems
• /System/Library/StartupItems

Launch daemons and agents

• /Library/LaunchDaemons
• /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
• /Library/LaunchAgents
• /System/Library/LaunchAgents
• /Users/(user)/Library/LaunchAgents

Ref

• https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/open-items-automatically-when-you-log-in-mh15189/mac
• https://www.developerfiles.com/location-of-startup-items-and-applications-on-mac-os-x/
• https://macpaw.com/how-to/remove-startup-items-in-osx