Disable Big Sur services

DisableBigSur.sh

#!/bin/zsh
#Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3

#Disabling unwanted services on macOS 11 Big Sur (11) and macOS Monterey (12)
#Disabling SIP is required  ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
#Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist


# user
TODISABLE=()

TODISABLE+=('com.apple.accessibility.MotionTrackingAgent' \
'com.apple.AddressBook.ContactsAccountsService' \
'com.apple.AMPArtworkAgent' \
'com.apple.AMPDeviceDiscoveryAgent' \
'com.apple.AMPLibraryAgent' \
'com.apple.ap.adprivacyd' \
'com.apple.ap.adservicesd' \
'com.apple.ap.promotedcontentd' \
'com.apple.assistant_service' \
'com.apple.assistantd' \
'com.apple.avconferenced' \
'com.apple.BiomeAgent' \
'com.apple.biomesyncd' \
'com.apple.CalendarAgent' \
'com.apple.cloudd' \
'com.apple.cloudpaird' \
'com.apple.cloudphotod' \
'com.apple.CloudPhotosConfiguration' \
'com.apple.CommCenter-osx' \
'com.apple.ContactsAgent' \
'com.apple.CoreLocationAgent' \
'com.apple.familycircled' \
'com.apple.familycontrols.useragent' \
'com.apple.familynotificationd' \
'com.apple.followupd' \
'com.apple.gamed' \
'com.apple.geod' \
'com.apple.homed' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.aps-demo' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.aps-development' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.aps-production' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.findmydevice-user-agent' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.ua-services' \
'com.apple.icloud.fmfd' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.accessorydiscoverymanager' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.advertisementcache' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.beaconmanager' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.beaconmanager.agentdaemoninternal' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.finderstatemanager' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.pairingmanager' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.scheduler' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyuseragent' \
'com.apple.iCloudNotificationAgent' \
'com.apple.iCloudUserNotifications' \
'com.apple.imagent' \
'com.apple.imautomatichistorydeletionagent' \
'com.apple.imtransferagent' \
'com.apple.itunescloudd' \
'com.apple.knowledge-agent' \
'com.apple.ManagedClient.cloudconfigurationd' \
'com.apple.ManagedClientAgent.enrollagent' \
'com.apple.Maps.mapspushd' \
'com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon' \
'com.apple.mediaanalysisd' \
'com.apple.mediastream.mstreamd' \
'com.apple.newsd' \
'com.apple.nsurlsessiond' \
'com.apple.parsec-fbf' \
'com.apple.parsecd' \
'com.apple.passd' \
'com.apple.photoanalysisd' \
'com.apple.photolibraryd' \
'com.apple.progressd' \
'com.apple.protectedcloudstorage.protectedcloudkeysyncing' \
'com.apple.quicklook' \
'com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper' \
'com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent' \
'com.apple.rapportd-user' \
'com.apple.remindd' \
'com.apple.routined' \
'com.apple.SafariCloudHistoryPushAgent' \
'com.apple.SafeEjectGPUAgent' \
'com.apple.screensharing.agent' \
'com.apple.screensharing.menuextra' \
'com.apple.screensharing.MessagesAgent' \
'com.apple.ScreenTimeAgent' \
'com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy3' \
'com.apple.sidecar-hid-relay' \
'com.apple.sidecar-relay' \
'com.apple.Siri.agent' \
'com.apple.siri.context.service' \
'com.apple.siriknowledged' \
'com.apple.suggestd' \
'com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd' \
'com.apple.TMHelperAgent' \
'com.apple.TMHelperAgent.SetupOffer' \
'com.apple.UsageTrackingAgent' \
'com.apple.videosubscriptionsd' \
'com.apple.wifi.WiFiAgent')

for agent in "${TODISABLE[@]}"
do
	launchctl bootout gui/501/${agent}
	launchctl disable gui/501/${agent}
done

# system
TODISABLE=()

TODISABLE+=('com.apple.airportd' \
'com.apple.bootpd' \
'com.apple.backupd' \
'com.apple.backupd-helper' \
'com.apple.cloudd' \
'com.apple.cloudpaird' \
'com.apple.cloudphotod' \
'com.apple.CloudPhotosConfiguration' \
'com.apple.CoreLocationAgent' \
'com.apple.coreduetd' \
'com.apple.dhcp6d' \
'com.apple.diagnosticextensions.osx.wifi.helper' \
'com.apple.familycontrols' \
'com.apple.findmymacmessenger' \
'com.apple.followupd' \
'com.apple.FollowUpUI' \
'com.apple.ftp-proxy' \
'com.apple.ftpd' \
'com.apple.GameController.gamecontrollerd' \
'com.apple.geod' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.aps-demo' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.aps-development' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.aps-production' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.findmydevice-user-agent' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.ua-services' \
'com.apple.icloud.fmfd' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.accessorydiscoverymanager' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.advertisementcache' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.beaconmanager' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.beaconmanager.agentdaemoninternal' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.finderstatemanager' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.pairingmanager' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.scheduler' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyuseragent' \
'com.apple.iCloudHelper' \
'com.apple.iCloudNotificationAgent' \
'com.apple.iCloudUserNotificationsd' \
'com.apple.itunescloudd' \
'com.apple.ManagedClient.cloudconfigurationd' \
'com.apple.netbiosd' \
'com.apple.nsurlsessiond' \
'com.apple.protectedcloudstorage.protectedcloudkeysyncing' \
'com.apple.rapportd' \
'com.apple.screensharing' \
'com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy3' \
'com.apple.siri.morphunassetsupdaterd' \
'com.apple.siriinferenced' \
'com.apple.wifianalyticsd' \
'com.apple.wifiFirmwareLoader' \
'com.apple.wifip2pd' \
'com.apple.wifivelocityd')

for daemon in "${TODISABLE[@]}"
do
	sudo launchctl bootout system/${daemon}
	sudo launchctl disable system/${daemon}
done

Correction: "launchctl uncache" is no supported in Big Sur & Monterey.

This is great list. I was doing this on my own and then stumbled across this.

Iam seeing 'You do not have permission to open the application “Install Visual Studio for Mac.app”.' after disabling these daemons. I tried $xattr -c com.apple.quarantine Install\ Visual\ Studio\ for\ Mac.app and $sudo spctl --master-disable. Any ideas?

@b0gdanw I updated my post which unfortunately is not relevant and it might be that I was just mistaken at all

Thanks to @b0gdanw for pointing me in the right direction, I've been able to update my High Sierra disable script to work on the newer Mac OSes. Here's my version, which is specific to my need for a temporary "quiet" boot that optimizes for a real-time music performance with video streaming. It works great on Big Sur and Monterey: https://gist.github.com/gopsmith/bf4d3a8203cd0792c9f8702cc76c8525