Disable Sequoia Bloatware

Disable-Sequoia-Bloatware.sh

#!/bin/zsh
# WARNING! The script is meant to show how and what can be disabled. Don’t use it as it is, adapt it to your needs.
# Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3
# Disabling unwanted services on macOS Big Sur (11), macOS Monterey (12), macOS Ventura (13), macOS Sonoma (14) and macOS Sequoia (15)
# Disabling SIP is required  ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
# Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist, disabled.501.plist
# To revert, delete /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist and reboot; sudo rm -r /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/*


# user
TODISABLE=()

TODISABLE+=('com.apple.accessibility.MotionTrackingAgent' \
'com.apple.accessibility.axassetsd' \
'com.apple.ap.adprivacyd' \
'com.apple.ap.promotedcontentd' \
'com.apple.assistant_service' \
'com.apple.assistantd' \
'com.apple.assistant_cdmd' \
'com.apple.avconferenced' \
'com.apple.BiomeAgent' \
'com.apple.biomesyncd' \
'com.apple.calaccessd' \
'com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper' \
'com.apple.chronod' \
'com.apple.cloudd' \
'com.apple.cloudpaird' \
'com.apple.cloudphotod' \
'com.apple.CloudSettingsSyncAgent' \
'com.apple.CommCenter-osx' \
'com.apple.ContextStoreAgent' \
'com.apple.CoreLocationAgent' \
'com.apple.corespeechd' \
'com.apple.dataaccess.dataaccessd' \
'com.apple.duetexpertd' \
'com.apple.familycircled' \
'com.apple.familycontrols.useragent' \
'com.apple.familynotificationd' \
'com.apple.financed' \
'com.apple.findmy.findmylocateagent' \
'com.apple.followupd' \
'com.apple.gamed' \
'com.apple.generativeexperiencesd' \
'com.apple.geoanalyticsd' \
'com.apple.geodMachServiceBridge' \
'com.apple.helpd' \
'com.apple.homed' \
'com.apple.icloud.fmfd' \
'com.apple.iCloudNotificationAgent' \
'com.apple.icloudmailagent' \
'com.apple.iCloudUserNotifications' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyuseragent' \
'com.apple.imagent' \
'com.apple.imautomatichistorydeletionagent' \
'com.apple.imtransferagent' \
'com.apple.inputanalyticsd' \
'com.apple.intelligenceflowd' \
'com.apple.intelligencecontextd' \
'com.apple.intelligenceplatformd' \
'com.apple.itunescloudd' \
'com.apple.knowledge-agent' \
'com.apple.knowledgeconstructiond' \
'com.apple.ManagedClientAgent.enrollagent' \
'com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon' \
'com.apple.Maps.mapssyncd' \
'com.apple.maps.destinationd' \
'com.apple.mediaanalysisd' \
'com.apple.mediastream.mstreamd' \
'com.apple.naturallanguaged' \
'com.apple.navd' \
'com.apple.newsd' \
'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' \
'com.apple.rapportd-user' \
'com.apple.remindd' \
'com.apple.replicatord' \
'com.apple.routined' \
'com.apple.screensharing.agent' \
'com.apple.screensharing.menuextra' \
'com.apple.screensharing.MessagesAgent' \
'com.apple.ScreenTimeAgent' \
'com.apple.SSInvitationAgent' \
'com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy3' \
'com.apple.sharingd' \
'com.apple.sidecar-hid-relay' \
'com.apple.sidecar-relay' \
'com.apple.siriactionsd' \
'com.apple.Siri.agent' \
'com.apple.siriinferenced' \
'com.apple.sirittsd' \
'com.apple.SiriTTSTrainingAgent' \
'com.apple.macos.studentd' \
'com.apple.siriknowledged' \
'com.apple.suggestd' \
'com.apple.tipsd' \
'com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd' \
'com.apple.TMHelperAgent' \
'com.apple.triald' \
'com.apple.universalaccessd' \
'com.apple.UsageTrackingAgent' \
'com.apple.videosubscriptionsd' \
'com.apple.voicebankingd' \
'com.apple.watchlistd' \
'com.apple.weatherd')

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


# system
TODISABLE=()

TODISABLE+=('com.apple.analyticsd' \
'com.apple.audioanalyticsd' \
'com.apple.backupd' \
'com.apple.backupd-helper' \
'com.apple.biomed' \
'com.apple.cloudd' \
'com.apple.coreduetd' \
'com.apple.dhcp6d' \
'com.apple.ecosystemanalyticsd' \
'com.apple.familycontrols' \
'com.apple.findmymac' \
'com.apple.findmymacmessenger' \
'com.apple.findmy.findmybeaconingd' \
'com.apple.ftp-proxy' \
'com.apple.GameController.gamecontrollerd' \
'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced' \
'com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd' \
'com.apple.locationd' \
'com.apple.ManagedClient.cloudconfigurationd' \
'com.apple.modelmanagerd' \
'com.apple.netbiosd' \
'com.apple.rapportd' \
'com.apple.screensharing' \
'com.apple.triald.system' \
'com.apple.wifianalyticsd')

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

sudo launchctl bootout user/205/com.apple.geod
sudo launchctl disable user/205/com.apple.geod

macOS-Launch_Agents-and-Launch_Daemons.txt

macOS Launch Agents and Launch Daemons

###########

Do NOT disable
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.contactsd.plist
contactsd – contactsd daemon
- reason: App Store freeze

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.AirPlayXPCHelper.plist
/usr/libexec/AirPlayXPCHelper
- reason: media playback error  (YouTube) in Safari & WebKit browsers

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.donotdisturbd.plist
donotdisturbd – do dot disturb daemon
donotdisturbd manages the system do not disturb mode and configuration
- reason: Notification Center stops working

###########

Launch Agents
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.inputanalyticsd.plist
inputanalyticsd – User Input Diagnostics and Usage
inputanalyticsd is a daemon that collects diagnostics and usage data on user input locally for users that have opted in.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.geoanalyticsd.plist
GeoAnalytics framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.accessibility.MotionTrackingAgent.plist
MotionTrackingAgent – Motion Tracking Launch Agent

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.accessibility.axassetsd.plist
AXAssetLoader.framework com.apple.accessibility.axassetsd

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.AMPArtworkAgent.plist
AMPArtworkAgent – The artwork agent for Music.app, TV.app, and iOS/iPod device syncing

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.AMPLibraryAgent.plist
 AMPLibraryAgent – The media library agent for Music.app and TV.app.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.assistant_cdmd.plist
assistant_cdmd, CDM/NLX Daemon – daemon handles Natural Langauge Understanding tasks for Siri and other internal Apple teams.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ap.adprivacyd.plist
adprivacyd – advertising privacy services daemon

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ap.promotedcontentd.plist
com.apple.ap.adservicesd.statusconditionservice
com.apple.ap.promotedcontent.metrics

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.assistant_service.plist
com.apple.siri.execution_service

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.assistantd.plist
assistantd – Siri Daemon

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.avconferenced.plist
/usr/libexec/avconferenced com.apple.videoconference.camera

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.BiomeAgent.plist
BiomeAgent – Biome operation graph execution launch agent

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.biomesyncd.plist
biomesyncd – data synchronization daemon

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.calaccessd.plist
CalendarDaemon.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
CallHistory.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.chronod.plist
ChronoCore.framework
com.apple.chrono.widgetcenterconnection

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.cloudd.plist
cloudd is the system daemon backing the CloudKit feature

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.cloudpaird.plist
cloudpaird – cloudpaird daemon

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.cloudphotod.plist
cloudphotod is the iCloud Photos agent.  It is responsible for all iCloud Photos activity.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CloudSettingsSyncAgent.plist
Cloud Settings Sync Agent

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CommCenter-osx.plist
CoreTelephony.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.CoreLocationAgent.plist
CoreLocationAgent – manages location authorization prompts

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.corespeechd.plist
CoreSpeech.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.dataaccess.dataaccessd.plist
dataaccessd is the calendar sync process. It is used by the system to sync calendar data with calendar servers.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.duetexpertd.plist
 duetexpertd powers personalized system experiences.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.familycircled.plist
FamilyCircle.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.familycontrols.useragent.plist
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.FamilyControlsAgent.plist
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.familycontrols.plist
FamilyControlsAgent handles and persists family controls authorization requests for Screen Time API

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.familynotificationd.plist
FamilyNotification.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.financed.plist
financed – Apple Pay & Wallet daemon

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.followupd.plis
CoreFollowUp.framework
Notification = "com.apple.mobile.keybagd.lock_status"

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed.plist
GameCenterFoundation.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.generativeexperiencesd.plist
generativeexperiencesd – A daemon that powers generative experience.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.geodMachServiceBridge.plist
GeoServices.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.helpd.plist
helpd – Help Daemon
helpd is a macOS agent that manages software documentation.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.homed.plist
 homed is a daemon that manages home state and controls HomeKit accessories.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.icloud.fmfd.plist
fmfd is the daemon for Find My Friends

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.iCloudNotificationAgent.plist
iCloudNotification.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.iCloudUserNotifications.plist
AOSAccounts.framework iCloudUserNotificationsd.app

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.icloud.searchpartyuseragent.plist
searchpartyuseragent – icloud searchparty user agent

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.imagent.plist
IMCore.framework iChat / iMessage

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.imautomatichistorydeletionagent.plist
IMDPersistence.framework IMAutomaticHistoryDeletionAgent.app

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.imtransferagent.plist
IMTransferServices.framework IMTransferAgent.app

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.intelligenceflowd.plist
intelligenceflowd – A daemon that manages sessions for intelligence services.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.intelligenceplatformd.plist
intelligenceplatformd – A daemon that analyzes content on the device to build and query a general purpose knowledge graph.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.intelligencecontextd.plist
intelligencecontextd – This is a daemon that retrieves contextual information from various sources.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.intelligenceplatformd.plist
 intelligenceplatformd – A daemon that analyzes content on the device to build and query a general purpose knowledge graph.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.itunescloudd.plist
music-subscription-status-service playactivity

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.knowledge-agent.plist
siri suggestions

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.knowledgeconstructiond.plist
knowledgeconstructiond – A daemon that analyzes content on the device to build a general purpose knowledge graph.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.mediaanalysisd.plist
MediaAnalysis.framework
com.apple.mediaanalysisd.photos

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.naturallanguaged.plist
naturallanguaged – System post editing daemon

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ManagedClientAgent.enrollagent.plist
The ManagedClientAgent -- Device enrollment and ManagedClient process notification daemon process handles
 device enrollment and other ManagedClient related process notifications. 

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon.plist
mapspushd - Maps application services daemon

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.mediastream.mstreamd.plist
 mstreamd is the photo stream agent.  It is responsible for My Photo Stream and Shared Albums for Photos.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.navd.plist
 navd – Time to Leave Daemon
navd uses your location, calendar event's location and traffic conditions to generate hypotheses about when you need to leave.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.newsd.plist
NewsDaemon.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.parsec-fbf.plist
 parsec-fbf is responsible for periodic flush and upload of Siri Search analytics data.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.parsecd.plist
parsecd – Support daemon for Siri Search

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.passd.plist
passd – Apple Pay & Wallet daemon

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.photoanalysisd.plist
photoanalysisd is the photo library analysis agent.  It handles background processing of photo librariesfor Memories, People and scene or object based search.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.photolibraryd.plist
photolibraryd – The macOS photo library agent.
photolibraryd is the photo library agent.  It handles all photo library requests.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.progressd.plist
progressd is the ClassKit sync agent. It handles syncing classes, class members, student handouts and progress data between student and teacher managed Apple Accounts.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.protectedcloudstorage.protectedcloudkeysyncing.plist
ProtectedCloudKeySyncing manages backup and syncing of encrypted PCS keys to CloudKit.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.quicklook.ui.helper.plist
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.quicklook.plist
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.quicklook.ThumbnailsAgent.plist
QuickLook

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.rapportd-user.plist
rapportd – Daemon that enables Phone Call Handoff and other communication features between Apple devices.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.remindd.plist
com.apple.alarm com.apple.locationd-events

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.replicatord.plist
replicatord – remote widget sync daemon
launchctl bootout gui/501/com.apple.replicatord
launchctl disable gui/501/com.apple.replicatord

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.routined.plist
routined – A daemon that learns the historical location patterns of a user.
routined is a per-user daemon that learns historical location patterns of a user and predicts future visits to locations.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.screensharing.agent.plist
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.screensharing.menuextra.plist
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.screensharing.MessagesAgent.plist
ScreensharingAgent – communicates with screensharingd to provide access to a user session.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.ScreenTimeAgent.plist
 ScreenTimeAgent supports the Screen Time feature.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy3.plist
 CloudKeychainProxy part of iCloud keychain syncing

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.sharingd.plist
sharingd – Sharing Daemon that enables AirDrop, Handoff, Instant Hotspot, Shared Computers, and Remote Disc in the Finder.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.sidecar-hid-relay.plist
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.sidecar-relay.plist
SidecarDisplayAgent – Sidecar Virtual Display Service
SidecarDisplayAgent provides virtual display service.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.Siri.agent.plist
Siri com.apple.siri.activation com.apple.siri.invoke

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.macos.studentd.plist
studentd – Classroom's student control agent.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.siriknowledged.plist
com.apple.siri.conversation_context_module com.apple.siriknowledged.vocabulary.admin

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.siriinferenced.plist
SiriInference.framework com.apple.sirisuggestions

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.sirittsd.plist
SiriTTSService.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.SiriTTSTrainingAgent.plist
SiriTTSTraining.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.siriactionsd.plist
The siriactionsd daemon coordinates running and syncing of shortcuts created in the Shortcuts application, among other Shortcuts-related auxiliary tasks.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.suggestd.plist
 suggestd – daemon that processes user content in order to detect contacts, events, named entities, etc.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.tipsd.plist
com.apple.language.changed com.apple.mobile.keybagd.first_unlock

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd.plist
callservicesd is the system daemon responsible for maintaining call state.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.TMHelperAgent.plist
TimeMachine

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.triald.plist

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.universalaccessd.plist
universalaccessd provides universal access services.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.UsageTrackingAgent.plist
  UsageTrackingAgent monitors and reports limits set by Screen Time.

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.videosubscriptionsd.plist
com.apple.VideoSubscriberAccount.AnalyticsService

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.voicebankingd.plist
TextToSpeechVoiceBankingSupport.framework

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.watchlistd.plist
watchlistd – Support daemon for Apple TV app

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.weatherd.plist
WeatherDaemon.framework

###########

Launch Daemons
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.analyticsd.plist
analyticsd – Diagnostics and Usage
analyticsd is a system daemon that collects diagnostics and usage data locally for users that have opted in.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.audioanalyticsd.plist
audioanalyticsd – Audio Diagnostics and Usage Reporting
audioanalyticsd is a launch agent that aggregates and analyzes audio usage data for users that have opted in for reporting.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ecosystemanalyticsd.plist
ecosystemanalyticsd – Analyzes which frameworks and APIs are used by 3rd party applications
ecosystemanalyticsd analyzes 3rd party applications to determine API usage.  The reports are used by Apple to improve its products.  

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd.plist
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-helper.plist
 backupd – Time Machine backup daemon

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.biomed.plist
biomed – Biome operation graph execution daemon
biomed accepts downstream subscriptions for real time event processing.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.biometrickitd.plist
biometrickitd provides support for biometric operations.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.cloudd.plist
cloudd is the system daemon backing the CloudKit feature

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.coreduetd.plist
com.apple.coreduetd.knowledge com.apple.coreduetd.people com.apple.proactive.SuggestionRequest

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dhcp6d.plist
 dhcp6d is a stateless DHCPv6 server used by the InternetSharing(8) service.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.familycontrols.plist
FamilyControlsAgent handles and persists family controls authorization requests for Screen Time API

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.findmymacmessenger.plist
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.findmymac.plist
FindMyMac.framework

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.findmy.findmybeaconingd.plist
 FindMyBeaconDaemon – Daemon to manage local Mac FindMy beaconing.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ftp-proxy.plist
 ftp-proxy – Internet File Transfer Protocol proxy server

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.GameController.gamecontrollerd.plist
 gamecontrollerd arbitrates access to hardware game controllers amongst apps using the GameController framework.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.icloud.searchpartyd.plist
 findmydeviced is the daemon for Find My Mac.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locationd.plist
locationd obtains geographic location and manages the authorization for apps, daemons and widgets that request location updates.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.ManagedClient.cloudconfigurationd.plist
cloudconfigurationd assists in helping install client Device Enrollment profiles.
  
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.modelmanagerd.plist
modelmanagerd is a daemon that manages ML models and requests for execution of those models.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.modelcatalogd.plist
modelcatalogd provides a catalog of models, adapters, and tokenizers for use by the system

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.netbiosd.plist
netbiosd is responsible for interacting with NetBIOS networks.  netbiosd registers and defends one or more NetBIOS name, depending on the set of configured services. It also browses and scavenges names from the NetBIOS network, making them available to the system through mDNSResponder.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.rapportd.plist
rapportd – Daemon that enables Phone Call Handoff and other communication features between Apple devices.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.screensharing.plist
ScreensharingAgent – communicates with screensharingd to provide access to a user session.

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.triald.system.plist
/usr/libexec/triald_system

/System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.wifianalyticsd.plist
com.apple.wifianalyticsd

Amazing thank you so much for this list :D
I will have to, very carefully, give this a try. The text descriptions are incredibly useful.

Amazing thank you so much for this list :D I will have to, very carefully, give this a try. The text descriptions are incredibly useful.

Please report back how it goes.

Can I enable SIP after I have run this script? Or do I need to keep SIP disabled forever?

I have run the script with my mod. I think it works? I guess so..

If we just want to disable one at a time, I assume we can use these commands after disabling SIP:

launchctl bootout gui/501/${agent}
launchctl disable gui/501/${agent}

Is a reboot required afterwards? If yes, would doing "launchctl kill gui/501/[agent]" not require a reboot?

Also, if we want to re-enable a service, would these be the commands?

launchctl bootstrap gui/501/${agent}
launchctl enable gui/501/${agent}

Finally, is it possible to disable only certain parts of SIP and still have this work instead of disabling it completely?

Yes, you can use launchctl bootout gui/501/com.apple.___ & launchctl disable gui/501/com.apple.___ to disable individual agents.
Reboot is not required, but it’s recommended to see if the disable command worked.
To re-enable, use launchctl enable gui/501/com.apple.___ then launchctl kickstart gui/501/com.apple.___
launchctl enable & reboot is recommended.
The recommended way to disable SIP is the official way:
Apple Developer Documentation - Disabling and Enabling System Integrity Protection https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/disabling-and-enabling-system-integrity-protection

I thought the "bootstrap" command was the opposite of "bootout"? Is it not required? The "kickstart" command did not work after running enable: "Could not find service "com.apple.imagent" in domain for user gui: 501". But a reboot made Messages work again.

I guess I can also just enable SIP again to reset everything if I make a mistake or want to comment out some things I want to keep.

[What's the best way to actually run this script? I assumed I could just paste it into Apple's Script Editor and run it but it's saying "Expected expression but found "="." I thought maybe it's because I used # to comment out some lines but even without that it does the same thing, picks out the = from the "TODISABLE+=".]

Edit: I managed to do it by copy/pasting the raw file into a plain text EditText file and saved it as debloat.sh, then ran it in terminal:
sh path_to_debloat.sh

I was looking for which agent/daemon allowed iMessage/Messages to work and almost missed it then saw "iChat" in the explanations doc. Should we maybe change that to "Messages"? Looks like it used to be called "iChat" but that changed somewhere around MacOS 10.8.

You may want to add com.apple.mobileassetd to the system daemon list. I thought that stopped my rampant downloading through nsurlsessiond... but it didn't. I'm Flyview from Macforums:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/nsurlsessiond-downloading-nonstop-in-the-background.2449157/

Also added com.apple.helpd to user launch agents list which I noticed was randomly downloading stuff too.
https://superuser.com/questions/335267/how-do-i-configure-helpd-on-osx-so-that-it-doesnt-periodically-call-home-to-app

The best way to re-enable an agent is to run launchctl enable and reboot.
Not all agents run under gui, some run under user. That doesn’t matter when using launchctl disable/enable because the values are written in the same plist - /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/disabled.501.plist
But when running launchctl kickstart or bootstrap, the gui/user value has to be the one expected by macOS.

To delete all the changes made:

• delete the disabled plist files from /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ and reboot
  or
• re-enable SIP from Recovery (csrutil enable)

is there any way to persist the system daemons as DISABLED, while SIP is re-enabled? on the corporate mac, when sip is enabled cisco vpn won't let me connect via microsoft sso anymore (also ms teams)

Hey @b0gdanw I believe there may be a couple of errors.

'com.apple.siriinferenced' appears under the system section in the script but I believe it should be under user because it's found in the LaunchAgents and not the LaunchDaemons folder.

'com.apple.modelcatalogd' appears under the user section in the script but I believe it should be under system because it's found in the LaunchDaemons and not the LaunchAgents folder.

Thank you @teqtic!

Thanks for continuing to improve this! A few other things:

'com.apple.intelligenceplatformd' appears twice in the user section.
'com.apple.backupd' should come after 'com.apple.audioanalyticsd' and 'com.apple.audioanalyticsd' should come after 'com.apple.analyticsd' alphabetically in the system section.

Also I would recommend removing 'com.apple.dhcp6d' as that can break internet functionality. For me, I noticed I couldn't get internet until I rebooted (even though it was connected) after disconnecting from a VPN.

'com.apple.biometrickitd' breaks the fingerprint reader, but obviously a lot of these break stuff thought these are kind of important.

Any idea what would break the stocks widget? Weather widget still works and the Stocks app itself still works but the widget is gray without data.

Another important update:

Disabling 'com.apple.modelmanagerd' makes 'coreaudiod' and 'launchd' use a lot of CPU non stop. Checking the launchd log in Console shows it constantly complaining that it can't find the process.

Also, enable and reboot works, but launchctl kickstart does not as it needs to be added back to the "domain". I think we need the opposite command of "bootout". I think that might be "bootstrap" but I don't know how to use it properly.

EDIT: I was able to figure out how to re-enable a service manually:

For launch agents (user):
launchctl enable gui/501/${agent}
launchctl bootstrap gui/501 /System/Library/LaunchAgents/${agent}.plist
launchctl kickstart gui/501/${agent}

For launch daemons (system):
launchctl enable system/${agent}
launchctl bootstrap system /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/${agent}.plist
launchctl kickstart system/${agent}

EDIT2: enable has to come before bootstrap.

I don’t see elevated usage from coreaudiod or launchd.
The command to re-enable modelmanagerd is:
sudo launchctl enable system/com.apple.modelmanagerd
and reboot.
You should switch from bash to zsh - Shells open with https://support.apple.com/guide/terminal/change-general-settings-trmlstrtup/2.14/mac/15.0

I just tried it again and as soon as I disabled modelmanagerd coreaudiod CPU usage shot up and as soon as I enabled and bootstrap'ed it it went away. Are you still running on a virtual machine?

Hmmm it's already set to "default login shell". Could this be due to restoring data for my current install from an Intel MacBook? I still haven't done a fresh install on the M1 Max.

coreaudiod settles down after a minute or so.
I am still testing in a virtual machine, on Apple Silicone mainly.
I’ve added com.apple.accessibility.axassetsd and com.apple.corespeechd to the script. No Siri processes should be running after disabling them.
You should consider making a fresh install.

I disabled com.apple.accessibility.axassetsd and com.apple.corespeechd and all good so far. Which Siri processes were you referring to? Do you mean I should try enabling mobileassetsd again to see if it's still downloading stuff?

SiriAUSP & com.apple.SiriTTSService.TrialProxy

Its quite weird that we need to disable SIP even for user services. I tried running the user part of the script and without disabling SIP, it was only able to disable com.apple.biomesyncd