Uninstalling Adobe stuff...faster.

quit-adobe.sh

#!/bin/bash
shopt -s nullglob

LOCALUSER=Chris # Change this for you, obviously

DISABLED_FILES_DIR=/Users/$LOCALUSER/.quit-adobe

# Kill unnecessary macOS system services that run Intel binaries on Apple-silicon systems
sudo killall -q -9 VisualizerService_x86
sudo killall -q -9 CarbonComponentScannerXPC

# Are any Adobe user-facing apps running? Assuming they begin with "Adobe ", e.g. "Adobe Audition 2022"
ps ax -c -o 'command=' | grep -F '^Adobe ' | grep -F -v 'Adobe Desktop Service' | grep -F -v 'Adobe Installer' > /dev/null
if [ $? -eq 1 ] ; then
    

    # No Adobe user-facing apps running
    
    if [ -e "/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Sync/CoreSync/Core Sync.app/Contents/PlugIns/ACCFinderSync.appex" ] ; then
        mkdir -p $DISABLED_FILES_DIR
        sudo mv -f "/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Sync/CoreSync/Core Sync.app/Contents/PlugIns/ACCFinderSync.appex" $DISABLED_FILES_DIR/ACCFinderSync.DISABLED-appex
        sudo killall -q -9 ACCFinderSync
    fi


    for B in $(launchctl list | grep -F -v '^-' | grep -F -i adobe | awk '{ print $3 }') ; do
        echo "launchctl stopping: $B"
        sudo launchctl stop "$B"

        echo "launchctl booting out: $B"
        sudo launchctl bootout gui/"$(id -u)"/"$B"
    done

    for i in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.* ; do
        echo "launchctl unloading: $i"
        sudo launchctl unload "$i"
        mkdir -p $DISABLED_FILES_DIR/Library/LaunchDaemons
        sudo mv -f /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.* $DISABLED_FILES_DIR/Library/LaunchDaemons/ 2>&1
    done

    for i in /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.* ; do
        echo "launchctl unloading: $i"
        launchctl unload "$i"
        mkdir -p $DISABLED_FILES_DIR/Library/LaunchAgents
        sudo mv -f /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.* $DISABLED_FILES_DIR/Library/LaunchAgents/ 2>&1
    done
    
    BADPROCS="AdobeIPCBroker AdobeCRDaemon 'Adobe Desktop Service' 'Adobe Installer' Adobe_CCXProcess.node com.adobe.acc.installer.v2 AdobeExtensionsService 'Creative Cloud Helper' crashpad_handler"

    for PNAME in $(sudo killall -qdv -9 "$BADPROCS" | grep -F 'cmd:' | awk '{ print $2}' | sed 's/^cmd://g' | sed 's/,$//g') ; do
        echo "killing: $PNAME"
        sudo killall -q -9 "$PNAME"
    done
else
    echo "Adobe apps still running:"
    ps ax -c -o 'command=' | grep -F '^Adobe ' | grep -F -v 'Adobe Desktop Service' | grep -F -v 'Adobe Installer'
fi

# How to move Adobe crap back if you need it:
# sudo mv $DISABLED_FILES_DIR/Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.* /Library/LaunchAgents/
# sudo mv $DISABLED_FILES_DIR/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.adobe.* /Library/LaunchDaemons/
# sudo mv $DISABLED_FILES_DIR/ACCFinderSync.DISABLED-appex "/Applications/Utilities/Adobe Sync/CoreSync/Core Sync.app/Contents/PlugIns/ACCFinderSync.appex"

# Check for Adobe processes
# ps ax -c -o 'command=' | fgrep -i adobe