Ed Flanagan ed-flanagan

Notes on Apple’s Under-Documented LaunchD

Start triggers fire regardless of other conditions

For example, StartOnMount=true will cause the job to start when anything is mounted even if other conditions, e.g. QueueDirectories, say the job should not run

Rhythm of repeating jobs

The StartInterval timer begins ticking at the moment the plist is loaded. If something like QueueDirectories is preventing the job from

OBSOLETE

This entire guide is based on an old version of Homebrew/Node and no longer applies. It was only ever intended to fix a specific error message which has since been fixed. I've kept it here for historical purposes, but it should no longer be used. Homebrew maintainers have fixed things and the options mentioned don't exist and won't work.

I still believe it is better to manually install npm separately since having a generic package manager maintain another package manager is a bad idea, but the instructions below don't explain how to do that.

Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users

Installing node through Homebrew can cause problems with npm for globally installed packages. To fix it quickly, use the solution below. An explanation is also included at the end of this document.

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	Wordlist ver 0.732 - EXPECT INCOMPATIBLE CHANGES;
	acrobat africa alaska albert albino album
	alcohol alex alpha amadeus amanda amazon
	america analog animal antenna antonio apollo
	april aroma artist aspirin athlete atlas
	banana bandit banjo bikini bingo bonus
	camera canada carbon casino catalog cinema
	citizen cobra comet compact complex context
	credit critic crystal culture david delta
	dialog diploma doctor domino dragon drama

	# How to uninstall Razer Synapse 2 ( https://www.razerzone.com/synapse-2 )
	# on OS X (10.11-10.13) (El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra)
	# without using Razer's official uninstall tool.

	# Tested on OS X 10.11.5 in July 2016.
	# Edited with additional steps for later OS X versions,
	# contributed by commenters on this gist.

	# Step 1: In your terminal: stop and remove launch agents
	launchctl remove com.razer.rzupdater