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Disabling OSX Yosemite annoyances / features I have no use of
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# Tested on OSX Yosemite 10.10.4 | |
# there is also an updated version (work in progress) for El Capitan here https://gist.github.com/guycalledseven/31ffe35eca056838b06b | |
# XXX TODO | |
# should I disable com.google.Keystone.Agent ?? | |
# http://applehelpwriter.com/2014/07/13/how-to-remove-googles-secret-update-software-from-your-mac/ | |
# Stop DS_Store file creation on network connections | |
# restart Finder afterwards | |
defaults write com.apple.desktopservices DSDontWriteNetworkStores true | |
killall Finder | |
# Disable / Enable Dashboard | |
# Settings / Mission control / Dashboard (selector) - Off | |
# or | |
# completely disable: | |
defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean YES; killall Dock | |
# enable again: | |
#defaults write com.apple.dashboard mcx-disabled -boolean NO; killall Dock | |
# remove adobe auto update helper (i only have acrobat installed, so running this on adobe cc instalation could damage it) | |
# not tested | |
cd /Library/LaunchDaemons | |
launchctl remove `basename com.adobe.ARM* .plist` | |
sudo rm com.adobe.ARM* | |
cd /Library/LaunchAgents | |
launchctl remove `basename com.adobe.ARM* .plist` | |
sudo rm com.adobe.ARM* | |
# disable sending of crash reports to Apple (SubmitDiagInfo) | |
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.SubmitDiagInfo.plist | |
# disable photolibraryd | |
# com.apple.photomoments.xpc tries to access the internet without any reason and authorisation | |
# photos.app stops working after this | |
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.photolibraryd | |
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.cloudphotosd | |
# after restart they show up here | |
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.photolibraryd.plist | |
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.cloudphotosd.plist | |
# disable Apple Push Notification Service (apsd) | |
# FaceTime could complain | |
sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.apsd.plist | |
# disable gamed | |
# make sure to log out from game center | |
sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.gamed Disabled -bool true |
I only have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed and I have:
com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist
com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist
I guess AAM is part of other Adobe Tools that need Adobe Updater.
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It seems now Adobe Updater is AAM instead of ARM:
user@MacBook-Pro:/Library/LaunchAgents$ ll |grep adobe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 612B Apr 25 00:30 com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist