macOS decommission prep — tears down Tailscale + openclaw before Erase All Content and Settings

mac-decom-prep.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# mac-decom-prep — tears down Tailscale + openclaw so a Mac can be
# factory-reset cleanly. Assumes iCloud is NOT signed in (otherwise
# sign out first to avoid Activation Lock).
#
# ONE-SHOT USAGE (copy/paste into a zsh terminal):
#   curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/rmtbb/4dcaf60b8735b3cb16665bfd9bc8b7b7/raw/mac-decom-prep.sh | sudo bash
#
# Short URL for this gist: https://tinyurl.com/macwipe-openclaw
#
# OR download and run locally:
#   chmod +x ~/Desktop/mac-decom-prep.sh
#   sudo ~/Desktop/mac-decom-prep.sh
#
# After this finishes: System Settings → General → Transfer or Reset
#   → Erase All Content and Settings
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
set -u
log() { printf '[%s] %s\n' "$(date '+%H:%M:%S')" "$*"; }

if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
  echo "Re-run with sudo: sudo $0"
  exit 1
fi

# Tailscale: log out so the node drops off the tailnet
if command -v tailscale >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  log "Logging out of Tailscale..."
  tailscale logout || log "  (already disconnected)"
else
  log "Tailscale CLI not found — skipping."
fi

# Unload tailscaled (standalone install)
for plist in /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.tailscale.tailscaled.plist; do
  [[ -f "$plist" ]] || continue
  log "Unloading $plist"
  launchctl unload "$plist" 2>/dev/null || true
done

# Quit the Mac App Store Tailscale app if present
osascript -e 'quit app "Tailscale"' 2>/dev/null || true

# openclaw: unload any launchd jobs and kill stragglers
log "Stopping openclaw services..."
for plist in /Library/LaunchDaemons/*openclaw* \
             /Library/LaunchAgents/*openclaw*  \
             /Users/*/Library/LaunchAgents/*openclaw*; do
  [[ -f "$plist" ]] || continue
  log "  unloading $plist"
  launchctl unload "$plist" 2>/dev/null || true
done
pkill -f openclaw 2>/dev/null && log "  killed running openclaw processes" || true

log "Prep complete."
cat <<'MSG'

Next step — erase the machine:
  System Settings → General → Transfer or Reset
    → Erase All Content and Settings

Or from Terminal:
  open "/System/Library/CoreServices/Applications/Erase Assistant.app"
MSG