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Startup Points on MacOS

There are several locations that can be registered by applications for automatically launching when the system boot up:

  • Application related:
    • System Preferences -> Users & Groups -> Login Items
    • /Library/StartUpItems
    • /Library/LaunchDaemons
    • /Library/LaunchAgents
    • /Users/username/Library/LaunchAgents
  • System related:
    • /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
    • /System/Library/LaunchAgents
    • /System/Library/StartupItems
  • Some applications may register themselves as system related services, especially those working stealthy.