
Stopping certain deamon in current session is not restricted though: Latest Mac OS versions include the System Integrity Protection (SIP) feature, that is controlled by csrutil util.īy default it restricts unloading system agents, so most launchctl unload commands in old (pre-Maverics) privacy guides will just fail with the following error: Operation not permitted while System Integrity Protection is engaged To get info about certain service: launchctl list Utility to operate them is called launchctl. To get the list of agents you can run: ls /System/Library/LaunchAgents/ This gist with shell script for just disabling everything is related, though I'd recommend to be very careful with it: Few things to know: This document covers only recent network activity, for the detailed Mac OS security guide refer This is a tiny investigation of suspisious Mac OS Sierra connections reported by Little Snitch (commonly abbreviated as LS in current context), each section consists of quotes from the discussions in corresponding links.
