Startup & Background Items

Everything that launches itself — list, enable, disable.

5 tools — 2 read-only, 3 that always ask your approval first.

Read-only tools never modify anything; anything that changes your Mac pauses on an Approve card first.

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list_startup_items Read-only

List the apps and background agents that launch at login, and how many are third-party or suspicious.

disable_startup_item Asks first

Disable a login/startup item by name so it no longer launches at boot. Provide the item's label or filename.

enable_startup_item Asks first

Re-enable a previously disabled login/startup item so it launches at boot again (the undo of disable_startup_item). Provide the item's label or filename.

list_launch_services Read-only

List the background launchd services currently loaded, with a count of non-Apple ones. Complements list_startup_items (which covers login items).

disable_service Asks first

Shut a remote-access door on this Mac. service = 'remote_login' (SSH), 'screen_sharing', 'remote_management' (ard), or 'file_sharing' (SMB). Needs admin.