Is it possible to prevent MacOS application auto-run at login even if it can't be found in the System Preferences under: Users & Groups → Login Items
?
Disable autostart using Microsoft OneDrive Updater as an example
1. Check applications that you have:
ls -l /Library/LaunchAgents/*.plist
output:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 523 Feb 17 14:30 /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.plist
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 377 Feb 17 14:30 /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.update.agent.plist
2. Open OneDrive Updater:
sudo nano /Library/LaunchAgents/com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater.plist
output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.microsoft.OneDriveStandaloneUpdater</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Applications/OneDrive.app/Contents/StandaloneUpdater.app/Contents/MacOS/OneDriveStandaloneUpdater</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array/>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>86400</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
3. Change RunAtLoad
to false
:
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<false/>
4. Save changes
5. ...
6. Profit
*Checked at Catalina and Big Sur versions