LaunchControl

With LaunchControl you see all services and their respective status at a glance. Invalid services are highlighted and a problem description is provided. You can enable or disable services with a single click. The same goes for loading, unloading and ad-hoc starting. Long list of jobs may be filtered. You find what you are looking for in an instant. But LaunchControl is not just another .plist editor. It provides a dedicated interface for every single launchd(8) configuration key. The interface is adaptive. It displays only information that is relevant for the selected job. While the default editing mode in LaunchControl supports all documented features of launchd(8), you may sometimes need to use unofficial features. Switch to 'Expert Mode' and you're set. Both modes are fully synchronized. Changes in one editor will instantly show up in the other one. LaunchControl provides everything you need to create, edit, remove or debug launch services. It even includes a log viewer, so you don't have to fire up Console.app and build custom queries. launchd(8) currently supports some 36+ documented keys. LaunchControl makes it easy to discover them. Every key in the palette panel is annotated, so you don't have to consult the man page. Search them by category, name or description. Once found, drag an item from the palette section to the configuration section to add this key.

What is new in this release:

Stability improvements

What is new in version 1.37:

New features

• Added QuickFix for execute permission errors

Bug fixes

• Execute permission errors were not properly reported for daemons

What is new in version 1.27:

New features

• Added Help>Disable all warnings/tips (Thanks, TJ!)
• Warn about use of 'sudo' in shell scripts (agents only)

What is new in version 1.26.2:

New features

• Warning about UserName/GroupName in an agent now contains instructions on how to convert an agent into a daemon

Bug fix

• Import of cron jobs was broken

What is new in version 1.26.1:

Bug Fixes

• Keyboard shortcut ?6 to access Server Daemons did not work
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• Always show tooltip for "Enable/Disable Tooltips" button< 10.10

What is new in version 1.24.1:

New feature

• Added more helpful information about why system services cannot be changed on El Capitan with System Integrity Protection turned on.

Bug fix

• Changes selection handling when reloading job list

What is new in version 1.22.2:

• Visual glitches on OSX 10.11 El Capitan

What is new in version 1.19.2:

Bug fixes

• False error (AppleScript has to be interpreted by /usr/bin/osascript) when trying to run .applescript with correct shebang line (Thanks, John!)
• Improved error reporting when Program/ProgramArguments starts with a tilde (~)

What is new in version 1.19:

New features

• Optionally trash log files after changing/removing StandardErrorPath/StandardOutPath keys
• Find window now supports searching for jobs by content of StandardOutPath/StandardErrorPath keys
• Provide file names based on the job label when adding StandardOutPath/StandardErrorPath keys to a job
• Suppress warning about jobs without run condition when key LaunchEvents is present

Bug fixes

• Mark „Go to job definition“ button in Find window (Cmd-F) as default button

Changes

• Updated help file
• Made searches in Find window case insensitive

What is new in version 1.17:

New features

• Global Search (Cmd-F): Search by file name, Label and/or Program/ProgramArguments
• Added „Edit in LaunchControl“ to items in QuickLaunch menu
• Dropping a job definition from one of the standard locations on the LaunchControl icon will open it in LaunchControl

Bug fixes

• Repairing permissions of a symlinked job definition did not work (Thanks, Jake!)

Changes

• Dropped support for 32bit Intel architecture

What is new in version 1.16.2:

Bug fixes

• Compatibility issues on OSX 10.6, 10.7 and 10.8
• Mark key TimeOut as unsupported on OSX 10.10
• Mark subkey KeepAlive/NetworkState as unsupported on OSX 10.10

Limitations:

none