In response to a Macworld article, TidBits' Chris Pepper elaborated on ways to run Software Update, Apple's means of delivering updates and patches, on your own schedule. Beginning with the fact that ...

Welcome back to Hack This. It’s been a few weeks. For that I am sorry. To be honest, I hit the end of my list. Which is good because, hey, now you can consume a bunch more Hack This entries, and bad ...

I'm trying to setup a daily rsync on my Mac. I'm getting this when I try to start my job to test it: "launchctl start error: No such process". Apr 27 17:54:33 martins-imac ...

Two years ago I wrote about a shell script that I used with cron to keep 'critical' applications running. Some of the commenters suggested that I "should" be using launchd. There are times when I ...

As we know from John's excellent review and from a related Slashdot discussion, launchd is Apple's init/cron/inetd process-launching supertool. Some information is known, for example the man page for ...

Founded by former AFL stars James Begley and Matthew Pavlich, Launchd was created to solve a long-standing industry headache: fragmented workflows and hard-to-measure outcomes in the $33 billion ...

Earlier today, Symantec issued an alert regarding a "new" Mac OS X trojan dubbed "OSX.Exploit.Launchd," and alleged Trojan horse that exploits the Apple Mac OS X LaunchD Local Format String ...

A new tech-first platform aims to flip the script on how brands manage talent deals, influencer marketing and high-profile sponsorships. Founded by former AFL stars James Begley and Matthew Pavlich, ...