= Avid: disable startup items Show Avid LaunchAgents: ls -1 /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid* /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid.ApplicationManager.plist /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid.backgroundservicesmanager.plist /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid.dmfsupportsvc.plist /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid.interplay.dmfservice.plist /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid.interplay.editortranscode.plist /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid.transcodeserviceworker.plist Show if they are configured for autostart: (Below, it shows that they have all been disabled already) sudo echo; for agent in /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid*; do printf "%-45s : " $(basename $agent); sudo defaults read $agent RunAtLoad; done com.avid.ApplicationManager.plist : 0 com.avid.backgroundservicesmanager.plist : 0 com.avid.dmfsupportsvc.plist : 0 com.avid.interplay.dmfservice.plist : 0 com.avid.interplay.editortranscode.plist : 0 com.avid.transcodeserviceworker.plist : 0 Disable one of them: sudo defaults write /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid.ApplicationManager.plist RunAtLoad -boolean false Disable them all: sudo echo; for agent in /Library/LaunchAgents/com.avid*; do sudo defaults write $agent RunAtLoad -boolean false; done Next time, check if this would also work cd /Library/LaunchAgents/ sudo launchctl unload -w com.avid.ApplicationManager.plist sudo launchctl unload -w com.avid.ApplicationManagerHelper.plist