Author:
erics, November 18th, 2018
I installed an old version of Adobe software on my new Mac and as usual, it installed some daemons that are undesirable. Here is how I got rid of them via the Terminal. Note: Adobe installs daemons in the user context, so do this as your regular user login, not as root. shell> launchctl list […]
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: Adobe, apple, daemon, Disable, howto, Kill, launchctl, MacOS, macosx, Shell, Stop, Terminal, tips, Unload
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Author:
erics, September 14th, 2012
To deactivate the dynamic pager: sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist followed by a reboot. You can turn it on again with sudo launchctl load -wF /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: apple, Dynamic, Dynamic Pager, howto, launchctl, MacOS, macosx, Memory, Paging, tips
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Author:
erics, July 25th, 2012
DON’T DO THIS UNLESS YOU ARE EXPERT LEVEL SYSADMIN!! YMMV… As root: launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist rm /private/var/vm/swapfile* BONUS LINKS: How to move your swapfile: http://superuser.com/questions/28414/moving-the-swapfiles-to-a-dedicated-partition-in-snow-leopard Apple Memory Docs: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Performance/Conceptual/ManagingMemory/Articles/AboutMemory.html
Categories: How-To's, Technology Tags: apple, Disable, Dynamic, Dynamic Pager, howto, launchctl, macosx, Pager, Swap, Swap File, swapfile, tips, Unload
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