Software

System Information and System Tools: OS X

Introduction

Here are some system information and system tools for Mac OS (OS X).

Process information

Introduction

A few commands for troubleshooting: running processes, etc.

kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/{printf "%s %s\n", $6, $7}'

com.blackmagic-design.iokit.IntensityDriver (3.7.3)

sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix)|edu\.mit|org\.(amavis|apache|cups|isc|ntp|postfix|x)/{print $3}'

com.google.keystone.daemon

com.emotum.NovusHelper

com.blackmagic-design.IntensityStartup

com.barebones.textwrangler

com.barebones.authd

com.adobe.fpsaud

launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|edu\.mit|org\.(x|openbsd)/{print $3}'

org.gpgtools.macgpg2.gpg-agent

com.google.keystone.system.agent

com.divx.update.agent

com.divx.dms.agent

com.valvesoftware.steamclean

com.divx.agent.postinstall

com.adobe.ARM.[...]

ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/Bu,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null

/Library/Components:

/Library/Extensions:

/Library/Frameworks:

iTunesLibrary.framework

/Library/Input Methods:

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:

AdobePDFViewer.plugin

/Library/LaunchAgents:

com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist

/Library/LaunchAgents_Disabled:

com.hp.devicemonitor.plist

com.hp.messagecenter.launcher.plist

/Library/LaunchDaemons:

com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

com.apple.aelwriter.plist

com.apple.qmaster.qmasterd.plist

com.barebones.authd.plist

com.barebones.textwrangler.plist

com.blackmagic-design.IntensityStartup.plist

com.emotum.NovusHelper.plist (NovusHelper used by Elisa and Saunalahti, maybe mobile modem software)

com.google.keystone.daemon.plist

com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (I removed Java plugin by moving it to Trash, but this isn't the plugin of course)

/Library/PreferencePanes:

Apple Qmaster.prefPane

Flash Player.prefPane

Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane

Growl.prefPane

IntensityPrefsPanel.prefPane

JavaControlPanel.prefPane (no longer shown in System Preferences, because I removed Java plugin by moving it to Trash)

/Library/Services:

GPGServices.service

Library/Address Book Plug-Ins: (not the same as /Library)

AdiumAddressBookAction_AIM.scpt

SkypeABDialer.bundle (I have removed Skype since Microsoft acquired it)

Library/Internet Plug-Ins: (not the same as /Library)

Picasa.plugin

Library/LaunchAgents: (not the same as /Library)

com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist

com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-tomihasa@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist (I have not created Apple's MobileMe account)

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get name of every login item' 2> /dev/null

iTunesHelper, CursorZoomHelper, Meteorologist, AdobeResourceSynchronizer, Sony Ericsson Bridge Helper

Last modified: July 10th, 2013

Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)

URL: http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/system-info-macos