Mac Gems: Automatic Launch Object Detection lets you track background processes

Macworld writes, When you’re using your Mac, currently running applications appear in the Dock, but there are many processes running invisibly in the background. Some of these are processes you’ve initiated yourself—for example, by adding them to the Login Items list in System Preferences—but others are running because the OS or some installer set them up to run in the background, either continuously or on a schedule. Specifically, many of these processes are controlled by an OS X feature called launchd, which uses special configuration files to determine which processes should be run, and when. Many...

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