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--- docs:mac:creating_startup_items [2007/03/30 17:15] – created billh
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 ====== Creating Startup Items (Mac OS X) ======
+:!: Mac Startup Items are deprecated in favor of [[launchd]]
 Mac OS X startup is nothing like other Unix systems. Most significantly, Mac OS X has nothing like the /etc/init.d directory. Instead, it finds its startup items in either /System/Library/StartupItems (for system startup items) or /Library/StartupItems (for locally-installed startup items).
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-===== launchd daemons =====
-Mac OS X provides two methods for launching daemons: startup items and launchd(8) daemons. Which one you use depends largely on the versions of Mac OS X that the daemon must support.
-  * Mac OS X v10.3 and earlier: You must use startup items. The launchd service is not supported prior to v10.4.
-  * Mac OS X v10.4 and earlier: You can either use startup items or launchd daemons. Using launchd daemons is preferred unless you also require backwards compatibility with versions of Mac OS X prior to v10.4.
-FIXME (document procedure)
 ===== External Links =====
   * http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/Articles/StartupItems.html