Loadables provides an exhaustive overview of the processes, plugins, and libraries that load into your system—whether at boot, login, or on demand. It is the ultimate utility for understanding and managing the background services that power your macOS experience.
Core Functionality
- System Inventory: Comprehensive list of background processes, plugins, and libraries, including detailed info like executables, owners, and modification dates.
- Smart Filtering: Automatically distinguishes between default OS services and third-party additions. Items that are not grayed out were added by external applications or subsequent system updates.
- Service Control: Direct management of most service types with three primary
actions:
- Stop Process: Immediately terminates the service process if it's currently active.
- Disable: Prevents the service from running without removing it from the system.
- Remove Service: Permanently uninstalls the service (safely moved to the Trash for easy recovery).
Monitored Components
Loadables tracks a wide array of system components and additions:
Primary Services:
- Login Items
- System Starter
launchdconfigurations- Active Mach Services
System Additions:
- Kernel & Internet Plug-ins
- Contextual Menu Items
- Spotlight Plug-ins
- Privileged Helper Tools
- Additional Extensions: Address Book Plug-ins, Authorization Plug-ins, System Configuration Bundles, Input Managers, Aqua Services, and Login Hooks.
Important Cautions
- Permissions: The ability to stop or remove services depends on your user authorization level.
- Risk Level: Exercise extreme caution when modifying core macOS services as they may be critical to system stability.
- Compatibility: Entries displayed in bold are not managed
by
launchdfor the current user and cannot be disabled through this tool.
