After writing this post the logical next step is writing something about launchd.

launchd is a tool created by Apple some years ago (launched in 2005 with OS X 10.4 Tiger). It is open source and licensed under the Apache License.

launchd has two main goals:

1. Boot the system
2. Maintain services

If you think that it resembles systemd no, you are not crazy: In Rethinking PID 1 Lennart Poettering (a Red Hat engineer author of systemd) mentions launchd as a source of inspiration.

What to do after installing homebrew packages? Your macOS will not keep track of homebrew updates, so you must do it yourself. This little script will help.

Imagine a Nessus (or any other vulnerability scan tool) reports something like this: