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chloem56448998
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July 19, 2019
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Do I need Adobe launch agents and daemons

  • July 19, 2019
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Hi all,

I'm trying to clean up my mac and wondering if I need the following Adobe launch agents and daemons, to if see they can and / or should be removed if not required and whether there is any benefit in doing so.

I have the following:

Launch Agents:

    [Not Loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist

    [Other] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist

    [Running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist

    [Running] com.adobe.GC.AGM.plist

    [Not Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist

Launch Daemons:

    [Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist

    [Loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (

    [Running] com.adobe.acc.installer.v2.plist

    [Loaded] com.adobe.agsservice.plist

    [Loaded] com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist

User Launch Agents:

    [Loaded] com.adobe.GC.Invoker-1.0.plist

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers....Stuart

Correct answer Test Screen Name

If you remove any of these part of Creative Cloud may stop working, including possibly licensing, updating, and problem solving. I suggest you NOT try to tidy up installed apps, it often ends in tears. We do not have details of what all the hundreds of bits do.

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Tapper
Tapper
Participating Frequently
September 1, 2023

Hi. I compiled a Google Doc list of all Adobe Launch Agents and Daemons along with the file contents to show what they do. The only Adobe apps I have installed on my Mac Mini M1 are Acrobat Pro Continuous Release 23.003.20284 and Bridge 2023. Here is a link to the color formatted list for easier reading. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fKUYPZuROK0J2ps3O1BM4h3EbxMwPgn7XJSPpODE5I8/edit?usp=sharing 

 

I really dislike having all these processes running and would like to make an informed decision on what I can disable. 

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    Mervyn5E95
    Participant
    February 22, 2021

    what happens if you've already deleted those launch agents and daemons by accident? is there any way to get them back? re-installing the app doesn't work for me.

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    Test Screen NameCorrect answer
    Legend
    July 19, 2019

    If you remove any of these part of Creative Cloud may stop working, including possibly licensing, updating, and problem solving. I suggest you NOT try to tidy up installed apps, it often ends in tears. We do not have details of what all the hundreds of bits do.

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    Gilles Le Pors
    Participant
    March 19, 2020

    Dear Test_Screen_Name,

     

    When, out of nowhere and without any explanation, some of those bits (com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper) tries to access an external drive and an alert pops up, what is one to do?

     

    Yours Sincerely,

     

    Gilles

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      Rick Stare
      Participant
      May 12, 2020

      I suggest you accept it. Catalina warns about all sorts of normal things. The fact is, your computer is packed with Adobe software which could do anything. Why would you suddenly mistrust a tiny bit of it and stop it from doing its (unknown) work?


      "Why would you suddenly mistrust a tiny bit of it and stop it from doing its (unknown) work?"

       

      Why?? Because the name "com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper" just doesn't sound legit. And because we are constantly warned not to mindlessly allow unknown agents to access or change things on our computer. This popped up on my iMac Catalina today, and I am totally suspicious of it. I got burned allowing an update of Flash a while back; it installed malware. So color me suspicious, and not 100% trusting that Apple has everything under control. 

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