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How to start/stop/restart launchd services from the command line?

launchctl(8) is your friend. Just keep in mind that some of the services (sshd for example) are disabled in the configuration file so you will need to use the -w switch when loading them. Here is a sshd example: $ sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ssh.plist You can stop the service using the unload subcommand. $ … Read more

hat’s a clean way to stop mongod on Mac OS X?

It’s probably because launchctl is managing your mongod instance. If you want to start and shutdown mongod instance, unload that first: Then start mongod manually: You can find your mongod.conf location from ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.mongodb.mongod.plist. After that, db.shutdownServer() would work just fine. Added Feb 22 2014: If you have mongodb installed via homebrew, homebrew actually has a handy brew services command. To … Read more