Hands-On Software Engineering with Python

macOS, launchd, and launchctl

The Macintosh operating system (macOS) is, under the hood, a Unix variant, so in many respects, there will be fewer issues or differences than there are between Linux and Windows service installations. macOS provides approximate equivalents to systemd and systemctl: the launchd and launchctl programs, respectively. They provide the same sort of service startup and shutdown control capabilities, at a minimum, with a lot of additional options for handling service processes, based on all kinds of system events.

Disclaimer: While writing this book, no macOS machine was available to test with, so, while this section should be complete and usable as it stands, there may be issues that weren't identified before publication ...