Managing “Login Items” for macOS Ventura
<p>macOS 13 Ventura includes new functionality in the new <strong>System Settings</strong> app to control services like LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons — Apple is (confusingly) calling this <strong>Login Items </strong>(found in <strong>Settings->General</strong>). By default, Apple has chosen to display notifications to the user when these items are installed.</p>
<p>I won’t post a screen shot here until macOS 13 is released, but you can find examples of the controls, and the notifications, in this article:<br />
<a href="https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/apples-macos-ventura-7-new-security-changes-to-be-aware-of/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sentinelone.com/blog/apples-macos-ventura-7-new-security-changes-to-be-aware-of/</a></p>
<p>The concern for folks who manage macOS at scale is that users are able to simply flip a toggle to disable their management tools. Or security tools. Making it <em>that easy</em> to turn off essential tools is obviously undesirable. Fortunately, in later betas of macOS 13,</p>
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