I have a weekly restart plist that was working fine on Mac OS 11 and prior OSs, but on 12.2 that I have, it does not seem to be able to execute.
Before (older OS) it was sitting on /Library/LaunchDaemons, but that folder seems to not exist anymore.
I created it and that did not help.
Anyone knows where LaunchDeamons is located on Mac OS12.2?
The macOS system volume is now locked into a read-only mode.
About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina - Apple Support
Any customizations made will only exist in the linked folder location on the read+write DATA volume. However, with macOS 10.15+ each version of each later macOS tends to tie these two volumes together in slightly different ways. Usually it means the ties become hidden including some items not being visible at all without finding some unique methods to see/access them. With Big Sur and Monterey, even the command line does not always show things properly. I tried to locate the writable location for the main "/Library" folder and could not see the Data volume in the Finder, but could see it from the command line. On the command line the writeable location appears to be "/System/Volumes/Data/Library".
FYI, I have never created a Launch Agent, but maybe this information will help you find a solution.
The macOS system volume is now locked into a read-only mode.
About the read-only system volume in macOS Catalina - Apple Support
Any customizations made will only exist in the linked folder location on the read+write DATA volume. However, with macOS 10.15+ each version of each later macOS tends to tie these two volumes together in slightly different ways. Usually it means the ties become hidden including some items not being visible at all without finding some unique methods to see/access them. With Big Sur and Monterey, even the command line does not always show things properly. I tried to locate the writable location for the main "/Library" folder and could not see the Data volume in the Finder, but could see it from the command line. On the command line the writeable location appears to be "/System/Volumes/Data/Library".
FYI, I have never created a Launch Agent, but maybe this information will help you find a solution.
For something that shuts the computer down, a Launch Daemon doesn't make much sense.
I haven't made a LaunchAgent on Monterey, but I doubt that anything changed. There are third-party launch agents that work.
Some things have changed in 6 or 7 years. The Program must be an absolute path. If no Program, the first element of the ProgramArguments must be an absolute path. There may be some other things that have changed which prevent them from working.
It is still in the same place it always was. I don't know why you aren't seeing it in /Library.
There is not one in ~/Library as it wouldn't make any sense based on how a daemon is launched.
You are correct, my mistake, I was not correct on my first statement.
That said, the plist was tested by loading it in the /Library/LaunchDaemons and then on /Library/LaunchAgents, but it fails to run.
It is a simple shutdown -r now command that has been working fine on the past 6 or 7 years, but now it doesn't seem to work anymore.
Did Apple block custom plist from running? Have you had success on Mac OS12?
that is part of a much complicated script that does quick setup for devices we use.
Some go into the LaunchDeamons some into LaunchAgents.
I hop someone can help, just need to have those players do a shutdown automatic without showing the 10min warning.
/Library/LaunchDaemons and plist on Mac OS 12.2, Where is it?
