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Script Testing Causing Issues With Mac


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Hello everyone, I did some testing with a few scripts the other week. I have a couple post here explaining what I needed. I noticed that my computer is now restarting every day at the same time. I have deleted several scripts that I tested. I have no idea whats causing this. Does anyone know how I can troubleshoot this?. Also, my previous post are still open for input.

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  • April 25, 2018

I'm not sure exactly what you have done but one of the scripts had a reboot plist in it, do you have anything like that under /Library/LaunchDaemons/ ?


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  • April 25, 2018

Also if you did any tests in your script using the 'pmset' command or 'systemsetup' command, pay close attention to your energy saver settings. You can set a shutdown/reboot schedule with those commands. Look specifically at the Schedule... button in the GUI on your energy saver settings.


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  • April 25, 2018

Would this be it?


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  • April 25, 2018

Yup... you are issuing a reboot command with that launchd job


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  • April 25, 2018

how do I stop this?


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  • April 25, 2018

I would need the exact path and name of the file you found but it should go something like this

“launchctl unload /<your file location>/org.your.rebootdelay.plist”

The file name was taken from the plist file you attached. If it is in LaunchDaemons you may need to run with sudo


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  • April 25, 2018

Is it also suitable to delete the file?


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Once you’ve unloaded, yes


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Try without .plist


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You can delete the file and reboot, but shouldn't be necessary...I saw the label in your plist above but could I see the actual file in a Finder window...maybe it's named something differently than org.your.rebootdelay.plist


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