launchctl
Display what services are loaded
launchctl list
Force a service to be launched
Fixes “nothing found to load”:
launchctl load -w -F [plist.file]
Add to init services, and start
Will always run:
launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist
Remove from init system
launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist
Start a service manually
launchctl start /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist
Stop a service
launchctl stop /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist
Apache
Unload and load a system service:
launchctl unload /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist
launchctl load /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.apache.httpd.plist
