Last active
August 6, 2023 17:23
-
-
Save jivanpal/30af7741721e597575e10f5ef8560062 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Stop Adobe Creative Cloud daemons (background processes) in their tracks
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
#!/bin/bash | |
if [ "$1" = "-s" ] || [ "$1" = "--show" ]; then | |
show=true | |
else | |
show=false | |
fi | |
if $show || [ "$1" = "-v" ] || [ "$1" = "--verbose" ]; then | |
verbose=true | |
else | |
verbose=false | |
fi | |
kill_list="" | |
for i in $(pgrep -i adobe); do | |
if $verbose; then | |
echo -n "PID $i -- " | |
ps -p "$i" -o command $($show || echo -c) | awk 'ORS=""; NR==2' | |
fi | |
ps -p "$i" -o command | awk 'NR==2' | grep -E '^/Applications/Adobe XD/Adobe XD\.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe XD$' > /dev/null | |
if [ $? -eq 1 ] ; then | |
$verbose && echo " -- KILL" | |
kill_list="$kill_list $i" | |
else | |
$verbose && echo " -- KEEP ALIVE" | |
fi | |
done | |
if [ -z "$kill_list" ] ; then | |
$verbose && echo "Nothing to kill" | |
else | |
if $verbose; then | |
echo "KILL_LIST = $kill_list" | |
set -x | |
fi | |
$show || sudo kill -TERM $kill_list | |
fi |
I did simply rename "CCXProcess.app" to "CCXProcess-.app", and it works.
No adobecrdaemon is keeping running now.
I am using iMac.
@HarithSami The script just kills currently running processes, it doesn't make any permanent changes to the system configuration, so there is nothing to undo. If you restart Creative Cloud or just open one of the Creative Cloud apps, the daemons should be started again.
Here's a really great kill-apps
helper from sunknudsen/privacy-guides that can be added to .zshrc
:
# Kill apps that match string
function kill-apps() {
IFS=$'\n'
red=$(tput setaf 1)
normal=$(tput sgr0)
if [ -z "$1" ] || [ "$1" = "--help" ]; then
printf "%s\n" "Usage: kill-apps string"
return 0
fi
printf "%s\n" "Finding apps that match “$1”…"
sleep 1
processes=($(pgrep -afil "$1"))
if [ ${#processes[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
printf "%s\n" "No apps found"
return 0
else
printf "%s\n" "${processes[@]}"
printf "$red%s$normal" "Kill found apps (y or n)? "
read -r answer
if [ "$answer" = "y" ]; then
printf "%s\n" "Killing found apps…"
sleep 1
for process in "${processes[@]}"; do
echo $process | awk '{print $1}' | xargs sudo kill 2>&1 | grep -v "No such process"
done
printf "%s\n" "Done"
return 0
fi
fi
}
paste above script into ~/.zshrc
and then run source ~/.zshrc
. Then you can just use commands like kill-apps adobe
to kill all adobe related stuff.
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
How can I undo the script?