editor’s note (August 4, 2023): New versions of MacOS and homebrew means the information in this article is no longer current. If you are on a version of MacOS Ventura or later, see this post for further information. If your version of MacOS is pre-Ventura…read on! I love Homebrew, but sometimes it really gets me down, you know? Especially when I have to deal with launchctl. launchctl loads and un
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