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• Apple Technical Note TN2083 [Daemons and Agents](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#technotes/tn2005 /tn2083.html)
• Daemons and Services Programming Guide
  Launching a daemon:
  

Launching an agent:

Ways to Manipulate Login items:

• Service Management Framework(after 10.6.6)
• Shared File List
• Apple Event or CFPerference API

###Bugs/Workaround

• sudo -u user launchctl load/unload job not work on 10.5, different context
• Must add Login session type on 10.6, e.g. launchctl load -S Aqua job
• Global Login Item is deprecated, adding or deleting need root privilege.