Cleanup Script: macOS 15 removes “periodic”, but it is no longer needed

Apple has a terminal-based schedule manager called periodic macOS 15 aka Sequoia has been removed from the system inventory. The command previously made it possible to execute daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance and cleanup scripts (“housekeeping”), including rollover of system log files. Also maintenance apps like popular onyx Used it.

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Other services take over

However, Apple had periodic The task of taking charge has long ago been handed over to other programs. This is how the service takes care of things logd About clearing logs. at the time of taking charge periodic-Work, but the changes were themselves – logd Its cleanup tasks are now based on the total amount of memory, not on the age of the log files, like Mac and i author Howard Oakley. write in your blog,

periodic It was discontinued by Apple long ago. Already in macOS 14 aka Sonoma, Sequoia’s predecessor, it is said that the system no longer uses routines. However, there are also users who have used the command for their tasks. Now you have to survive this, and there are several options – one better, the other worse.

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LaunchD is and will remain the best solution

If you want to stay updated, this is the best launchd Get the desired routine as LaunchAgent or LaunchDaemon to carry outAlternatively, you can also choose the traditional cron Grab, which still exists but has been disabled under the standard macOS configuration.

Apple often shut down command line commands and other system areas years ago that are no longer used (or should not be used). It often happens that developers are caught by surprise by such a change because Apple no longer specifically announces it. Periodic also recently cleared the temporary files of the fax service, which hardly any users are now allowed to use. There is another discussion on the periodic topic on StackExchange Other replacement options are also mentioned to become. One Instructions for using Terminal under macOS 15 Apple has now published it in German.

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