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Turbo Boost Switcher Launch Daemon.md

Turbo Boost Switcher Launch Daemon

Download Turbo Boost Switcher

NB: Check a launchd tutorial for details.


Create launch daemon file

sudo vi /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.turbo-boost-switcher.plist

Insert

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
  <dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.turbo-boost-switcher</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
      <string>/Applications/Turbo Boost Switcher.app/Contents/MacOS/Turbo Boost Switcher</string>
    </array>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
  </dict>
</plist>

When launch

sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.turbo-boost-switcher.plist
sudo launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/com.turbo-boost-switcher.plist

Set in Turbo Boost Switcher GUI checkbox Disable at launch.

After reboot check in Activity monitor that process Turbo Boost Switcher is running.

Check in Intel Power Gadget that Turbo Boost disabled.

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