Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

AppleNooble

macrumors regular
Original poster
May 14, 2021
120
23
Does anyone know what this means:
Unrecognized target specifier, did you mean
system/com.apple.iomfb_fdr_loader
system/com.apple.logkextloadsd
system/com.apple.mDNSResponderHelper.reloaded
system/com.apple.mDNSResponder.reloaded
gui/502/com.apple.securityuploadd
gui/502/com.apple.storedownloadd

Usage: launchctl bootstrap <domain-target> [service-path, service-path2, ...]
<service-target> takes a form of <domain-target>/<service-id>.
Please refer to `man launchctl` for explanation of the <domain-target> specifiers.
?
I'm trying to launch a daemon and I get this error after typing:
sudo launchctl bootstrap load <mydaemon>.plist
Have been banging my head for two days now, starting to hurt.
 
It’s
Code:
sudo launchctl kickstart system/com.apple.mDNSResponder
or
Code:
sudo launchctl bootstrap system/com.apple.mDNSResponder
or
Code:
sudo launchctl load -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.mDNSResponder.plist
 
Well, I typed the ~/Library/LauchDaemons/<mydaemon>. That was stupid! Note: Lauch vs Launch.

I was getting an error and it was telling me to "Try running 'launchctl bootstrap' as root for richer errors. Which is why I was getting the output that I was getting. Still don't understand it to be honest. Apart from copy pasting commands into terminal, I'm not that good at creating lengthy strings of commands that make sense.
 
Last edited:
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.