Launch CFM

kcmac

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Some have reported that quitting this app will increase the speed of OSX.

What would be the negative ramifications of doing this?
 
everything would look fine for about a week to a month, then one day your computer won't start, then you'll have to insert the OS X install CD to fix it, and since you downloaded 5G64 GM version 2.4.3.GM from alt.hackintosh, you'll be downgraded back to 10.0.4 and have to find the 10.1 download again

:D

-solrac-
 
Who knows exactly what Launch CFM does? I'm kinda looking for the nitty-gritty technical details here too...

Usually if Apple has something installed, and more importantly on, there's a reason for it. VM for 9 was a great example...

Please satiate my geek brain's need for knowledge!
:D
 
Well, CFM is Code Fragment Manager, which is (I believe) the way shared libraries work on newer OS's pre-X (8 and 9 I think). See About the Code Fragment Manager

Then there's the fact that LaunchCFM is located in /System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/Current/Support; the important part being Carbon.

Finally, a 'strings LaunchCFM' says (among other things):

Usage: LaunchCFMApp <CFM file>

So it probably is some kind of glue to run Carbon apps compiled for X and pre-X versions (as opposed to Carbon apps compiled only for X, which are Mach-O).

Of course, this is all speculation, so this could be completely wrong...
 
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