# Disable auto gateway start on MacOS?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-auto-gateway-start-on-macos/77319>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 2, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-auto-gateway-start-on-macos/77319 "2023-08-02T21:31:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![pdixon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pdixon/32/6899_2.png) [@pdixon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pdixon)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-auto-gateway-start-on-macos/77319/1 "2023-08-02T21:31:59Z")

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How do I not autostart the Ignition gateway on MacOS?

I saw the Java service was a big impact on memory and CPU. I traced the processes and found it was Ignition running the Java service:

 ![ig_autostart_services_2023-08-02 at 4.13.08 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/5/c5cd14dd0319d53b066c39a6c181fa9c7f20ab3b.jpeg)

I do not always use the Ignition gateway on this machine. I can always run "ignition stop' from a terminal, but I prefer not to autostart. It would be better for the gateway not to run until I run 'ignition start'. I looked around and tried en edit on the plist, but the gateway still starts and Java runs.  
 ![ig_autostart_plist_2023-08-02 at 4.12.59 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/0/e0b96647033ae5f87059675fa411197f2ae4c5bb.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-auto-gateway-start-on-macos/77319/2 "2023-08-02T21:40:13Z")

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Set this false?

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**Author:** ![pdixon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pdixon/32/6899_2.png) [@pdixon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pdixon)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-auto-gateway-start-on-macos/77319/3 "2023-08-02T22:05:15Z")

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Nope, still loads and runs Java:

![ig_autostart_runatload_2023-08-02 at 4.57.40 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/e/a/ea9abdb72782160e143328a86525ae027a237f6d.jpeg)

After restart with the plist file edit:

 ![ig_autostart_servicesafterrunatloadfalse__2023-08-02 at 5.00.25 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/3/33571dc5b1cb5c563ed9f814798572d78a2d8d37.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/disable-auto-gateway-start-on-macos/77319/4 "2023-08-02T22:07:49Z")

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This isn't really the answer to your actual question, but since I'm always using gateways for random development tasks, and have many different versions, I _never_ use the installers. I use the zip distribution for Linux or Mac, just unzip it to `ignition-x.y.z`, then manually start or stop that gateway instance when needed.