Installing on macOS

Requirements

Extract the download

Double-click the downloaded .zip file to extract it.

Open Terminal in that folder

Open Terminal, then navigate to the extracted folder:

cd ~/Downloads/savemydb-agent-yourname-mac

Make the agent executable

chmod +x savemydb-agent

Remove the macOS quarantine flag

macOS blocks downloaded executables by default. Remove the flag with:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine savemydb-agent

If this command says “No such xattr,” that’s fine — it just means the flag wasn’t set, and you can continue.

Run the installer

chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

You’ll be prompted for your password, since installing as a background service requires administrator access.

Check the dashboard

Within about 30 seconds, your agent appears on the Agents page with an online status.

The installer registers the agent as a launchd service, so it starts automatically on boot and keeps running in the background.

# Check status
sudo launchctl list | grep savemydb

# Stop
sudo launchctl stop savemydb-agent

# Start
sudo launchctl start savemydb-agent

sudo launchctl unload /Library/LaunchDaemons/savemydb-agent.plist
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/savemydb

This stops backups from running, but doesn’t delete backups already stored — those remain in your chosen storage.