terminal icons now in dock

JohnnnyFlr wrote:

Why is there now a terminal icons on my alias stacks in the dock after upgrading to Ventura 13.0?

Alias stacks...?

Maybe you can say more...?

Screenshot...?

Is there a Terminal session running...

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JohnnnyFlr wrote:

This is what I see on alias stacks in the dock, where before these stacks had "Pages" and "Numbers" icons associated with them. There is not terminal session running. Never had this before I upgraded the OS to Ventura 13.0,...

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/8fc11368-ce61-4c35-9eff-7a175ee5cb63

What happens if you remove the aliases... are you saying they repopulate.?

 —SafeBoot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies

Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS

Building on previous Excellent advise

Any Third Party Applications that will interfere with the normal operation of the OS,  is an invitation for disaster and comprising the Operating System

Certain Applications maybe available on the Apple Apps Store - this only means the Developer is prepared to pay Apple a portion on each sale. What the Application may do to the computer is up to the User to check this out before purchase

Any of the below should be removed as per Developers Instructions

This will include CleanMyMac , This will include BitDefender , 

This will included Norton Antivirus , Sophos Av Software

Intego AntiVirus, McAfee, MacKeeper, Avast AntiVirus

Ad Guard, Webroot , ESET , Kaspersky Antivirus. Anti virus

AVG AntiVirus   PowerMyMac 

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Read some of the posting and arrive at your own conclusions.

The The Built in Security  is all that is required.