Some system software requires your attention but no software name

I have 2 apps that are showing in the Privacy and security settings "Some system software requires your attention before it can be used. There is no name. How can I remove them or find out which app is it?

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Jul 19, 2023 04:40 AM

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May 14, 2024 12:54 PM in response to xrodney

Any resolution to this? I'm experiencing a similar thing in the Privacy & Security menu, and as mentioned, right-clicking does not open any menus so "Show in Finder" isn't an option. Are these launch daemons, kexts, something else? Is there any way they can be identified? In my case, at least the Samsung Electronics one has a name and is almost certainly software related to my Samsung external SSD.


May 14, 2024 01:05 PM in response to BrokenAccidentalStars

You see that icon when an app has been given no icon of its own by the developer. In other words, it's a generic placeholder provided by the OS.


Whatever the Samsung app is, they never intended it to be anything other than a background process for whatever you installed, so they didn't bother creating an icon for it.


It's anyone's guess what the other one is. But you should be able to right-click on that entry and choose Show in Finder.

May 14, 2024 01:16 PM in response to Kurt Lang

@Kurt Lang I understand, and I agree that you should be able to, but it seems that functionality was never implemented in this particular submenu following Ventura's System Settings overhaul. Neither "Show in Finder" nor any other menu options appear when right-clicking on any of the listed items. I'm only here because I'd like to know if anyone has discovered a way of manually seeking them out.

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