How to remove completely a background app from login items?

I have these plus others I have no idea what they are from, how can I delete them completely? even with them turned off I get notices all day long. I have deleted the loginitems.plst, that did not help.


Mac Studio, macOS 13.1

Posted on Jan 10, 2023 5:52 AM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2023 6:42 AM

You installed something which runs things in the background. You presumably installed that software for a reason. Turning off the background task will stop it from performing the task for which you installed it. That software was always running a background task before Ventura, you were just unaware.


Ventura now shows you what is running in the background and notifies you when the software tries to run the background process. It should record your response and act accordingly, but it was written before Apple implemented this security feature, and the developer either didn’t update their software during Apple’s Beta testing, or they have abandoned the software, or they did update it and you haven’t updated your version.

Or, there is a glitch in Ventura that only happens for certain people.


The only way you may be able to determine the name of the offending app is to run EtreCheck to see what you have installed that is running a Launch Agent or Daemon.

You can then try uninstalling that software using the developer’s uninstaller or instructions. You can then try reinstalling if you need it, or not if you don’t.


Open and osascript are built-in functions, so those names have nothing to do with the software you are looking for. The software just runs those tools on the background to perform the functions you asked it to do for you.

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Jan 10, 2023 6:42 AM in response to ctphoto1

You installed something which runs things in the background. You presumably installed that software for a reason. Turning off the background task will stop it from performing the task for which you installed it. That software was always running a background task before Ventura, you were just unaware.


Ventura now shows you what is running in the background and notifies you when the software tries to run the background process. It should record your response and act accordingly, but it was written before Apple implemented this security feature, and the developer either didn’t update their software during Apple’s Beta testing, or they have abandoned the software, or they did update it and you haven’t updated your version.

Or, there is a glitch in Ventura that only happens for certain people.


The only way you may be able to determine the name of the offending app is to run EtreCheck to see what you have installed that is running a Launch Agent or Daemon.

You can then try uninstalling that software using the developer’s uninstaller or instructions. You can then try reinstalling if you need it, or not if you don’t.


Open and osascript are built-in functions, so those names have nothing to do with the software you are looking for. The software just runs those tools on the background to perform the functions you asked it to do for you.

Jan 10, 2023 6:30 AM in response to ctphoto1

ctphoto1 wrote:

I have these plus others I have no idea what they are from, how can I delete them completely? even with them turned off I get notices all day long. I have deleted the loginitems.plst, that did not help.


https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/f8954a47-3ecd-420b-80d1-606de3d062ae


There have been many reported issues in the Ventura version of login items...


you can file a bug report /submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple





The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.1


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