I don't use the Stocks application on my Mac but every time I check to see what apps are open, Stocks is there, running, using resources. I force quit and ten minutes later, it's open again. Why?
Mac Studio (2023)
The Stocks widget is probably configured.
Click on the date and time in the menu bar (top right) to see the active widgets. If you see the Stocks widget, right-click on it and remove it.
The Stocks widget is probably configured.
Click on the date and time in the menu bar (top right) to see the active widgets. If you see the Stocks widget, right-click on it and remove it.
Lita Kaufman wrote:
I don't use the Stocks application on my Mac but every time I check to see what apps are open, Stocks is there, running, using resources. I force quit and ten minutes later, it's open again. Why?
hmmm.
verify it is not in the list of apps that launch at log in...
>System Settings>General> Login items & extensions
if no resolve—
A SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies
Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.
Nope, that was the first thing I checked, and I do monitor what's in start up. Turns out, per the comment below from 6x6, that it was a widget running. Nothing as creepy or sinister as I'd feared. Thanks for the input, much appreciated.
Yeah, that's it. Thank you. I'm glad it's something that simple. It felt kind of sinister.
why does stocks application keep launching?
