Hi all.
I've installed Onyx, because people seem to love it.
I've got stuff in login items, specifically background items and extensions, that I want to remove. Basically they're entries from things I've installed and have since uninstalled, but the old junk is still there. As an example, there are a couple things from Karabener Elements like drivers and such, not the actual drivers I don't think, just the entries to allow them or not. Can I remove these with Onyx? I don't see an obvious way to do it. If not, anything that let's me do this easily?
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Launch agents and daemons
I'm not sure if Onyx can remove background items, but you may be able to manually delete them from the two "Launch Agents" folders (one in your user Library folder and the other in the Library folder at the root of your startup disk), as well as the "Launch Daemons" folder in the Library folder at the root of your startup disk. My understanding is that launch agents in your user Library folder cause processes to launch when you log in, whereas launch agents in the Library folder at the root of your startup disk cause processes to launch when any user logs in. Launch daemons cause processes to launch as part of the macOS boot sequence, before the user is logged in.
HTH
Thanks!
That got rid of osme of them, the ones in my user library. All ofthe Karabiner Elements stuff still exists, and it shows up in none of those three places. SO if anybody knows of a way to get rid of old entries, do let me know. It's annoying.
System Extensions?
Karabiner-Elements seems to deposit files in a variety of locations throughout the Library folders, but when looking through my own, I noticed a file related to it in a cryptically named folder in the "System Extensions" folder in the Library folder at the root of my startup disk. Other places containing Karabiner-Elements-related files include the "Application Support," and "Preferences" folders in my user Library folder.
When you're done deleting things, be sure to empty the Trash and restart the Mac to refresh any preference files or system databases that may have contained support information for the app. If the Trash won't empty because items are in-use, restart the Mac, and then try emptying the Trash again.
HTH