Check ~/Library/LaunchAgents, (where ~/ is Unix shorthand for your home folder)
I assume you mean the folder in the Users folder, which is an icon of a house.
The Library is an invisible file so I used Command/Shift/Period to view and the LaunchAgent folder contains only one file - com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist
Don't worry about anything in /Library as those are common to both you and your wife.
I figured, if I was poking around anyway, I’d take a quick look there too. The LaunchAgent folder has a bunch of plists but I do note that one has a very strange name - com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a23d420d.plist
……Check System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items.
This list has five items with the cautionary yellow triangle and all are described as Kind Unknown. None has an icon other than the ‘blank sheet’. They are:
AdobeResourceSynchronizer
Canon IJ Network Scanner
TrackballWorksHelper
Microsoft AU Daemon
DiskWarriorStarter
Note: There is a second “DiskWarriorStarter†item with a proper icon and it is described as “Applicationâ€
Another thought is corrupted user cache files.
I own Cocktail so I used it to clear my User Cache files. Cocktail came back with a dialogue box that said “Unable to clear all caches. Some caches have not been properly cleared. See Activity Log for details.†The log said:
2020-08-14 18:51:07.796 Cocktail[1340:37631] Cocktail 12.5.0 (Mojave Edition) launched.
2020-08-14 18:51:08.341 Cocktail[1340:37631] myname authenticated.
2020-08-14 18:51:53.617 Cocktail[1340:37631] Launch Services database has been rebuilt.
2020-09-05 05:23:04.377 Cocktail[7553:211709] Cocktail 12.5.0 (Mojave Edition) launched.
2020-09-05 05:23:04.924 Cocktail[7553:211709] myname authenticated.
2020-09-05 05:23:55.085 Cocktail[7553:211709] Launch Services database has been rebuilt.
2020-09-09 15:51:09.168 Cocktail[1195:37738] Cocktail 12.5.0 (Mojave Edition) launched.
2020-09-09 15:51:09.692 Cocktail[1195:37738] myname authenticated.
2020-09-09 15:51:19.524 Cocktail[1195:37738] Could not get path to main bundle.
2020-09-09 15:56:27.960 Cocktail[1195:37738] Inactive memory has been purged.
2020-09-10 06:32:17.314 Cocktail[3961:161187] Cocktail 12.5.0 (Mojave Edition) launched.
2020-09-10 06:32:17.718 Cocktail[3961:161187] myname authenticated.
2020-09-10 06:33:23.638 Cocktail[3961:161187] User caches have been cleared. (User)
2020-09-10 06:33:23.939 Cocktail[3961:161187] ColorSync caches have been cleared. (User)
2020-09-10 06:33:24.241 Cocktail[3961:161187] Dictation & Speech caches have been cleared. (User)
2020-09-10 06:33:24.543 Cocktail[3961:161187] Dock caches have been cleared. (User)
2020-09-10 06:33:25.460 Cocktail[3961:161187] Help caches have been cleared. (User)
2020-09-10 06:33:26.047 Cocktail[3961:161187] Unable to clear QuickLook caches. (User)
2020-09-10 06:33:26.349 Cocktail[3961:161187] QuickTime caches have been cleared. (User)
2020-09-10 06:33:26.704 Cocktail[3961:161187] Unable to clear Spotlight caches. (User). Operation not permitted while System Integrity Protection is engaged. For more information about System Integrity Protection, go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Integrity_Protection.2020-09-10 06:33:27.151 Cocktail[3961:161187] VoiceOver caches have been cleared. (User)
Additional Information:Again, since I was poking around anyway, I looked at Corrupted Preferences in Cocktail. It came up with:
/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Copy
/Library/Preferences/com.epson.EPSON
/Library/Preferences/com.epson.EPSON
/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Easy
/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Epson
/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Epson
/Library/Preferences/com.epson.Epson
/Users/myname/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist
Last edited by ryck; 09/10/20 10:58 AM.
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