Originally Posted by ryck
I assume you mean the folder in the Users folder, which is an icon of a house.
Yes.

Originally Posted by ryck
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
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

For more information on ARMDCHelper look here.

Originally Posted by ryck
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

the yeallow triangle means the appllication listed either cannot be found where it was when it was added to the Login Items list or possibly that the app will not launch. See if you can find any of these apps, they are usually located in /Applications or ~/Applications and may be in sub folders therein. If the apps are there and not launching it probably means the apps are not compatible with the version of MacOS you are running and need to be updated. All appear to be apps supporting specific devices or applications but since the have the yellow triangle they are not being launched. You can remove them from your login items list without breaking anything.


Originally Posted by ryck
Note: There is a second “DiskWarriorStarter” item with a proper icon and it is described as “Application”

That one is working. Leave it alone.

Originally Posted by ryck
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:


2020-09-10 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)

Did that help?

Originally Posted by ryck
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

That check is a based on a command line function that checks the files to be sure they are "consistent and fully comply with Apple's guidelines for MacOS". The fact some don't comply doesn't necessarily mean they are corrupted or invalid, just that they don't comply with Apple's standard. Given the first seven are all from Epson, along with the fact Epson tends to march to their own drummer, leads me to believe that is probably the case. Com.apple.AddressBook.plist definitely should comply with the standard, however. The fix would be to deleteCom.apple.AddressBook.plist and allow Contacts to recreate it. You can then go into Contacts > Preferences and make any changes you wish.



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