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I just updated to macOS Catalina and right away I had 3 pop ups. They told me to move to the trash or cancel them. I tried but I can't get rid of them. They are called maftask, spchlpr. Can you help?
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15
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I just updated to macOS Catalina and right away I had 3 pop ups. They told me to move to the trash or cancel them. I tried but I can't get rid of them. They are called maftask, spchlpr. Can you help?
MacBook Air 13", macOS 10.15
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