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badafam Author

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What is MacOS system folder "Jet" and file ".jetkey"?

I discovered a folder and file here...

System : iOSSupport : System : Library : Jet : *.jetkey.

I've searched online for them, and I've tried to delete the .jetkey file with no success. It doesn't appear to be anything malicious after a scan. So I'm curious what it is and what it does. It was created almost a year ago with no modifications after that date.

There's a Jetkey company which deals with smart locks, but I've never used one. The time of folder/file creation was around 3:30am, which doesn't make sense either.

Any idea? Thanks for your assistance.

MacBook

Posted on Dec 13, 2020 9:47 AM

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Barney-15E

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Posted on Dec 13, 2020 10:45 AM

It's part of the OS. Much of the iOS support files are also part of macOS as the two slowly merge.

It could have been installed as part of Xcode, but I think it is just built-in support, maybe for the M1 Macs.

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