I have a one week old MacBook Pro Max and was in Settings/Privacy/Full disk Access and saw that "SSHD-keygen-wrapper" is asking for full disk access. That name sounds somewhat sinister.
I did not knowingly download and install that app.
What is it?
Where did it come from?
What does it do?
Should I delete it with my app zapper?
Please advise.
Thanks
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
Larold3 wrote:
What is it?
It is an Apple system file.
Where did it come from?
Cupertino, California
What does it do?
It helps the ssh program manage private keys in your keychain. This is primarily a tool for developers, but sometimes these old developer tools don't work properly with modern Apple security. So Apple has to add a little hack here and there to make them work. This is one of those hacks.
Should I delete it with my app zapper?
You won't be able to do that. It is part of the operating system and cannot be deleted. Furthermore, you should never, ever use any kind of "app zapper" or "clean up" software. Those things are vile! The only work on simple apps where you don't need them. If you try to "zap" something complicated, you'll be sorry!
Larold3 wrote:
What is it?
It is an Apple system file.
Where did it come from?
Cupertino, California
What does it do?
It helps the ssh program manage private keys in your keychain. This is primarily a tool for developers, but sometimes these old developer tools don't work properly with modern Apple security. So Apple has to add a little hack here and there to make them work. This is one of those hacks.
Should I delete it with my app zapper?
You won't be able to do that. It is part of the operating system and cannot be deleted. Furthermore, you should never, ever use any kind of "app zapper" or "clean up" software. Those things are vile! The only work on simple apps where you don't need them. If you try to "zap" something complicated, you'll be sorry!
The choice is up to you. If the application will no longer run, it is visually unappealing with the crossed circle, so I usually delete them. The applications can be just deleted from your Application folder.
However, the applications usually have supporting data files which are usually stored within one or more folders within the ~/Library tree. I generally just leave these alone unless they are large and I want to free up space.
Thank you. I was afraid sshd-keygen-wrapper was malware.
Now, with respect to getting rid of old software, I just migrated from an old Mac, with lots of old software, such as many superseded versions of Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. Even those that have uninstallers, but when I try to run them, I get the error message that it won't run unless updated by Adobe, who of course is not updating those old apps.
Is there a hygeneic way to get rid of them? Or should I just leave them on my SSD?
Larold3 wrote:
Is there a hygeneic way to get rid of them? Or should I just leave them on my SSD?
The best method when doing a significant upgrade with lots of old software is to only migrate your user account. Do not migrate applications or "other files". Otherwise, it's hard to say. If you don't experience any problems, then you should be fine. But if you do have problems in the future, it might be a good idea to erase everything and do that reset again.
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