Perpetual "Background Items Added"

So far so good, this worked for me (13.4.1). Had to login as root to remove the entries in the 'Macintosh HD' folders.

This worked for me. Thanks muibui for pursuing Apple support until you got to the answer.

Can you tell what you did you resolve the constant notifications issues. I'm having the same problem. Thank You.

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I have had multiple conversations with so-called Apple experts; no one has figured out how to deal with the problem. I shared my screen with two different reps, but neither could help me with the problem. I reinstalled the software, but the problem came back.

Since the latest update I got the notification only once, the first time I booted up. Since then nada.

Give this a try: boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and test to see if the problem persists. Reboot normally and test again.

NOTE 1: Safe Mode boot can take up to 3 - 5 minutes as it's doing the following; 

• Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed

• Loads only required kernel extensions (prevents 3rd party kernel/extensions from loading)

• Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically

• Disables user-installed fonts 

• Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files

NOTE 2: if you have a wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries connect it with its charging cable before booting into Safe Mode. This makes it act as a wired keyboard as will insure a successful boot into Safe Mode.

etresoft,

Thx for the quick reply.

etresoft wrote:

If you leave it enabled, then you shouldn't get any further notifications of that fact. It sounds like you were only getting the notifications because you had disabled it. Then, when you ran VMWare fusion, it reloaded the software, which triggered the notifications.

To be clear, I receive the notifications regardless of whether VMWare is enabled or disabled. I understand now why I receive them if I disable VMWare.

However even when enabled, I receive the notification and VMWare will show up on the list of apps as I previously showed. Once I shut down VMWare, VMWare disappears from the "Allow in the Background" list (again, I have not disabled it). Once I use VMWare again, I receive the notification and VMWare will show up on the list of apps in "Allow in the Background" list.

are you saying that you have enabled VMWare and you are still getting notifications that VMWare has been installed every time you run VMWare, and you have stopped disabling VMWare?

Yes.

We should get those notification onlly when we update or upgrade the system. Give this a try: boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and test to see if the problem persists. Reboot normally and test again.

NOTE 1: Safe Mode boot can take up to 3 - 5 minutes as it's doing the following; 

• Verifies your startup disk and attempts to repair directory issues, if needed

• Loads only required kernel extensions (prevents 3rd party kernel/extensions from loading)

• Prevents Startup Items and Login Items from opening automatically

• Disables user-installed fonts 

• Deletes font caches, kernel cache, and other system cache files

NOTE 2: if you have a wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries connect it with its charging cable before booting into Safe Mode. This makes it act as a wired keyboard as will insure a successful boot into Safe Mode.

I'm not sure who started this thread; actually, I thought that I had, but I am happy to give credit to r bryan. The only issue for me was the appearance of notifications that Background Items had been added by various apps. I did follow one of the recommendations and eliminated some of the apps from Launch Agents and Launch Daemons, and most of the notifications went away. I also don't seem to have created any problems by the deletions, but maybe they will show up later.

At any rate, I agree with r bryan that the problem is not significant enough to generate all this irrelevant prattle, having nothing to do with the original post. If I can figure out how to unsubscribe, I will follow r bryan's example.

Webxsite wrote:

Im guessing they thought this was a handy security feature to tell you what apps are running in the background?

It is a feature designed to nudge people more towards an iOS style of use.

Did you click on the (i) (Info) button next to the login item in System Preferences -> General -> Login Items? That should bring up the file in the Finder, wherever it happens to be on your system.

Note: the ~ in the pathname I gave means your home directory; ~/Library is NOT the same thing as /Library.

I just restarted my Mac for the first time after deleting those files. No G2MUpdate notifications, and the two login items are gone from the list in System Preferences. Hopefully those particular notifications are gone for good. They had been a royal pain ever since I updated to Ventura a couple of months ago. I had uninstalled GoToMeeting over a year ago when my university required us to switch to Microsoft Teams instead. I don't think your G2MUpdate notifications will stop until you find those files and delete them (assuming you have uninstalled the app - LogMeIn's instructions say you only have to drag the app file to the Trash, but obviously that is not enough).

To those folks who suggested deleting EVERYTHING in ~/Library/Launch{Agents,Daemons}... PLEASE don't do that. As others have posted, this is guaranteed to break the apps that depend on those files. Deleting certain files in those folders is a last-ditch measure to get rid of notifications from UNINSTALLED apps.

slps01 wrote:

I'll wait for the next software update.

I'll quote myself...

People then wait eagerly, applying every single software update, waiting for a fix that is never, ever going to arrive.

I Have same with Google update (chrome).....