Notification saying 'open' is running in background

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Notification saying 'open' is running in background

I've opened my MacBook and there is a notification saying:

Background items Added

"open" is an item that can run in the background. You can manage this in Login Items Setting.

I've gone to Login Items Settings. In the list is an item called "open" Item from unidentified developer. I've clicked on the 'info' icon. It is a Unix Executable File. It lives here:

Macintosh HD > usr > bin

the 'bin' folder contains over 934 Unix Executable Files and Perl Scripts and documents.

I've gone to my Macintosh HD and can't see a folder called "usr".

What's going on? Is this dodgy?

Yesterday I was using MAMP app to set up a local server on my Mac, to do some web coding. Has this got something to do with that?

This is the contents of the 'usr' folder:

MacBook Pro 16″

Posted on Feb 14, 2023 1:19 AM

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Barney-15E

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Feb 14, 2023 1:47 AM in response to Sparky Marky

It’s not adding a login item. Login items is where Apple shows what background processes are being run by apps. The app has always run the background process. It is only now that Apple shows you that they are running.

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Barney-15E

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Feb 14, 2023 1:30 AM in response to Sparky Marky

The only dodgy part about it is the developer of the app you installed for some purpose didn’t explain the app would be running things in the background. ‘open’ is the command line utility used to open things.

What you installed I can’t answer.

It’s possible it has something to do with MAMP.

You don’t normally see the hidden parts of the OS in Finder. You can toggle showing the hidden things with cmd-shift-.

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Sparky Marky Author

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Feb 14, 2023 1:42 AM in response to Barney-15E

Thanks.

I've done some more research, it seems that it is something to do with Adobe Creative Cloud.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/zr8uvn/open_item_from_unidentified_developer_login_items/

https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/zp8tyf/what_are_open_and_kextload_in_my_background_apps/

https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/10mcswr/new_macos_132_update_open_from_unidentified/

It's still odd. I've been running Adobe CC for years and updated to MacOS Ventura 13.1 a few weeks ago, so why it would now add a new Login item I don't know.

I guess I'll leave it running

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Notification saying 'open' is running in background

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