I got a notice about a file called open. When I went to the source it was located at usr/bin/open
Not sure what this is? is it safe? should I remove it? If so, how do I do this?
Any help would be appreciated.
Mac Studio, macOS 13.2
Kenneth Sinchak wrote:
I got a notice about a file called open. When I went to the source it was located at usr/bin/open
Not sure what this is? is it safe? should I remove it? If so, how do I do this?
Any help would be appreciated.
As already said, 'open' is part of every mac system.
The question has to be WHAT is it that is trying to use open at login? Only you can tell us...
FWIW, you can use open at Terminal to er... open something (a file, an application...). For example
open a.pdf
will open the file a.pdf (assuming it exists in the local directory) in Preview (or whatever application is your default to open pdf files).
Or
open -a Skim a.pdf
will open the same file using Skim (a free pdf application), and so on.
Bottom line, open is not the problem, what is to be open may (or may not).
Thanks for your help. I was worried I had a potential virus. Do you recommend installing any antivirus software or is the Apple software sufficient?
Do NOT install any third party antivirus.
Read this excellent post about keeping your mac secure:
Thanks for the link and thanks for all of your help. I am feeling a lot better! :)
On my 14-inch MacBook Pro, with M1 Max chip, the 13.2.1 Ventura update appears to have removed the 'run' item from my background items, just FYI.
usr/bin/open what is it? is it safe?
