Hello,
I recently dowloaded a software and Guilian Xiao appeared in background running app and I cannot remove it.
I scanned my mac with Etrecheck report and couldn't find anything.
Can you help me to remove it?
Thank you!!
MacBook, macOS 13.5
What software did you install when you noticed this Guilan Xiao item?
There isn't much information online about either the name of the item or its developer. What few references I found to it seem to suggest it may have something to do with "sidify" which appears to be some type of music converter, but every reference to this item also seems to have just been discovered as you did. It is possible people have had it for years and never realized it until Apple provided the list of Background App permissions in macOS Ventura. Some download sites will tack on other unwanted bundles, so it is best to only download directly from the developer's official sites.
Since there doesn't seem to be any good information about this item, it does make it seem very suspicious so you should just be able to delete the file since the EtreCheck report gives you its exact location assuming it is something that was not intended to be part of any app you installed.
This is the only reference to an actual file I see in reference to it in the report:
[Not Loaded] com.mingjie.mjrecorder.agent.plist (Guilian Xiao - installed 2024-01-03)
Executable: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/MJRecorderDevice.driver/Contents/MacOS/MJRecorder-agent
After deleting it, I would reboot the computer and run EtreCheck again to make sure it is gone. I don't know if deleting the file will also delete the entry in the Background App System Settings.
FYI, I notice you don't have a Time Machine backup listed in the EtreCheck report, or any other signs of an automated backup. You really do need to have frequent and regular backups of the computer and all external media (including the cloud) which contains important & unique data. There are a lot of new ways to permanently lose access to your data on these newer Macs due to all the hardware, software, and security changes that have been implemented if you don't have good backups.
What software did you install when you noticed this Guilan Xiao item?
There isn't much information online about either the name of the item or its developer. What few references I found to it seem to suggest it may have something to do with "sidify" which appears to be some type of music converter, but every reference to this item also seems to have just been discovered as you did. It is possible people have had it for years and never realized it until Apple provided the list of Background App permissions in macOS Ventura. Some download sites will tack on other unwanted bundles, so it is best to only download directly from the developer's official sites.
Since there doesn't seem to be any good information about this item, it does make it seem very suspicious so you should just be able to delete the file since the EtreCheck report gives you its exact location assuming it is something that was not intended to be part of any app you installed.
This is the only reference to an actual file I see in reference to it in the report:
[Not Loaded] com.mingjie.mjrecorder.agent.plist (Guilian Xiao - installed 2024-01-03)
Executable: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/MJRecorderDevice.driver/Contents/MacOS/MJRecorder-agent
After deleting it, I would reboot the computer and run EtreCheck again to make sure it is gone. I don't know if deleting the file will also delete the entry in the Background App System Settings.
FYI, I notice you don't have a Time Machine backup listed in the EtreCheck report, or any other signs of an automated backup. You really do need to have frequent and regular backups of the computer and all external media (including the cloud) which contains important & unique data. There are a lot of new ways to permanently lose access to your data on these newer Macs due to all the hardware, software, and security changes that have been implemented if you don't have good backups.
Delete this file & restart...
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.mingjie.mjrecorder.agent.plist
Also get Find Any File...
http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.php
Hold Option or alt key when selecting Find to Find All.
com.mingjie.mjrecorder.agent.plist
Then Find All for...
mjrecorder
Thank you so much for your help!
I deleted the file, though the entry in the Background App System Settings with Guilian Xiao is still there
The software I downloaded was noteburner.
Concerning the backup, I make it with a different computer ;)
Done!! Thank you so much :)
You're welcome, best of luck my friend! :)
Guilian Xiao and Etrecheck report
