Remove Items from Allow in Background on VENTURA

I completely removed gotomeeting and goto opener from my MAC using the goto meeting manual instructions. It gave me the items to look for in /Library/LaunchAgents and /Library/LaunchDaemons as well as some /Library/Application Support/GotoMeeting and citrix and a few others.

All were gone, and put in trash, and trash emptied, yet this still shows up in Allow in Background.


I have from terminal searched for anything goto, g2m, citrix and it cannot find anything.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 13.6

Posted on Jan 5, 2024 1:50 PM

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Posted on Jan 6, 2024 9:05 AM

I have never used Terminal to find anything an app might have installed deep in the OS: for this I have always used the free app "Find Any File" by Thomas Tempelmann. Highly recommended, fast and easy to use. I´ve been using it for years. It really does find everything. You can read about and get it from the developer´s site (and only from here!):


https://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/


The current version is 2.4.1. You could try using it to find all the bits and pieces your goto apps have left behind: you might be surprised! Worth a try. And don´t forget to re-boot your iMac when you´re done. Hope this helps you!

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Jan 6, 2024 9:05 AM in response to cathysusanwelsh

I have never used Terminal to find anything an app might have installed deep in the OS: for this I have always used the free app "Find Any File" by Thomas Tempelmann. Highly recommended, fast and easy to use. I´ve been using it for years. It really does find everything. You can read about and get it from the developer´s site (and only from here!):


https://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/


The current version is 2.4.1. You could try using it to find all the bits and pieces your goto apps have left behind: you might be surprised! Worth a try. And don´t forget to re-boot your iMac when you´re done. Hope this helps you!

Jan 6, 2024 11:31 AM in response to cathysusanwelsh

You can check to see if you've removed all of the supporting files by downloading and running the shareware app Find Any File to search for any files with the application's or the developer's name in the file name.  For example for the the GotoMeeting software you'd do the following search(es): 


1 - Name contains gotomeeting


Any files that are found can be dragged from the search results window to the Desktop or Trash bin in the Dock for deletion.


FAF can search areas that Spotlight can't like invisible folders, system folders and packages.  


If you get warnings that the file can't be deleted because it is in use or used by another app boot into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and delete from there.


Note:  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 assure a successful boot into Safe Mode.






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