iStat Menu remnant?

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iStat Menu remnant?

A few months ago I decided to stop using iStat Menus, i can't remember how I got rid, but possibly by using AppZapper. Today I popped into Console and discovered the following running continuously:

06/09/2010 00:02:44 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[175] (com.bjango.istatlocal[4421]) Exited with exit code: 1
06/09/2010 00:02:44 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[175] (com.bjango.istatlocal) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
06/09/2010 00:02:54 com.apple.launchd.peruser.502[175] (com.bjango.istatlocal[4422]) posix_spawn("/Library/Application Support/iStat local/iStatLocal", ...): No such file or directory

Any suggestions on how to clear this would be gratefully received.

MacBook Pro 17, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Sep 5, 2010 4:05 PM

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Answer 1

WZZZ

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Sep 5, 2010 4:15 PM in response to PWick

Get EasyFind and search for iStat and and then bjango.

It'll show whatever is left and the locations. Then use the "Destroy" function from EF or go to the file directly and trash it.

http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/freeware/

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PWick Author

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Sep 5, 2010 4:45 PM in response to WZZZ

Thanks for the intro to EasyFind, looks very useful. It did find a few remnants of iStat, which I have destroyed (nothing found for bjango), but the log continues! In between, there are long runs of:

06/09/2010 00:39:17 parentalcontrolsd[171] -[ActivityTracker contentFilterPageWasVisited:address:] [1288:peterw] -- Got an error when saving MOC: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=134030 UserInfo=0x1097b0bd0 "An error occurred while saving."

Parental Controls is not being used to lock anything down. I'm not sure whether this is connected or a separate problem.

I'm going to restart - I'll report back as to whether that changes anything.

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PWick Author

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Sep 5, 2010 4:54 PM in response to PWick

Restart achieved nothing! 😟

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WZZZ

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Sep 5, 2010 5:43 PM in response to PWick

I'm not sure I understand what you are getting into now. For the iStat, if it's still logging something, open Activity Monitor>All Processes and filter for iStat. If anything's still running, it will show there. You can quit it from AM, but unless you trash all those files, it will only return with a restart. You should have been able to clear everything out now, so I'm not sure what's going on.

I don't know which iStat you had, or if you saved the .dmg, but if you download it again, you should find an uninstaller option.

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jsd2

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Sep 5, 2010 5:47 PM in response to PWick

Two approaches come to mind:

1)
Download and re-install iStat Menus, then use its own uninstaller. See:
http://bjango.com/help/istatmenus/install/
This would be the most complete method.

or

2)
Look in this folder:
HD>Library>LaunchAgents
for this file:
com.bjango.istatlocal.plist

If you find it, trash it and reboot.

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WZZZ

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Sep 5, 2010 7:56 PM in response to WZZZ

If it's a file requiring authentication, the "Destroy" function in EasyFind will not be effective. When deleting such a file through EasyFind, the usual message asking you to authenticate won't appear.This may be why that file in /Library/Launch Agents may still be lurking. I think you must have gotten that file through EF, but it probably needs to be trashed directly through the Finder, as jsd2 mentioned.

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PWick Author

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Sep 6, 2010 4:34 AM in response to WZZZ

Thanks to all for the relevant and sensible suggestions. Removing the Bjango file from LaunchAgents and logging out/in fixed. Cheers 🙂

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