Can't delete BBLaunchAgent.app process
How do I get rid of this problem?
Macbook 13-inch aluminum (2.0 GHz, 2 GB), Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Macbook 13-inch aluminum (2.0 GHz, 2 GB), Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Hi,
I'm having a similar problem to dumas. I can't seem to get rid of bblaunchagent or bbdaemon. I've run the uninstaller and gone through my library to get rid of anything labeled "blackberry" or "bb", yet I still have the both the bblaunchagent and bbdaemon on my Macbook. What should I do?
According to this threat in BB's forum you can edit the .plist files in order to set the daemon's behaviour.
Here the Quote:
WARNING!!!: Don't do this if you don't have a clue what I'm talking about in this response. I purposefully left out the exact keystrokes required. If you can't follow what I've written, you should NOT be making these changes. You need a basic technical familiarity with the UNIX OS and its utilities. As ALWAYS - BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP before making changes like these.
Using the "Terminal" application within the Utilities folder...
Went to the directory: /Library/LaunchAgents
You will find the file: com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
Using the native vi editor as root user, opened it and made changes to "OnDemand" set to true and "RunAtLoad" set to false.
You will have to "log out" and "log in" for these changes to take affect. Killing the BBLaunchAgent process without the log out/in will have no affect, it's already running with the old parameters and the "KeepAlive" will just keep restarting it. I didn't touch the KeepAlive because I wasn't sure what the affect would be when you have your Blackberry connected.
DISCLAIMER: At your own risk. See WARNING above.
I did that and I did it also with com.rim.BBAlbumArtCacher.plist which takes 200mb RAM only because it's there.
Good luck
You dont need to do all that hurgaaA said. do the following. Make life easier
Simple....go to HD/Library/LaunchAgents/
and look for com.rim.RimLaunchAgent.plist and delete it. Empty the trash and restart. Do the same for BBAlbumArtCacher.plist. Delete that as well and empty trash, restart and check the Activity monitor. Should be gone. just did it on Lion, Imac - thunderbolt seires
Hello, I'm having this problem as well now. except I've uninstalled it with the disc, and moved EVERYTHING to the trash. But now it say "cannot uninstall BBdaemon because it is still in use". What do I do? I clicked on the Apple sign on the top left corner and clicked on force quite and saw that BBdaemon was not there.
It won't leave my trashcan unless I move it back to desktop. but I want it out !:P
If anyone solved this above and I missed it, I apologize in advance.
Thank you !
hello Deenoz94,
you should try metalman213's suggestion and after restarting your mac, retry to uninstall it again:
Simple....go to HD/Library/LaunchAgents/
and look for com.rim.RimLaunchAgent.plist and delete it. Empty the trash and restart. Do the same for BBAlbumArtCacher.plist. Delete that as well and empty trash, restart and check the Activity monitor. Should be gone. just did it on Lion, Imac - thunderbolt seires
good luck
Just to say that the solution posted by jsd2 and then again by metalman213 is still working for getting rid of this nuisance crapware in 2013 on Lion 10.7.5. Thanks for the help
I have the same problem. I installed the BB Installer again, then uninstalled, that seemed to remove the BBDaemon, but the BBLaunchAgent.app is still there. I tried to get onto Blackberry's website, and after giving every personal detail short of fingerprints (Why do they need to know what model BB I used two years ago? It was a curve or bend or something) the site had an unexpected problem. They need to send me a confirmation message before I can tell them about the problem, and that does not happen. So I see why RIM's shares tanked.
Which leaves me with the BBLaunchAgent. How do I get it out?
What happened when you looked for com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist in the /Library/LaunchAgents folder, as suggested above ?.
There's a much longer list of files at http://blog.omgmog.net/post/removing-the-blackberry-desktop-software-for-mac-wit hout-having-to-re-download-a-70mb-installer-from-blackberry/
although I suggest locating/removing them using Finder, rather than Terminal.
It does not seem to be in my Library folder, at least not under Launchagents subfolder. Finder cannot find the file, and the search function (Magnifier at top right) also does not find it. But there it is in the Activity monitor, using between .1 and 3% of the CPU. What now?
Can't delete BBLaunchAgent.app process