TS3493: Mac OS X v10.6 or later: "Insecure Startup Items folder" message appears after logging in
Learn about Mac OS X v10.6 or later: "Insecure Startup Items folder" message appears after logging inQ: I have the "Insecure Startup Item disabled" warning popping up for multiple things when I log in, however I don't have a Startup I ... I have the "Insecure Startup Item disabled" warning popping up for multiple things when I log in, however I don't have a Startup Items folder to fix the problem with. What do I do? more
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Jul 17, 2012 6:18 PM in response to Ortberg42by Shootist007,Every Mac has a StartupItems folder. It is in the Library folder in the ROOT of the drive.
Also look in the Users & Groups area in Login items.
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Jul 17, 2012 6:21 PM in response to Ortberg42by softwater,Yes, you do. In fact you have TWO of them, but they're not in your User library. Look here
[Macintosh HD] > Library > Startup Items
[Macintosh HD] > System > Library > Startup Items
Remove everything in both of these folders. They are deprecated in OS X anyway.
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Jul 17, 2012 6:30 PM in response to softwaterby Shootist007,Well there may be License check software in either of those folders. I know that Adobe uses a License check system that uses one of them. Telling someone to delete all entries in both those folder is not a very good idea.
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Jul 17, 2012 6:35 PM in response to Shootist007by softwater,Deprecation Note: Startup items are a deprecated technology. Launching of daemons through this process may be removed or eliminated in a future release of Mac OS X.
Unless your software requires compatibility with Mac OS X v10.3 or earlier, use the
launchdfacility instead. For more information, see “Creating Launch Daemons and Agents.” -
Jul 17, 2012 6:37 PM in response to softwaterby Shootist007,That's fine. Tell all the software developer.
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Jul 17, 2012 9:17 PM in response to Shootist007by softwater,Shootist007 wrote:
That's fine. Tell all the software developer.
No need. Apple have already done so.
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Jul 17, 2012 10:01 PM in response to Ortberg42by Linc Davis,You're getting some remarkably bad advice in this thread. Do not delete any file outside your home folder without knowing what it is, why you're deleting it, and how to get it back if you change your mind.
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Jul 17, 2012 10:34 PM in response to Linc Davisby softwater,The only way to get rid of the error message is to remove the offending item from the Startup folder(s). If you know some other fancy way of doing that, do tell.
There shouldn't BE anything else in those folders anyway, so it's likely the only thing in them is the offending item.
The only thing my earlier advice was remiss in omitting was the general caveat that you should always have a current backup before messing with your system. Apologies to the OP for forgetting to mention that first.
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Jul 18, 2012 12:46 AM in response to softwaterby Topher Kessler,This is incorrect. Most of the time this error happens from faulty permissions settings on the startup items or the StartupItems folder. Startup items should be owned by root (the "system" account) and not be writable by anyone else, but if not then the system will detect this and prevent it from loading, as this means a third-party might have tampered with it and potentially cause a problem (hence the "insecure" characterization).
Since Startup Items are from third-party installations, often OS X will not include them in a permissions fix routine as there may be no entries for them in the permissions database.
To correct this problem, run the following two command in the Terminal:
sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/StartupItems sudo chmod -R 755 /System/Library/StartupItems
Earlier it was mentioned that a Startup Items folder is within the User library, but this is not the case as Startup Items are only activated at boot and not at login. There is no point for one to be in the user's library, and the system will not look there for any startup items..
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Jul 18, 2012 3:18 AM in response to Topher Kesslerby softwater,Thanks for the correction and sharing your knowledge, Topher.
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Feb 1, 2013 11:19 AM in response to Ortberg42by Callum1500,Hi, This has happened to me, whever I start up (if I can get it to) it says /Library/StartupItems/Sudochmod. It's not that that's worrying me, its just that it takes 2-3 goes at starting up, and sometimes it just refuses blank to do anything, it gets past the apple logo and the chime, then the buffering symbol, the mouse then apears for about 0.5 seconds, then does the buffering thingy again and repeats itself over and over. Anybody got any idea?
Thanks Callum.