Q: Carbonite CPU Usage
Hi, all!
I deleted Carbonite months ago after it screwed my computer up. I still have the icon on my top toolbar and to make matters worse, the Carbonite Daemon (root) is using up massive amounts of memory (sometimes between 60-100%) according to my activity monitor. I have forced quit MANY times only for it to reappear. Any ideas? I have no Carbonite files on my computer that I can find. I am sure this is what's causing my computer to go at snail's pace.
Thanks in advance!
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)
Posted on Oct 5, 2012 1:40 PM
Yet the process remains active?
OK, then consider this list of potential hiding spots:
/Library
/Library/Application Support
/Library/Bundles
/Library/Caches
/Library/Extensions
/Library/Frameworks
/Library/Preferences
/System/Library/Extensions
/System/Library/LaunchAgents
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
~/Library
~/Library/Application Support
~/Library/Caches
~/Library/LaunchAgents
~/Library/Preferences
~/Library/Preferences/ByHost
/usr/ (this one is hidden - you will have to use the Finder's Go > "Go to Folder..." to get there)
I may have forgotten other likely paths; in case anyone wants to offer some more places to look please do.
Pathnames that begin with / (slash) are at the root level of your hard disk. In other words, navigate to your iMac and select its hard disk icon (usually named Macintosh HD).
Pathnames that begin with ~ (tilde) are located in your Home folder.
Look for anything with carbonite in its name in each of these locations, if found, drag it to the Trash.
At the conclusion of each of these search-and-destroy missions, reboot your Mac and determine if the problem is solved. If not, repeat the search to determine if you overlooked something - or worse, if a running process recreated a file you are trying to delete.
Posted on Oct 5, 2012 7:35 PM