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Application "bin"

My Mac froze and I had to switch it off in order to do a restart.

Since then, on restart, the first item to open is an application called "bin"

the start of a sample text taken by Activity Monitor:

Analysis of sampling java (pid 1659) every 1 millisecond

Call graph:

1857 Thread_2951 DispatchQueue_1: com.apple.main-thread (serial)

1857 0x100001a94

1857 0x100004296

1857 0x10000483f

1857 CFRunLoopRunSpecific

1857 __CFRunLoopRun

1857 __CFRunLoopDoSources0

1857 __NSThreadPerformPerform

1857 -[CPerformer perform]

1857 +[AWTStarter startAWT:]

1857 -[NSApplication run]

1857 -[NSApplicationAWT nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:]

1857 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:]

1857 _DPSNextEvent

1857 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode

1857 ReceiveNextEventCommon

1857 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode

1857 CFRunLoopRunSpecific

1857 __CFRunLoopRun

1857 mach_msg

1857 mach_msg_trap

It refuses to quit, even force quit, even from Activity Monitor

Any ideas?

Mac OS X (10.6.8), MacPro Early 2008 10GB

Posted on Jun 28, 2013 4:34 PM

22 replies

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,221 points

Jun 29, 2013 2:35 PM in response to Detlef Kretschmer

I held off until you solved the issue and realize this apparently is unrelated, but wanted to comment on:

Detlef Kretschmer wrote:

It wasn't enabled in the browsers (NoScript).

NoScript is only for Firefox and has no effect on Java, only JavaScript. Instructions for Firefox are at How to turn off Java applets, in case you haven't done that.

WZZZ

Level 6

13,226 points

Jun 29, 2013 2:54 PM in response to MadMacs0

Mad, NoScript will disable Java. At least it will set a placeholder for Java content, if Java is otherwise enabled. (One will get the placeholder only If Apply these restrictions to whitelisted sites too is also chosen.) Plugins can be enabled selectively.

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,221 points

Jun 29, 2013 3:01 PM in response to WZZZ

WZZZ wrote:

Mad, NoScript will disable Java.

I'm not doing so well today.

I haven't checked my noscript settins in years, nor read the updates carefully enough to notice. Firefox is a third or fourth choice for me these days.

Thanks for letting me know.

WZZZ

Level 6

13,226 points

Jun 29, 2013 3:03 PM in response to MadMacs0

Happens to me too (and too frequently.😢)

kvhq

Level 1

4 points

Feb 26, 2014 4:36 PM in response to Detlef Kretschmer

I had the same problem after installing ManyCams app and uninstalling it... So I guess a number of things could cause this....

I ended up running CleanMyMac 2 and it fixed all the broken startup links that appeared to be causing the issue. Also managed to save a whole bunch of disk space too!

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,221 points

Feb 26, 2014 4:58 PM in response to kvhq

kvhq wrote:

I ended up running CleanMyMac 2 and it fixed all the broken startup links that appeared to be causing the issue. Also managed to save a whole bunch of disk space too!

Hope that saving disk space didn't result in corrupted applications as often happens for CleanMyMac2 users. If you have problems going forward with an application refusing an upgrade, you will need to reinstall the original from source first. As an example, most Adobe applications are famous for that.

kvhq

Level 1

4 points

Feb 26, 2014 5:03 PM in response to MadMacs0

Gulp...

So far everything is working but I'll look out for anything that's stopped... thanks for the tip!

Application "bin"