ever since I upgraded to mavericks, a dialogue box appears that says "the "strings" command requires the command line developer tools. would you like to install the tools now?"
even though the dialogue box has the option "not now" the dilaogue box keeps appearing.
what is causing this and what do I need to do to stop this?
thanks,
Pete
Do you have any programs loading in ->System Preferences->Users & Groups->[Login Items].
Open Console to see if you can determine what program is looking for strings
I have multiple programs that are login items. can you tell me more specifically what to look for in console? when I opened console it had about 4000 messages.
Open the Console, search for "strings" and then see what entries pop up. If any program or process is trying to launch the "strings" command, cannot do so, and is logging the behavior, then this should show what the program is. After searching, if any results show up then copy and paste them to a reply here.
When you click "Not Now" you are doing so for this specific request to install the tools. The next time the strings command is invoked a new request will pop up. That is why you are getting multiple requests.
What login items do you have configured for your account? You can list them here, open the Terminal utility and run the following command (it's long, so triple-click it to select it, then press Command-C to copy it, followed by pasting it into the Terminal and pressing Enter to execute it):
{ printf "*** NON-RECEIPT LAUNCH AGENTS AND DAEMONS ***\n";fgrep -x -v -f <(lsbom -s {/var/db/rec*,/Lib*/Rec*/boms,/Lib*/Rec*}/{*.bom,*.pkg/*/*.bom} 2>>/dev/null | grep -E 'hAgents/|hDaemons/' | awk '!/Applications/ {print $1}' | sed "s/^.//" | sort) <(ls -lrt -d -1 {/,/Sy*/}Lib*/Launch*/* | sort) | sed 's/^[^:]*://'; printf "\n*** USER LAUNCH AGENTS ***\n";ls -F ~/Lib*/Launch*/;printf "\n*** CRON INFO ***\n";crontab -l 2>> /dev/null;printf "\n*** STARTUP ITEMS ***\n";ls -F /Lib*/Start*/;printf "\n*** KERNEL EXTENSIONS ***\n";kextstat -l | awk '!/com.apple./ {print $6}' | sort;printf "\n*** LOGIN ITEMS ***\n";defaults read ~/Lib*/Preferences/com.apple.loginitems.plist | grep Name | sed 's/^[^\=]*\=//' | sed 's/\;//' | sed '/^$/d' | sed 's/.//'; } | open -feThis command will only list items that run automatically on your system, and will not include any personal information. The results will be presented in a text file, so copy the contents of this to a reply here so we can see what it is.
Here you go:
from CONSOLE:
11/11/13 6:51:45.979 AM prl_deskctl_wizard[226]: objc[226]: Class NSString_QStringStaticLibsWorkaround is implemented in both /Applications/Parallels Access.app/Contents/Frameworks/ParallelsVirtualizationSDK.framework/Versions/5/ Libraries/libprl_sdk.5.dylib and /Applications/Parallels Access.app/Contents/Frameworks/libAbstractTask.1.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
11/11/13 6:51:45.982 AM prl_deskctl_wizard[226]: objc[226]: Class NSString_QStringStaticLibsWorkaround is implemented in both /Applications/Parallels Access.app/Contents/Frameworks/ParallelsVirtualizationSDK.framework/Versions/5/ Libraries/libprl_sdk.5.dylib and /Applications/Parallels Access.app/Contents/Frameworks/libPrlSdkCommunication.1.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
11/11/13 6:51:46.006 AM prl_deskctl_wizard[226]: objc[226]: Class NSString_QStringStaticLibsWorkaround is implemented in both /Applications/Parallels Access.app/Contents/Frameworks/ParallelsVirtualizationSDK.framework/Versions/5/ Libraries/libprl_sdk.5.dylib and /Applications/Parallels Access.app/Contents/Frameworks/libPrlGui.1.dylib. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
11/11/13 6:51:46.007 AM prl_deskctl_wizard[226]: objc[226]: Class NSString_QStringStaticLibsWorkaround is implemented in both /Applications/Parallels Access.app/Contents/Frameworks/ParallelsVirtualizationSDK.framework/Versions/5/ Libraries/libprl_sdk.5.dylib and /Applications/Parallels Access.app/Contents/MacOS/prl_deskctl_wizard. One of the two will be used. Which one is undefined.
11/11/13 6:51:46.094 AM 1PasswordAgent[224]: Trying to load Localizable.strings [English] from the main bundle
11/11/13 6:51:46.099 AM 1PasswordAgent[224]: Cannot find English version, using English localization for Localizable.strings
from TERMINAL:
*** NON-RECEIPT LAUNCH AGENTS AND DAEMONS ***
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.keystone.agent.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.logmein.logmeinguiagentatlogin.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.maintain.LogOut.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.maintain.Restart.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.maintain.ShutDown.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.maintain.Sleep.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.maintain.SystemEvents.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.parallels.mobile.prl_deskctl_agent.launchagent.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.logmein.raupdate.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.maintain.CocktailScheduler.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.parallels.mobile.dispatcher.launchdaemon.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.parallels.mobile.kextloader.launchdaemon.plist
/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent.plist
*** USER LAUNCH AGENTS ***
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-prock@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
com.bitcasa.Bitcasa.plist
com.bitcasa.BitcasaUI.plist
com.parallels.mobile.startgui.launchagent.plist
com.spotify.webhelper.plist
ws.agile.1PasswordAgent.plist
*** CRON INFO ***
*** STARTUP ITEMS ***
*** KERNEL EXTENSIONS ***
com.github.osxfuse.filesystems.osxfusefs
com.logmein.driver.LogMeInSoundDriver
com.parallels.virtualsound
com.quark.driver.Tether64
*** LOGIN ITEMS ***
Citations
"ScanSnap Manager"
iTunesHelper
1Password
TextExpander
"Microsoft Database Daemon"
LogMeIn
Messages
Dropbox
Bitcasa
A couple more things. First try creating and logging into a secondary user account, which you can make in the Users & Groups system preferences. With the account made, reboot your system and then log into it instead of your main account. Then see if the same error occurs. If not, then log out of the account and then log into your main account, and see if the error occurs there.
Next, try rebooting into Safe Mode by holding the Shift key immediately after hearing the boot chimes at startup (this should show a gray progress bar under the Apple logo at startup). When this mode loads, log into your main user account and again see if the problem persists.
Just upgraded to Mavericks from 10.6.8 on a desktop Mac, and getting the same issue. I've hit "not now" on maybe 30 dialog boxes and they just keep reappearing. Would love a hint on what to do!
I've looked at Console and there doesn't seem to be anything related to "strings" with a timestamp in the last 30 minutes.
strings command