What is sparkle and how did it get on my system?

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What is sparkle and how did it get on my system?

Attempting to empty trash I find a file org.andymatuschak.sparkle.finish-installation.plist which cannot be deleted

"The operation can’t be completed because the item “org.andymatuschak.sparkle.finish-installations.plist” is in use."

I did not install this app and I cannot find it in my finder. Google tells me this is a software update framework developer fo Cocoa.

Is this a legitimate application? Is it part of Maverick installation?

If not, how do I get rid of it? If this process is running, why can't I find it in ps -A?

thanks for any help

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 7, 2014 8:47 AM

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Answer 1

varjak paw

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Mar 7, 2014 8:56 AM in response to Micheal LeVine

Sparkle is indeed a legitimate framework used by many developers to allow their applications to be updated from within the application itself. It is not a separate application, not something you can delete since it's part of some application you've installed, and not something you need to worry about. If you want to read up on Sparkle, go here:

http://sparkle.andymatuschak.org

You should be able to release the left-over preference file to you can delete it by logging out of your user account and back in or restarting your Mac.

Regards.

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Answer 2

Mar 7, 2014 9:12 AM in response to varjak paw

Logging out and back in doesn't change this.

But restart releases it.

thanks

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