Insecure Startup Item disabled at startup

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Insecure Startup Item disabled at startup

Hi there,

It seems like a simple to solve problem, but I cannot detect the items that are prevented from startup. My computer shows me two "Insecure Startup Item disabled" messages about Digidesign (which I think was left there after deleting Avid). I have learned from the apple support page I can simply drag the two insecure items from my StartupItems folder. But I cannot find the StartupItems folder anywhere. It is not located in my Library folder, nor can I find it in any other folder.

Can anyone help out please? Thanks very much in advance!

More info about my mac and the error messages:

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

Posted on Jan 13, 2015 11:03 PM

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Answer 1

Linc Davis

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Jan 13, 2015 11:22 PM in response to MichelePhocus

Mac OS X v10.6 or later: "Insecure Startup Items folder" message appears after logging in - Apple Support

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Answer 2

Jan 13, 2015 11:38 PM in response to Linc Davis

Hi Linc Davis,

Thank you for the answer, but unfortunately that is the page I was referring to. It states I can find the item in my StartupItems folder, but I cannot find that folder. anywhere. Do you know where I can find it? It's not located in my library folder.

Thank you in advance,

Kind regards, Michele

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Answer 3

Linc Davis

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Jan 13, 2015 11:43 PM in response to MichelePhocus

Back up all data.

Triple-click the line below on this page to select it, then copy the text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:

/Library/StartupItems

In the Finder, select

Go ▹ Go to Folder...

from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

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Answer 4

Jan 14, 2015 12:08 AM in response to Linc Davis

Hi Linc Davis,

Thank you for your quick and detailed explanation 😉 I thought I had to write it like this in from the Go menu: ~/Library/StartupItems - thats why I couldn't find it. It worked! Grazie mille!

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