Q: Why is there an option on the login screen called "other" on the users list when there is only one user on my MacBook ?
A few days ago a new option called "other" appeared on the login screen, it looks like this:
What makes me a little uneasy is the fact that it appeared after I downloaded a torrent client, to download a couple of files, it didn't work, so I eliminated the download, but after that I noticed that the default search engine on google chrome had been changed from google to a weird one I didn't know. So I wanted to know if this new option on the login screen was also caused by that program I installed, if so, how do I remove it from the login screen ? I have already checked the "users" option on settings but there is no option there to remove that icon. Also, I read an article on torrents saying that it passed files through several computers and uploaded the files I downloaded or something, so my other question would be if this "other" icon is a result of that, and if so, how do I stop that process ? And finally, is this just a new icon that came with the lates version of OS X ? I´m running the 10.11.3 version of it.
MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)
Posted on Feb 24, 2016 5:10 PM