Clean startup: eliminating unwanted apps when starting computer

I really should paste the solution to my computer because it happens so often. Anyway, what do I do to turn on my computer without having many unwanted apps appear on my screen? When I turn on my computer, I want to get to work. I don't want to have to waste time deleting/closing unwanted apps. Oh, there are no white dots below any of the icons in my dock. They used to be there when an app was on, but that is no longer the case.

Safari 11.0.1-OTHER

Posted on Sep 18, 2018 7:54 AM

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Posted on Sep 18, 2018 8:04 AM

When you Shutdown or Restart there is a dialog that opens. Uncheck the "Reopen windows…" box.

Also make sure you don't have apps set to open in System Preferences > Users & Groups > Login Items.

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Sep 18, 2018 10:37 AM in response to Niku

Here's the Etrecheck report:

EtreCheck version: 3.4.6 (460)

Report generated 2018-09-18 10:31:46

Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com

Runtime: 3:09

Performance: Good


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Problem: Other problem

Description:

I want a clean start with my computer. By that I mean that I don’t want my screen to be cluttered with unwanted apps when I start the computer.


Hardware Information:

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013)

[Technical Specifications] - [User Guide] - [Warranty & Service]

iMac - model: iMac14,2

1 3.2 GHz Intel Core i5 (i5-4570) CPU: 4-core

8 GB RAM Upgradeable - [Instructions]

BANK 0/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 1/DIMM0

4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok

BANK 0/DIMM1

Empty

BANK 1/DIMM1

Empty

Handoff/Airdrop2: supported

Wireless:
en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac


Video Information:

NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M - VRAM: 1024 MB

iMac 1600 x 900


Disk Information:

APPLE HDD ST1000DM003 disk0: (1 TB) (Rotational)

[Show SMART report]

EFI (disk0s1 - MS-DOS FAT32) <not mounted>
[EFI]: 210 MB

(disk0s2) <not mounted>
[CoreStorage Container]: 999.35 GB

(disk0s3) <not mounted>
[Recovery]: 650 MB


USB Information:

USB30Bus

Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub

Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller

Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)

PixArt USB Optical Mouse

Apple Inc. iPad


Thunderbolt Information:

Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus


Virtual disks:

Macintosh HD (disk1 - Journaled HFS+) /
[Startup]: 999.01 GB (873.22 GB free)

Physical disk: disk0s2 999.35 GB Online


System Software:

macOS High Sierra
10.13.6 (17G65) - Time since boot: about one hour


Gatekeeper:

Mac App Store and identified developers


Clean up:

/System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.corespeechd.plist

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreSpeech.framework/corespeechd

Executable not found!

One orphan file found. [Clean up]


Kernel Extensions:

/Applications/Boxcryptor.app

[not loaded] com.boxcryptor.BCFS.filesystems.bcfs (3.7.1 - SDK 10.9) [Lookup]


/Applications/LeawoMusicRecorder.app

[not loaded] com.Leawo.driver.AudioDevice (1.0.0d1 - SDK 10.7) [Lookup]


/Applications/PMHMac.app

[not loaded] com.sony.driver.dsccamFirmwareUpdaterType00 (1.2.00.09240 - SDK 10.5) [Lookup]


/Library/Extensions

[loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.Boom2Device (1.2 - SDK 10.10) [Lookup]

[not loaded] com.sony.driver.dsccamDeviceInfo00 (1.4.0.11070 - SDK 10.9) [Lookup]


/System/Library/Extensions

[not loaded] com.avira.kext.FileAccessControl (1.1.1 - SDK 10.9) [Lookup]


System Launch Agents:

[failed] com.apple.corespeechd.plist (? ? ? - installed 2017-10-31) - /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreSpeech.framework/corespeechd: Executable not found!

[not loaded] 8 Apple tasks

[loaded] 181 Apple tasks

[running] 104 Apple tasks


System Launch Daemons:

[not loaded] 36 Apple tasks

[loaded] 187 Apple tasks

[running] 112 Apple tasks


Launch Agents:

[failed] com.adobe.ARMDCHelper.cc24aef4a1b90ed56a725c38014c95072f92651fb65e1bf9c8e43c37a2 3d420d.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-13) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2018-07-17) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Java-Updater.plist (? f52e42cd 72ac4dde - installed 2017-11-22) [Lookup]

[running] com.sony.SonyAutoLauncher.agent.plist (Sony Corporation - installed 2018-09-11) [Lookup]

[running] com.sony.WirelessAutoImportLauncher.agent.plist (? c33fba7e 2797ef6c - installed 2017-12-05) [Lookup]

[running] net.culater.SIMBL.Agent.plist (? 4a576751 1fea012b - installed 2017-11-27) [Lookup]

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist (Apple Inc. - XQuartz - installed 2016-05-05) [Lookup]


Launch Daemons:

[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.Communicator.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-13) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.adobe.ARMDC.SMJobBlessHelper.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-02-13) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist (Adobe Systems, Inc. - installed 2018-08-27) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.apple.installer.osmessagetracing.plist (Apple, Inc. - installed 2018-07-04)

[loaded] com.boxcryptor.BCFS.Mounter.Helper.plist (Benjamin Fleischer - installed 2017-11-12) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.boxcryptor.osx.PrivilegedHelper.plist (Secomba GmbH - installed 2017-11-12) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist (Google, Inc. - installed 2018-07-17) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.malwarebytes.HelperTool.plist (Malwarebytes Corporation - installed 2017-11-12) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist (Shell Script e3fefdd2 - installed 2017-09-05) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.rockysandstudio.WUHelper.plist (Rocky Sand Studio Ltd. - installed 2018-03-25) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.stclairsoft.AppTamerAgent.plist (St. Clair Software - installed 2015-10-11) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.surteesstudios.Bartender.BartenderInstallHelper.plist (Surtees Studios Limited - installed 2015-10-07) [Lookup]

[loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist (Apple Inc. - XQuartz - installed 2016-05-05) [Lookup]

[loaded] uk.co.canimaansoftware.ClamXavHelper.plist (Mark Allan - installed 2017-11-12) [Lookup]

[loaded] uk.co.canimaansoftware.ClamXavHelperUpdater.plist (Mark Allan - installed 2017-11-12) [Lookup]


User Launch Agents:

[running] com.c-command.SpamSieve.LaunchAgent.plist (C-Command Software, LLC - installed 2018-09-03) [Lookup]

[loaded] com.dropbox.DropboxMacUpdate.agent.plist (Dropbox, Inc. - installed 2018-08-21) [Lookup]


User Login Items:

SpamSieve Application

(/Applications/SpamSieve.app)

Dropbox Application - Hidden

(/Applications/Dropbox.app)


Internet Plug-ins:

o1dbrowserplugin: 5.41.3.0 (installed 2015-12-15) [Lookup]

Google Earth Web Plug-in: 7.1 (installed 2016-05-05) [Lookup]

Unity Web Player: UnityPlayer version 5.3.5f1 (installed 2016-05-08) [Lookup]

Flip4Mac WMV Plugin: 3.3.7.3
(installed 2016-02-03) [Lookup]

AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: 17.012.20098 (installed 2018-07-11) [Lookup]

FlashPlayer-10.6: 31.0.0.108 (installed 2018-09-11) [Lookup]

Silverlight: 5.1.50901.0 (installed 2018-06-04) [Lookup]

QuickTime Plugin: 7.7.3 (installed 2018-07-17)

Flash Player: 31.0.0.108 (installed 2018-09-11) [Lookup]

googletalkbrowserplugin: 5.41.3.0 (installed 2015-12-11) [Lookup]

PepperFlashPlayer: 31.0.0.108 (installed 2018-09-11) [Lookup]

AdobePDFViewer: 18.011.20055 (installed 2018-07-11) [Lookup]

GarminGpsControl: 4.2.0.0 (installed 2014-03-31) [Lookup]

JavaAppletPlugin: Java 8 Update 151 build 12 (installed 2017-11-22) Check version


User internet Plug-ins:

CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin: 1.0.105 (installed 2013-04-25) [Lookup]


Safari Extensions:

[not loaded] AdBlock Ultimate - Secure Download - https://adblockultimate.net/ (installed 2017-12-20)

[not loaded] AdBlock - BetaFish, Inc. - https://getadblock.com (installed 2015-09-26)

[not loaded] Save to Pocket - Read It Later, Inc. - http://getpocket.com/ (installed 2017-11-19)

[not loaded] SearchPreview - Edward Ackroyd - https://searchpreview.de (installed 2016-01-23)

[not loaded] WOT - WOT Services Ltd - http://www.mywot.com/ (installed 2016-04-22)

[not loaded] Download Shuttle - FIPLAB Ltd - http://fiplab.com (installed 2017-11-19)

[not loaded] Adblock Plus - Eyeo GmbH - https://adblockplus.org/ (installed 2016-12-22)

[enabled] Wikibuy - Wikibuy - https://wikibuy.com (installed 2018-08-08)

[not loaded] Grammarly Spell Checker & Grammar Checker - Grammarly (installed 2015-09-24)

[not loaded] TrafficLight - Bitdefender SRL - http://trafficlight.bitdefender.com/ (installed 2015-11-16)

[not loaded] HoverSee - SideTree.com - Apps for Mac - http://SideTree.com/extensions.html#HoverSee (installed 2015-12-12)

[not loaded] Grammarly for Safari - Grammarly - https://www.grammarly.com (installed 2018-05-16)

[not loaded] FromDocToPDF - Mindspark Interactive Network - http://www.fromdoctopdf.com (installed 2018-09-07)

[not loaded] Evernote Web Clipper - Evernote Corp. - http://evernote.com (installed 2016-04-22)

[not loaded] URL Advisor - Kaspersky Lab - http://kaspersky.com (installed 2017-12-20)


Audio Plug-ins:

Hear: 1.3.1 (installed 2017-04-04) [Lookup]

BartenderAudioPlugIn: 1.0.0 (installed 2015-10-28) [Lookup]


3rd Party Preference Panes:

Flash Player (installed 2018-08-27) [Lookup]

Flip4Mac WMV (installed 2016-02-03) [Lookup]

Java (installed 2017-11-22) [Lookup]

Perian (installed 2013-12-10) [Lookup]

Smart Scroll (installed 2016-06-14) [Lookup]


Time Machine:

Skip System Files: NO

Mobile backups: ON

Auto backup: YES

Volumes being backed up:

Macintosh HD: Disk size: 999.01 GB Disk used: 125.79 GB

Destinations:

My Passport for Mac [Local]

Total size: 499.94 GB

Total number of backups: 0

Oldest backup: -

Last backup: -

Size of backup disk: Adequate

Backup size 499.94 GB > (Disk used 125.79 GB X 3)


Seagate Backup Plus Drive [Local]

Total size: 3.00 TB

Total number of backups: 71

Oldest backup: 8/19/15, 3:05 PM

Last backup: 1/16/18, 4:37 PM

Size of backup disk: Excellent

Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk size 999.01 GB X 3)


Top Processes by CPU:

8%
WindowServer

3%
kernel_task

3%
coreaudiod

2%
Boom 2

1%
sysmond


Top Processes by Memory:

824 MB kernel_task

288 MB Safari

275 MB Google Chrome

210 MB Mail

175 MB Dropbox


Top Processes by Network Use:

Input Output Process name

467 KB 22 KB Mail

300 KB 111 KB mDNSResponder

106 KB 142 KB Dropbox

12 KB 21 KB usbmuxd

13 KB 2 KB netbiosd


Top Processes by Energy Use:

13.12 WindowServer

8.62 coreaudiod

1.94 Boom 2

0.60 Countdown Timer Plus


Virtual Memory Information:

2.98 GB
Available RAM

168 MB Free RAM

5.02 GB
Used RAM

2.81 GB
Cached files

0 B Swap Used


Software installs (last 30 days):

TMU Tutorials: 2.0 (installed 2018-08-20)

Abacus Accounts Free: 9.4 (installed 2018-08-23)

SimpleMind Lite: 1.21.0 (installed 2018-08-24)

Magnet: 2.3 (installed 2018-09-03)

Elmedia Player: 6.10 (installed 2018-09-05)

Magnet: 2.3.1 (installed 2018-09-07)

Silent Sifter: 3.4 (installed 2018-09-10)

PlayMemories Home:
(installed 2018-09-11)

Adobe Flash Player:
(installed 2018-09-11)

Adobe Pepper Flash Player:
(installed 2018-09-11)

Copy'em Paste: 2.6.1 (installed 2018-09-15)

App Cleaner & Uninstaller: 5.4 (installed 2018-09-16)


Install information may not be complete.


Diagnostics Events (last 3 days for minor events):

2018-09-16 18:15:52 Messages.app Crash [Open]

2018-09-16 09:11:56 Photos copy 2.app Crash [Open]

Cause: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PhotoLibraryPrivate.framework/Versions/A/Photo LibraryPrivate

Assertion failure in void testCompatibleVersion(), /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/PhotoApp_SubFrameworks/PhotoApp -3291.13.210/lib/photolibrary/PhotoLibraryPrivate/PhotoLibraryPrivate.m:23

The application built with PhotoLibraryPrivate version 3231.11.210 but is running with version 3291.13.210.

abort() called

2018-09-16 09:08:19 Photos copy.app Crash [Open]

Cause: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PhotoLibraryPrivate.framework/Versions/A/Photo LibraryPrivate

Assertion failure in void testCompatibleVersion(), /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/PhotoApp_SubFrameworks/PhotoApp -3291.13.210/lib/photolibrary/PhotoLibraryPrivate/PhotoLibraryPrivate.m:23

The application built with PhotoLibraryPrivate version 3231.11.210 but is running with version 3291.13.210.

abort() called



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