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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Hidden applications running? |
| Date | 2015-01-13 16:36 +0000 |
| Organization | People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates |
| Message-ID | <chkvt4FkuqkU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <chi1iaFrhnhU3@mid.individual.net> <chi1nhFrhnhU4@mid.individual.net> <1ly5gag.vytnhv1igvrueN%henry999@eircom.net> <chidnnFu1h3U2@mid.individual.net> <1ly6cf0.1b8mwz4il2s85N%henry999@eircom.net> |
On 2015-01-13, Henry <henry999@eircom.net> wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > >> No, I meant "/Volumes/No. 2". You should enclose the entire path in >> quotes as a best practice. > > Well, that's funny, then, because > > lsof"/Volumes/No. 2" returned > > -bash: lsof/Volumes/No. 2: No such file or directory Like Alan said, you missed a space. >> So what applications showed up in the listing? Don't leave us wondering! >> : ) > > And it appears the culprit is ... > > DGAgent 73873 Henry txt REG 1,7 398588 27200 /Volumes/No. 2/ > Drive Genius > 3.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Sparkle That appears to be part of DriveGenius, a $99 utility that claims to speed up your Mac by defragmenting (which is unnecessary since Mac OS X has built-in on-the-fly fragmentation and optimization), large file search (which can be had for free with utilities like GrandPerspective), finding duplicates (which can also be had for free with various utilities) and so on. If it's causing problems for you, there are alternative free solutions that do work well. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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Hidden applications running? henry999@eircom.net (Henry) - 2015-01-12 08:28 +0200
Re: Hidden applications running? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-01-11 23:59 -0800
Re: Hidden applications running? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-01-12 12:15 +0000
Re: Hidden applications running? henry999@eircom.net (Henry) - 2015-01-12 18:51 +0200
Re: Hidden applications running? D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2015-01-12 13:42 +0000
Re: Hidden applications running? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-12 13:46 +0000
Re: Hidden applications running? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-12 13:49 +0000
Re: Hidden applications running? henry999@eircom.net (Henry) - 2015-01-12 18:51 +0200
Re: Hidden applications running? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-12 17:14 +0000
Re: Hidden applications running? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-12 17:15 +0000
Re: Hidden applications running? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-12 13:21 -0500
Re: Hidden applications running? henry999@eircom.net (Henry) - 2015-01-13 06:34 +0200
Re: Hidden applications running? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-01-12 20:42 -0800
Re: Hidden applications running? henry999@eircom.net (Henry) - 2015-01-13 11:16 +0200
Re: Hidden applications running? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-13 16:36 +0000
Re: Hidden applications running? Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-01-12 10:01 -0500
Re: Hidden applications running? Doc O'Leary <droleary@2usenet2014.subsume.com> - 2015-01-12 15:38 +0000
Re: Hidden applications running? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-01-12 13:18 -0500
Re: Hidden applications running? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-12 18:41 +0000
Re: Hidden applications running? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-01-13 09:46 +1300
Re: Hidden applications running? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-12 21:55 +0000
Re: Hidden applications running? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-01-13 11:40 +1300
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