Can't remove obsolete StartupItems

[josyoung]

I'm new here, so apologies if I get the protocol wrong...

My mac was running slowly, so I followed advice I got in other threads and ran Etrecheck.

Got the following:

Startup Items: ℹ️
Freecorder: Path: /Library/StartupItems/Freecorder
HWNetMgr: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HWNetMgr
StartOuc: Path: /Library/StartupItems/StartOuc
wpa_supplicant_srv: Path: /Library/StartupItems/wpa_supplicant_srv
Startup items are obsolete in OS X Yosemite

Sooo - went to try and move them (as advised) and can't find the path /Library/StartupItems

Went to terminal and can see the folder StartupItems. Can also get onto it - but it seems to be empty.

Tried to remove the folder in Terminal but was told it didn't exist.

Re-ran Etrecheck in case I had magically deleted it - got the same errors.

Any ideas?

 

[Apple_Robert]

Open Finder > Go to Folder > /Library/StartupItems. If you have any applications that are set to run at start, they should be there.

 

[josyoung]

Tried that...

Open Finder > Go to Folder > /Library/StartupItems. If you have any applications that are set to run at start, they should be there.

Thanks for this - I tried this and got the message "The folder can't be found"

 

[chown33]

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Went to terminal and can see the folder StartupItems. Can also get onto it - but it seems to be empty.

Tried to remove the folder in Terminal but was told it didn't exist.
...

Post the exact Terminal commands you used, and their complete output.

Don't retype the commands in a reply here. Instead, launch Terminal, run the commands, select the entire text in the Terminal window, then copy and paste it into a reply here.

Please use CODE tags around the Terminal text.

Finally, tell us exactly which OS version you're using.

 

[josyoung]

Last login: Sat Jan 24 18:02:34 on console
Joannas-MBP:~ Joanna$ cd library
Joannas-MBP:library Joanna$ ls
Accounts		Fonts			PreferencePanes
Address Book Plug-Ins	Fonts Disabled		Preferences
Application Scripts	GameKit			Printers
Application Support	Google			PubSub
Assistant		Group Containers	Safari
Assistants		Icons			Saved Application State
Audio			IdentityServices	Screen Savers
Caches			Input Methods		Services
Calendars		Internet Plug-Ins	Social
ColorPickers		Keyboard Layouts	Sounds
Colors			Keychains		Spelling
Compositions		LanguageModeling	SyncedPreferences
Containers		LaunchAgents		Voices
Cookies			Logs			WebKit
Dictionaries		Mail			com.apple.nsurlsessiond
Favorites		Messages		iMovie
Filters			Metadata		iTunes
FontCollections		Mobile Documents	openvpn
Joannas-MBP:library Joanna$

Hope I did that right? As you can see, the StartupItems directory isn't there now, which is odd - as it definitely WAS there. I then re-ran Etrecheck to make sure that the problem was still there - and got the same errors (as in the original thread...)

Am using Yosemite 10.10.1

 

[chown33]

Last login: Sat Jan 24 18:02:34 on console
Joannas-MBP:~ Joanna$ cd library
Joannas-MBP:library Joanna$ ls
Accounts		Fonts			PreferencePanes
Address Book Plug-Ins	Fonts Disabled		Preferences
Application Scripts	GameKit			Printers
Application Support	Google			PubSub
Assistant		Group Containers	Safari
Assistants		Icons			Saved Application State
Audio			IdentityServices	Screen Savers
Caches			Input Methods		Services
Calendars		Internet Plug-Ins	Social
ColorPickers		Keyboard Layouts	Sounds
Colors			Keychains		Spelling
Compositions		LanguageModeling	SyncedPreferences
Containers		LaunchAgents		Voices
Cookies			Logs			WebKit
Dictionaries		Mail			com.apple.nsurlsessiond
Favorites		Messages		iMovie
Filters			Metadata		iTunes
FontCollections		Mobile Documents	openvpn
Joannas-MBP:library Joanna$

Hope I did that right? As you can see, the StartupItems directory isn't there now, which is odd - as it definitely WAS there. I then re-ran Etrecheck to make sure that the problem was still there - and got the same errors (as in the original thread...)

Am using Yosemite 10.10.1

You're looking at your home folder's Library. The correct location is /Library. The leading slash is important.

When you enter the location in the Finder's "Go to Folder" dialog, you must use exactly this, including the leading slash:

/Library/StartupItems
​

You can get the same effect using a Terminal command. Paste this into a Terminal window:

open /Library

The Finder should open a window, and there should be a StartupItems folder in there.

 

[josyoung]

Thank you!

Thank you so much - all sorted!