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Weird Application in Memory

April 18, 2006 · 7 Comments

So when I was checking how much memory was in use earlier for the Preview post I noticed I had a load of PowerPC applications loaded that I didn’t know about.

OpenBase Activity Monitor

Sure enough, in my Applications folder there is a sub-folder called OpenBase with what looks like some management applications in it, I just don’t remember installing it. Doing a quick Google on it, it seems like this is the likely culprit but I am damn sure I have never been to that site before. Most likely it has been bundled with something but what? and more importantly, why is it loading by default!

Anyone got any ideas what did this?

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7 responses so far ↓

  • MJ // April 18, 2006 at 11:45 pm

    WebObjects installed OpenBase for me.

    Did you install the full devtools :)

  • Don // April 18, 2006 at 11:52 pm

    OpenBase is a database backend. I know it was installed on my machine with StickyBrain. Do you have that program installed?

  • macnewbie // April 19, 2006 at 12:08 am

    I did install WebObjects when I installed the devtools. Thanks!

    Now, Can I uninstall it seperately from the regular devtools… or, even better just stop this bit of it from loading.

  • Khaos // April 19, 2006 at 12:45 am

    I found the OpenBase startup item in
    /Library/StartupItems

    But also check out these 2 folders….

    /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
    /Library/LaunchDaemons

    Between all those thats everything your mac starts. But just deleting /Library/StartupItems/OpenBase should solve your problem but its good to cleanup startup items every once and awhile.

  • Creed // April 19, 2006 at 8:41 am

    I had OpenBase installed as the back end to Daylite from Marketcircle (which I can recommend if you need a CRM). It also installed an app called OpenBase Manager, that might enable you to establish (and turn off) any databases that are starting up automagically when the machine starts up.

    Otherwise, as Khaos said, you should be able to stop it by finding and deleting the StartupItem.

  • Dave MacLachlan // May 15, 2006 at 4:47 pm

    sudo /Library/OpenBase/bin/RemoveOpenBaseScript

    Will remove all the OpenBase stuff

  • macnewbie // May 15, 2006 at 5:27 pm

    Dave, that hit the spot… Perfect. Thanks.