I am not a techie and don't understand half the stuff here, but my G5 Intel is showing a ton of messages, AKA

10/6/10 1:29:55 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16052]) Exited with exit code: 1
10/6/10 1:29:55 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
10/6/10 1:29:55 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
10/6/10 1:30:05 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16086]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/QRecall.app/Contents/Resources/QRecallMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/QRecallMonitor", ...): No such file or directory
10/6/10 1:30:05 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16086]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/QRecall.app/Contents/Resources/QRecallMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/QRecallMonitor", ...): No such file or directory
10/6/10 1:30:05 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16086]) Exited with exit code: 1
10/6/10 1:30:05 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
10/6/10 1:30:15 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16119]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/QRecall.app/Contents/Resources/QRecallMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/QRecallMonitor", ...): No such file or directory
10/6/10 1:30:15 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16119]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/QRecall.app/Contents/Resources/QRecallMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/QRecallMonitor", ...): No such file or directory
10/6/10 1:30:15 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16119]) Exited with exit code: 1
10/6/10 1:30:15 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
10/6/10 1:30:25 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16153]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/QRecall.app/Contents/Resources/QRecallMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/QRecallMonitor", ...): No such file or directory
10/6/10 1:30:25 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16153]) Exited with exit code: 1
10/6/10 1:30:25 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
10/6/10 1:30:25 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
10/6/10 1:30:35 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16186]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/QRecall.app/Contents/Resources/QRecallMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/QRecallMonitor", ...): No such file or directory
10/6/10 1:30:35 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16186]) Exited with exit code: 1
10/6/10 1:30:35 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
10/6/10 1:30:35 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
10/6/10 1:30:45 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16220]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/QRecall.app/Contents/Resources/QRecallMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/QRecallMonitor", ...): No such file or directory
10/6/10 1:30:45 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16220]) Exited with exit code: 1
10/6/10 1:30:45 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16220]) Exited with exit code: 1
10/6/10 1:30:45 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
10/6/10 1:30:55 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16253]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/QRecall.app/Contents/Resources/QRecallMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/QRecallMonitor", ...): No such file or directory
10/6/10 1:30:55 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16253]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/QRecall.app/Contents/Resources/QRecallMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/QRecallMonitor", ...): No such file or directory
10/6/10 1:30:55 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16253]) Exited with exit code: 1
10/6/10 1:30:55 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds
10/6/10 1:31:05 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16287]) posix_spawnp("/Applications/QRecall.app/Contents/Resources/QRecallMonitor.app/Contents/MacOS/QRecallMonitor", ...): No such file or directory
10/6/10 1:31:05 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor[16287]) Exited with exit code: 1
10/6/10 1:31:05 PM com.apple.launchd[89] (com.qrecall.monitor) Throttling respawn: Will start in 10 seconds

which I would like to make go away. I do not have QRecall installed to my knowledge. I use Time Machine. I did install an offline backup agent from Sonic.net that no longer works because it can't sign in and this may be part of the problem. I can't find any QRecall plists or app or anything else by that name or the names that are quoted above anywhere on the mac.

How do I make this go away? Thanks for any help anyone can offer.

Jay,

It would appear that QRecall was installed at some point, but never completely uninstalled. You can manually uninstall QRecall. The steps for doing so are in the QRecall help, but since you probably don't have the QRecall application handy, here they are again:

To Manually Uninstall QRecall:

1) Stop all running actions and Quit the QRecall application.

2) Delete the QRecallMonitor Login Item from your account preferences (Mac OS X 10.4 only)

3) Delete any files beginning with com.qrecall from the /Library/LaunchDaemons, /Library/LaunchAgents, and/or ~/Library/LaunchAgents folders.

4) Restart your computer.

This should eliminate the problem that you're encountering. You can continue, if you want to be thorough.

5) Delete the /Library/Application Support/QRecall and/or the ~/Library/Application Support/QRecall folders.

6) Delete all files in ~/Library/Preferences that have names beginning with com.qrecall.

7) Delete the ~/Library/Preferences/QRecall folder.

8) Delete the ~/Library/Contextual Menu Items/QRecall CM plugin item.

9) Delete the QRecall application.

Thanks,

I had actually found these uninstall directions. The problem is that there are none of those files on my computer!! Not a single one in a single place indicated. Why, then does the problem persist? Any help appreciated.

Jay Gamel

jay gamel wrote:Not a single one in a single place indicated. Why, then does the problem persist?

Well, there must be one somewhere, or at least there was one somewhere.

First, let me remind you to restart. The message that you're getting is from launchd, the primary launch services daemon that controls the running and maintenance of most background processes in Mac OS X. launchd is configured entirely by the presence of .plist documents installed in /Library/LaunchDaemons, /Library/LaunchAgents, and/or ~/Library/LaunchAgents (at least for user installable processes, there are more of these folders in /System).

Removing the .plist for a service isn't sufficient to stop it. After removing the .plist document, launchd either needs to be restarted (which basically means you need to restart your OS), or you can use a command like this in the Terminal:

launchctl stop com.qrecall.monitor

If neither the stop command or restarting your computer solves the problem, then you haven't eliminated all of the QRecall related .plist documents. launchd runs on these configuration documents, and it doesn't start services that don't have a .plist configuration document somewhere. You'll probably find the errant file in the ~/Library/LaunchAgents folder of some other user. If you find them in another user account, trash them and restart.