OpenBase - What is It?

Axlin · 10-28-2006, 05:00 AM

Whenever I open up Activity Monitor, I notice that there's an item listed 6 times called "OpenBase" running as PowerPC processes. What is this, and is there a way that I can terminate it if it's not necessary and prevent it from loading upon startup? Currently, if I attempt to terminate any one of the OpenBase processes it simply restarts itself.

hayne · 10-28-2006, 05:52 AM

It is probably the "OpenBase" database program:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openbase

I have read that this was sometimes bundled with the Developer tools and that there is a possible security problem with some older versions of it.

You can find out where it is installed by running the following command in a Terminal window:

locate OpenBase

It might be getting started up via an entry under /Library/StartupItems

Axlin · 10-28-2006, 04:57 PM

Thanks hayne! I found and deleted all traces of OpenBase, and now it's not hogging system resources or slowing down my Mac's startup.

hayne · 10-28-2006, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Axlin


	Thanks hayne! I found and deleted all traces of OpenBase, and now it's not hogging system resources or slowing down my Mac's startup.

Good.
Did you figure out where it was getting started up?
Was it via /Library/StartupItems ?

Axlin · 10-28-2006, 05:50 PM

Well, there was an OpenBase folder inside of /Library/StartupItems. However, OpenBase continued to load on startup even after I deleted that folder, so I had to delete every single OpenBase file/folder on my computer to get it to stop loading.

jpcarter · 12-07-2006, 08:48 PM

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	sudo /Library/OpenBase/bin/RemoveOpenBaseScript Will remove all the OpenBase stuff

Thanks to Dave MacLachlan:
http://macnewbie.wordpress.com/2006/...y/#comment-755

10-28-2006, 05:00 AM	#1
Axlin Prospect Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21	OpenBase - What is It? Whenever I open up Activity Monitor, I notice that there's an item listed 6 times called "OpenBase" running as PowerPC processes. What is this, and is there a way that I can terminate it if it's not necessary and prevent it from loading upon startup? Currently, if I attempt to terminate any one of the OpenBase processes it simply restarts itself.

10-28-2006, 05:52 AM	#2
hayne Site Admin Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal Posts: 32,473	It is probably the "OpenBase" database program: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openbase I have read that this was sometimes bundled with the Developer tools and that there is a possible security problem with some older versions of it. You can find out where it is installed by running the following command in a Terminal window: locate OpenBase It might be getting started up via an entry under /Library/StartupItems __________________ hayne.net/macosx.html

10-28-2006, 04:57 PM	#3
Axlin Prospect Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21	Thanks hayne! I found and deleted all traces of OpenBase, and now it's not hogging system resources or slowing down my Mac's startup.

10-28-2006, 05:50 PM	#5
Axlin Prospect Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21	Well, there was an OpenBase folder inside of /Library/StartupItems. However, OpenBase continued to load on startup even after I deleted that folder, so I had to delete every single OpenBase file/folder on my computer to get it to stop loading.