login items alerts - way too many

Since the release of Ventura, macOS has been popping up alerts about "items that can run in the background". It is good that Apple is detecting these and alerting us to them. But alerts should be once after a reboot, or at most once per login. Instead, they happen all the time, in response to many events, such as checking mail or opening a new document. The alerts are not particularly related to these activities, but seem to be triggered by them. They appear unpredictable. I've just clicked on one, to get it out of my face, for perhaps the 1000th time.

This is a known problem. It erodes confidence in Apple's dedication to software quality that it has not yet been fixed. Ventura 13.1 did not help.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 29, 2023 11:49 AM

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Jun 29, 2023 12:01 PM in response to jkr98116

jkr98116 wrote:

Since the release of Ventura, macOS has been popping up alerts about "items that can run in the background". It is good that Apple is detecting these and alerting us to them. But alerts should be once after a reboot, or at most once per login. Instead, they happen all the time, in response to many events, such as checking mail or opening a new document. The alerts are not particularly related to these activities, but seem to be triggered by them. They appear unpredictable. I've just clicked on one, to get it out of my face, for perhaps the 1000th time.
This is a known problem. It erodes confidence in Apple's dedication to software quality that it has not yet been fixed. Ventura 13.1 did not help.



The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.4.1 - I would start there.


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Jun 30, 2023 10:57 AM in response to Owl-53

I don't enable automatic updates of either OS or apps, but do enable Check for and Download updates. In the past these have always kept me notified, so I could keep up to date, which I generally do immediately unless I am in the middle of a big project I don't want to disrupt. I have not ignored any recent notifications. I do not believe I received any since 13.1.

Jul 1, 2023 1:22 AM in response to jkr98116

All I can say is, arrive at your now conclusions


Dec 13, 2022 Ventura macOS 13.1 ( 22C65 )

Jan 23, 2023Ventura macOS 13.2 ( 22D49 )

Feb 13, 2023 Ventura macOS 13.2.1 ( 22D68 )

Mar 27, 2023 Ventura macOS 13.3 ( 22E252 )

Apr 7, 2023 Ventura macOS 13.3.1 ( 22E261 )

May 1, 2023 Ventura macOS 13.3.1a ( 22E772610a )

May 18, 2023 Ventura macOS 13.4 ( 22F66 )

Jun 21, 2013 Ventura macOS 13.4.1  (22F82)

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