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sh Login Item from an unidentified developer on Mac [Fix]

In this guide, we will show you a potential workaround that should help you fix the issue of the sh Login Item from an unidentified developer on Mac. sh, more popularly known as a shell script, is a shorthand for bash, and is the standard used by Linux systems including macOS. So being a system file, it should be safe best to keep it running in the background? Well, not exactly!

sh Login Item from an unidentified developer

While it is a system file, but it doesn’t carry out any job of its done, rather it is invoked by a third-party app and it is extremely important to know which app invoked it and only then you should give it access to your system [for example, you might have a shell script that runs at login]. And this is where things begin to get little challenging as finding the app source is no easy job in itself. 

sh Login Item from an unidentified developer

Moreover, many users have recently reported that they are getting a “Login Item from an unidentified developer” from sh on their Mac. Not only does it constantly run in the background but could also prove to be a security risk. So in this guide, we will help you find the culprit which will help you put an end to this prompt for good. So without further ado, let’s get started.

Fix sh Login Item from an unidentified developer on Mac

sh Login Item from an unidentified developer

  1. Open Finder, click on Go at the top menu bar, and select Go to Folder.
  2. Then paste the below location and hit Enter.
    ~/Library/LaunchAgents

    sh Login Item from an unidentified developer

  3. Now delete the plist files corresponding to the app, after installing which you got these prompts in the first place.
  4. Once that is done, go to the below location and delete the plist files from that app there as well.
    /Library/LaunchAgents

    sh Login Item from an unidentified developer

  5. Finally, go to the following location and delete the required plist files:
    /Library/LaunchDaemons

    sh Login Item from an unidentified developer

  6. Once done, restart your Mac and check out the results.

That’s it. These were the steps to fix the issue of the sh Login Item from an unidentified developer on Mac. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.


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