How do you get rid of a process that keeps rising from the dead?
Almost as soon as I kill the process cfbackd, it returns with a different process ID.
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Apparently, cfbackd is a background daemon for the data recovery software Disk Drill.
And it is now using nearly 100% of (one core of) my CPU, making my computer run hot.
My first solution: Uninstall Disk Drill* and restart -- but no apparent effect.
Next: Log in to admin account,** open Terminal, and kill the process using sudo (since it's a process that belongs to the root user).
sudo kill -15 3196
(where 3196 is the current process ID of cfbackd.)
And sure enough, the process disappeared, only to reappear a moment later with a different process ID. (Same result if instead of -15, I used -9, -2, or -1.)
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*I uninstalled Disk Drill with AppCleaner and then with CleanMyMac. So if there are any other active files around, I don't know where.
Oh, and I removed 'Disk Drill' from my list of login items.
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**The kill command doesn't seem to work in Terminal in my regular account, even when I put in the administrator password. That's why I used the admin account for it.
Note that the process shows up in Activity Monitor, but only in my regular user account. But it also shows up in Terminal in both accounts.
Almost as soon as I kill the process cfbackd, it returns with a different process ID.
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Details:
Apparently, cfbackd is a background daemon for the data recovery software Disk Drill.
And it is now using nearly 100% of (one core of) my CPU, making my computer run hot.
My first solution: Uninstall Disk Drill* and restart -- but no apparent effect.
Next: Log in to admin account,** open Terminal, and kill the process using sudo (since it's a process that belongs to the root user).
sudo kill -15 3196
(where 3196 is the current process ID of cfbackd.)
And sure enough, the process disappeared, only to reappear a moment later with a different process ID. (Same result if instead of -15, I used -9, -2, or -1.)
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*I uninstalled Disk Drill with AppCleaner and then with CleanMyMac. So if there are any other active files around, I don't know where.
Oh, and I removed 'Disk Drill' from my list of login items.
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**The kill command doesn't seem to work in Terminal in my regular account, even when I put in the administrator password. That's why I used the admin account for it.
Note that the process shows up in Activity Monitor, but only in my regular user account. But it also shows up in Terminal in both accounts.
MacBook Pro 15' Early 2008, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
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Usually, a Mac user will just move an app to the Trash, and consider the job done. But Disk Drill installs some low-core modules for effective data protection and recovery. So for this type of system-level software, dragging the app to the Trash is not enough. Mac Reviews How To HomeKit Forums Other Categories. About Us Newsletter. What is the function of backservice.app. By iMore Question in forum Ask a Question. Thanks to this info my Mac is back up. It appears that after upgrading to El Capitan that SyncMate decided to cause kernel panic preventing me from booting. BTW I removed this software over a month ago.
This is not an area I know much about, but this.plist file might be a launch daemon or launch agent for cfbackd, which is the executable contained in BackService.app. BackService.app apparently gets installed in /Library/Application Support/CleverFiles. Get CCleaner for Mac Mac in top shape. In addition to offering the smart Uninstaller that allows you to remove apps in batch and grabs hidden folders, it can also. You are correct, I missed the 'd' on the copy/paste, below is the complete line. Drwxrwxrwx 2 eugenecox staff - 68 Jan 6 14:38 bobcat@mac.com and the results of /bin/ls -aleO@ bobcat@mac.com are here. Total 0 drwxrwxrwx 2 eugenecox staff - 68 Jan 6 14:38. Drwxr-xr-x 319 eugenecox staff uappnd 10846 Jan 3 11:07. 'Backservice' is an app downloaded from the internet. Are you sure you want to open it? Chrome downloaded this file on October 21, 2019 from www.cleverfiles.com.Apple checked it for malicious software and none was detected.'
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