macOS Ventura like the previous versions, it places great emphasis on reliability and user confidentiality. Notifications about third-party apps running in the background, webcam, microphone, and location interactions are commonplace for Android users. Mac.
Background Items Added is a notification that the user usually receives after update or upgrade from macOS.
Through this notification, the user is warned that third-party applications have services running in the background from the start of the operating system. It can also be considered a security notice, because some applications belonging to other software developers can steal confidential data.
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What are the "Other Developers" elements that run in the background - Background Items Added
If you see this notification on Mac, Background Items Added, it is good not to ignore it and do a short check.
They are elements of the applications installed on Mac, which runs even when the applications are not open.
There are two main reasons why applications have these elements (processes). Sincronizare si update.
Applications such as Google Chrome uses background processes to check for new software updates and to synchronize personal data from other devices, if you have authenticated your Google account in the browser.
Adobe Creative Cloud it uses a series of processes that run in the background even if you don't have any Adobe applications open. Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, etc. Most Creative Cloud elements are for cloud synchronization and communication between Adobe applications. Like the process Adobe IPCBroker (Adobe Inter-Process Communication Broker) which runs almost permanently on macOS.
How you can manage the elements that run in the background
open System Settings on macOS, then go to “General” → “Login Items“.
In "Login Items” we have applications that have elements that run in the background. The number of elements appears under the name of the application.
From here we can enable or disable background running of application elements. In my case, I activated background running for Panic Inc. The applications Nova si Transmit they need to communicate with the company's synchronization server and communicate with each other.
