Hi Ronni, thanks for the tips, however to do steps 1 to 3 assumes I can actually boot Tims MBP in the first place to execute those steps with it running, unfortunately I can’t do that. His MBP is toast (Motherboard is failed and unit will not boot) and so the best I can do is remove the HDD from the chassis and connect/mount his HDD via SATA adaptor to a working MBP and browse into it to physically locate files and trash them that way.
[This will still leave the OSX settings for SMC Fan Controller in place as they were when it collapsed.] That bit there in “[ ]” is all I am really worried about. If I can selectively using MA bring over all the data except the OSX settings then in all other respects I’m fairly comfortable as Alan and Neil have suggested in their responses that I can migrate without fear of infection from SMC. I will set about removing the HDD and mount to an MBP in the house to look into it for these “leftover” files. Regards Pete > On 28 May 2018, at 6:26 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Peter, > > If you can get rid of SMCfanControl first on Tim’s MBP before doing a > Migration from old MBP to New MBP/MBA I feel it would be safer. > I’ve given as much detail as I can below on where you will find all the > associated files SMCfanControl installs across the System. > ---- > How to completely uninstall SMCfanControl & all supportive files, cache files > & other associated items created during the setup and daily usage > > After you delete this app from sight, its icon may still stay on the menu bar > and your fan speed is still under the control of this app. > So to fully uninstall smcFanControl for Mac and restore the default fan rpm? > > Prior to the uninstall, you are supposed to restore the Apple defaults of fan > speed, and then deactivate the app. > > 1. Click on smcFanControl icon on the menu bar, and choose Active Setting: > > Default. > 2. Quit smcFanControl in the menu bar. > Besides, you can launch Activity Monitor to check if it is running on the > background. > Open up Activity Monitor from the Dock, Launchpad, or Spotlight. > Select target process, and click the “Quit Process” button in the upper left > corner. > 3. Open Finder, select Applications in the sidebar and delete/drag > smcFanControl to the Trash > or control-click on the app & click ’Move To Trash > (In your case Peter I think you said it is in the Downloads folder) > > Delete smcFanControl Leftovers > > 1.Open the Finder, click Go in the Menu bar, and select the option Go to > Folder… > 2.Type the path of User Library inside Home Folder: ~/Library and then hit > Enter key. > 3.Type smcFanControl in the search bar, select Library, and delete matched > items in the result. > > 4. Type the path of the current user’s Library Folder: /Library, and then hit > Enter key. > 5. Search for the associated items in the following locations: /Library, > /Library/Caches, /Library/Preferences, /Library/Application Support, > /Library/LaunchAgents, /Library/LaunchDaemons, /Library/PreferencePanes, > /Library/StartupItems > Control-click the matched files or folders, and select Move to Trash option. > > 6. EMPTY THE TRASH > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) > 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz > 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM > 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage > > macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 > >> On 28 May 2018, at 4:49 pm, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Ok, thanks Alan, your notes and those from Neil I will explore and tread >> carefully. >> >> Kind Regards >> >> Pete. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: >> [email protected] >> >> To: >> "WAMUG Mailing List" <[email protected]> >> Cc: >> >> Sent: >> Sun, 27 May 2018 21:16:50 +0800 >> Subject: >> Re: Migration Assistant selective restoration of data >> >> >> Hi Pete >> >> I think the easiest way would be to do a complete migration and sort out SMC >> Fan Control later. >> >> SMC Fan Control has been around for a few years and is not malware. In >> between shopping for a MBA you could investigate how to remove all traces of >> it. Apple support discussion guide is simple: trash the app then reset the >> SMC! >> >> To be really really sure, the more difficult way would be a complete fresh >> installation. Install macOS, download wanted apps then copy required data. >> >> To verify HDD contents would be tedious. Can you make a bootable of clone >> the HDD? You could then start up from the clone in another Mac and check >> where the fan control files are. >> >> Cheers >> Alan >> >> >> > On 27 May 2018, at 8:01 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, recently I had my son’s MBP fail with what I believe was from his >> > installation of some third party software which was SMC Fan controller. I >> > am in the process of getting myself a replacement Macbook (likely Macbook >> > Air). Before the MBP failed I did actually get it to successfully complete >> > a Time Machine backup BUT this was with the 3rd party software still in >> > place and therefore embedded within the settings. I don’t know where else >> > it may have been located within the file structure, but I want to make >> > sure I do not bring that SMC Fan Controller back into a replacement MBA. >> > >> > During the process of it failing, I managed to mount the HDD via SATA >> > adaptor to another MBP and locate and trash the SMC Fan Controller. >> > >> > I wonder would I be better off trying to selectively drag/drop data from >> > the HDD when mounted via SATA adaptor or would it be more ‘complete’ if I >> > used Migration Assistant to use an Ethernet connection to restore data >> > from the TM backup but carefully select what I restore so as not to bring >> > back the ‘infected’ settings. >> > >> > It is my 14YO son after all and it’s not like he has lots of important >> > data to restore either. Main things I can think of are iTunes library, >> > Photos library. My preference is Migration Assistant for the completeness >> > of how it doe it all. Maybe there is a part MA and part manual drag/drop. >> > >> > Is there some other way I can test the HDD contents in a SATA mounted >> > state and verify before doing the actual migration to a replacement MBA? >> > >> > Regards >> > >> > >> > Pete >> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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