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Netgear Genie won't quit on Mac OS X
Unlike some people here, I had no trouble downbloading and installing Netgear Genie on my Mac system, first on an old iMac running OS X v10.6.8 and now on my new iMac running 10.11.2. Unfortunately t...
It is noted that you were working on the problem of having to force quit out of Network Genie as of last January, yet the problerm still persists. When is this issue going to be fixed?
All:
Here's what (sorta) worked for me, based on escalation at Netgear to "Bianca" who seemed to really know how to troubleshoot. The fix that worked for me was to open the Genie package and to add a leading "1" to the component "libGeniePlugin_MyMedia.dylib", making it "1libGeniePlugin_MyMedia.dylib". This disables the Media Center features of the router, which I don't use anyway. Now, CPU usage is at about 10% (still too high for a "monitor", but tolerable), and I no longer have to force quit.
Jonathan
Thanks for posting that. I received similar instructions several months ago and was looking to post it when another frustrated Mac user posted to this string. Personally, I don't find the "added value" of Genie - as opposed to querying the router directly from the browser - not worth the trouble.
Thanks for the workaround!
That did the magic for me. Thanks a ton !!!
Workaround worked for me, thank you.