What's New
Version 1.3
- added an option to run the search with administrator privileges
- the table now sorts properly
- the table remembers the sorted column at quit and restores it at next launch
- general bug fixes
Version 1.2
- added an option to relaunch the offending application
- general bug fixes
About What's Keeping Me?
Did you ever have the problem where you can’t empty the Trash or eject a disk because something is preventing you? Usually the reason is because some application has a file open, and thus you can’t get rid of the disk or trash the file. That’s why we made What’s Keeping Me! What’s Keeping Me will identify the application that is preventing you from accomplishing your task. You can then use What's Keeping Me to quit, relaunch, or kill the problem application so you can get on with your business.
What are the computer requirements?
What’s Keeping Me? will work on Macintosh computers with system software of MacOSX 10.4 and higher. It is a "Universal Binary" application so it will work on both PPC and Intel based Macs.
How do I use What's Keeping Me?
What’s Keeping Me is simple to use. Just type in the name of the item you want to get rid of and hit the return key to begin your search. If you are trying to empty the trash then type the file name you can’t empty into the search field. If you can’t eject a disk then type the disk name into the search field.
Searching takes a little time, but when finished the application which is keeping the item alive will be identified. Select the item in the table and you can quit, relaunch, or kill the application.
If What’s Keeping Me doesn’t find the item you are searching for you can perform a more thorough search by checking the box “As Administrator” at the bottom of the window. This will perform the search as an administrator of the computer and you may get different search results. Note that you will have to enter an administrator password to use this option.
After quitting, relaunching, or killing the application you can then empty the trash or eject the disk!
Version 1.3
- added an option to run the search with administrator privileges
- the table now sorts properly
- the table remembers the sorted column at quit and restores it at next launch
- general bug fixes
Version 1.2
- added an option to relaunch the offending application
- general bug fixes
About What's Keeping Me?
Did you ever have the problem where you can’t empty the Trash or eject a disk because something is preventing you? Usually the reason is because some application has a file open, and thus you can’t get rid of the disk or trash the file. That’s why we made What’s Keeping Me! What’s Keeping Me will identify the application that is preventing you from accomplishing your task. You can then use What's Keeping Me to quit, relaunch, or kill the problem application so you can get on with your business.
What are the computer requirements?
What’s Keeping Me? will work on Macintosh computers with system software of MacOSX 10.4 and higher. It is a "Universal Binary" application so it will work on both PPC and Intel based Macs.
How do I use What's Keeping Me?
What’s Keeping Me is simple to use. Just type in the name of the item you want to get rid of and hit the return key to begin your search. If you are trying to empty the trash then type the file name you can’t empty into the search field. If you can’t eject a disk then type the disk name into the search field.
Searching takes a little time, but when finished the application which is keeping the item alive will be identified. Select the item in the table and you can quit, relaunch, or kill the application.
If What’s Keeping Me doesn’t find the item you are searching for you can perform a more thorough search by checking the box “As Administrator” at the bottom of the window. This will perform the search as an administrator of the computer and you may get different search results. Note that you will have to enter an administrator password to use this option.
After quitting, relaunching, or killing the application you can then empty the trash or eject the disk!
Download: Whats Keeping Me Install.dmg
$5.00 US Donation
This product is donationware which means you can use it for free!
But if you find it useful please consider donating $5.00
to keep HAMSoft Engineering in business.
