Removing Anacron from 10.6

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Kappy has the solution!

I’m not sure what it is you are doing that generates these errors you’ve reported. There is no .DS_Store startup item. You can delete Anacron from the /Library/StartupItems/ folder by CTRL- or RIGHT-click on it and select Move to Trash from the contextual menu.

To handle the /etc/crontab file start by selecting Go to Folder from the Finder‘s Go menu. Enter /etc/ in the field and click on the Go button. Look for the file ‘crontab.’ If you find it CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the file and select Move to Trash from the contextual menu.

You can follow the instructions provided to remove the other files using the Terminal application in your Utilities folder. Just copy and paste the lines provided in the instructions. The Terminal command looks like this:

sudo -s

You will be prompted for your admin password which will not be echoed.

rm -rf /Library/StartupItems/Anacron
rm -rf /usr/local/sbin/anacron
rm -rf /usr/local/share/man/man8/anacron.8
rm -rf /usr/local/share/man/man5/anacrontab.5
rm -rf /var/spool/anacron
rm -rf /etc/anacrontab

I suggest you paste these lines into the Terminal. If you make a typo you could delete things you don’t want deleted.