PokerTracker

Again having this issue, I'd like to know why but first:

I have PostgreSQL showing up on my login screen, how do I remove it and put a stop to this happening every few months?


Yosemite 10.10.4

This article describes how to do that.

WhiteRider wrote:This article describes how to do that.

I've tried that twice now. How do I remove PokerTracker off my computer while keeping my player data and notes?

What problem are you having hiding the postgres user? Is there a particular part of that guide you have trouble with?

Your player data and notes are stored in a PostgreSQL database so won't be affected if you uninstall PT4 (as long as you don't uninstall PostgreSQL as well).
What are you trying to do? We may be able to offer an alternative approach.

WhiteRider wrote:What problem are you having hiding the postgres user? Is there a particular part of that guide you have trouble with?

Your player data and notes are stored in a PostgreSQL database so won't be affected if you uninstall PT4 (as long as you don't uninstall PostgreSQL as well).
What are you trying to do? We may be able to offer an alternative approach.

I've tried this eight times now without any success in removing PostgreSQL from the log-in page:

Hide a user account in OS X Yosemite
You can prevent a user account from appearing in the login window in OS X Yosemite by using these steps:.
1. Log in as an admin user.
2. Use this Terminal command, substituting the short account name name of the user you wish to hide for “hiddenuser”:
sudo dscl . create /Users/hiddenuser IsHidden 1

As this issue has occurred a few times since buying PT in 2010, I am leaning towards dropping PT totally and using another software package. I want nothing to do with PostgreSQL going forward.

If you have a better idea, I'm all ears.

Thanks.

HondaKid wrote:sudo dscl . create /Users/hiddenuser IsHidden 1

Just to confirm are you actually substituting the correct user in the command you quoted? You should be running that command as follows:

sudo dscl . create /Users/postgres IsHidden 1