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At far left of my top bar you can see a globe-like network sort of icon with what I interpret as a blue download arrow.

This icon appeared recently for the first time for unknown reasons. Clicking it, right-clicking it, double-clicking it, etc all produce no effect. It's not interactable.

What is this and how can I learn more about it and/or remove it if appropriate?

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  • If no one guesses it, would you be willing to search for startup items or run some commands? apple.stackexchange.com/a/90417/5472
    – bmike ♦
    Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 8:07
  • The issue is I don't know the name of it, so it's pretty tough to search for. In the answer you've linked he's searching for Inventory Scan, but I haven't got a clue like that to look for.
    – temporary_user_name
    Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 8:15
  • Yes. I’ll take a crack at updating the linked answer for you. It’s quite technical, and presumes you know convention and a bunch of obscure tools and may not even run correctly on 10.15. A non-free tool to handle this graphically would be BarTended 3 - macbartender.com/Bartender3.html (free trial, though)
    – bmike ♦
    Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 8:17
  • Try Accessibility Inspector, part of Apple's developer tools
    – grg ♦
    Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 8:22

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I clicked on the icon with Accessibility Inspector and a Libreoffice download window popped up. It might be related to that, if you have Libreoffice installed.

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    I just checked, the icon is indeed displayed while LibreOffice is running and disappears as soon as LibreOffice is terminated. Not sure how to use it though, it doesn't seem to react to any clicks.
    – nohillside ♦
    Commented Nov 16, 2020 at 19:41
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    @nohillside: For me, in LibreOffice, it shows that an update is available. So I am guessing that that is what the icon means.
    – user102008
    Commented Mar 16, 2021 at 23:53
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This is nothing but a notification from LibreOffice for a New update. You can update it or ignore it.

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    Welcome to Ask Different. Great to have a new contributor. Please note that these forums work well when questions and answers are focused on a particular problem and its solution. This answer (1) proposes a solution to a problem that is different of the one asked, and (2) makes general recommendations about versions when the OP’s version is provided in the question. You might like to take the tour.
    – Thinkr
    Commented Apr 19, 2023 at 10:04
  • How is this different from the existing answer?
    – Allan
    Commented Apr 19, 2023 at 13:50
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    @Thinkr I don't understand either of the points in your comment. This exactly answers the question. It's not making "general recommendations about versions", it's saying that the icon is a notification that an update to LibreOffice is available. This is more information than is contained in the other answer.
    – N. Virgo
    Commented Apr 28, 2023 at 6:14
  • @Allan if you look at the responses that have already been given, you'll see that none of them are certain about their responses, as they said "might be" or "if you installed," etc. And I respond accurately, despite being nearly 2.5 years late.
    – Prabhu Nandan Kumar
    Commented Apr 28, 2023 at 16:31
  • The green check mark indicates that the answer was accepted and thus it is assumed to be correct. Changing/deleting the adverb phrase from “might be” doesn’t negate that it’s basically the same answer.
    – Allan
    Commented Apr 28, 2023 at 16:36

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