How to completely remove Muse hub on Mac

barryn · January 7, 2026, 3:11pm

I believe this is a complete list of files it installs…

Applications/Muse Hub.app
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/CodeResources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/OpenSSL.framework
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/OpenSSL.framework/OpenSSL
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/OpenSSL.framework/Resources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/OpenSSL.framework/Versions
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/OpenSSL.framework/Versions/A
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/OpenSSL.framework/Versions/A/OpenSSL
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/OpenSSL.framework/Versions/A/Resources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/OpenSSL.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Info.plist
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/OpenSSL.framework/Versions/A/_CodeSignature
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/OpenSSL.framework/Versions/A/_CodeSignature/CodeResources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/OpenSSL.framework/Versions/Current
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sentry.framework
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sentry.framework/Resources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sentry.framework/Sentry
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sentry.framework/Versions
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sentry.framework/Versions/A
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sentry.framework/Versions/A/Resources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sentry.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Info.plist
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sentry.framework/Versions/A/Resources/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sentry.framework/Versions/A/Sentry
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sentry.framework/Versions/A/_CodeSignature
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sentry.framework/Versions/A/_CodeSignature/CodeResources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Frameworks/Sentry.framework/Versions/Current
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Info.plist
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Library
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Library/LaunchDaemons
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.muse.hubd.plist
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/Muse Hub
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents/Info.plist
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents/MacOS
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents/MacOS/applet
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents/PkgInfo
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents/Resources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents/Resources/Assets.car
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents/Resources/Scripts/main.scpt
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents/Resources/applet.icns
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents/Resources/applet.rsrc
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents/_CodeSignature
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/MacOS/MuseHub Migrator.app/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/PkgInfo
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Apollo_Apollo.bundle
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Apollo_Apollo.bundle/Contents
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Apollo_Apollo.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Apollo_Apollo.bundle/Contents/Resources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Apollo_Apollo.bundle/Contents/Resources/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Apollo_ApolloAPI.bundle
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Apollo_ApolloAPI.bundle/Contents
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Apollo_ApolloAPI.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Apollo_ApolloAPI.bundle/Contents/Resources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Apollo_ApolloAPI.bundle/Contents/Resources/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Assets.car
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj/Localizable.strings
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Kingfisher_Kingfisher.bundle
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Kingfisher_Kingfisher.bundle/Contents
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Kingfisher_Kingfisher.bundle/Contents/Info.plist
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Kingfisher_Kingfisher.bundle/Contents/Resources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/Kingfisher_Kingfisher.bundle/Contents/Resources/PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/MuseDisplay-Harmony.otf
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/MuseHub.icns
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/MuseHubBroker
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/MuseSans-Black.otf
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/MuseSans-Bold.otf
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/MuseSans-Medium.otf
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/MuseSans-Regular.otf
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/hubd
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/Resources/installer_background.jpg
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/_CodeSignature
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeResources
Applications/Muse Hub.app/Contents/embedded.provisionprofile
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/com.muse.authservice
/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.muse.authservice.plist

The last two appear to create a privileged background item.

romontschun · January 7, 2026, 5:12pm

The list of all these items is what is included in the application intself. You can open the application with a right-click and then look inside it, you’ll find all these things there in the “Contents” directory. If you throw the application itself into the trash can, these will also be gone. That is how Mac applications are built.

For the last two items:
Select the menu command “Go To …” and then “Go to folder”, paste everything until the last “/”, and you’ll see the corresponding items. You may need to authorize yourself using your admin password.

barryn · January 7, 2026, 7:08pm

I am aware of this. I wanted to let others know and I also wanted to see if anyone was aware of Anu other files like the last two that are not in the list of files in the package. The download link is misleading, I wanted to install Audacity, not some application called Muse Hub that you can then use to install Audacity but that’s what the “recommended” download does. Here’s what my research uncovered about “Muse Hub”…

Muse Hub isn’t a traditional Trojan, but it’s considered highly suspicious and potentially harmful due to its bundled installation with trusted software (like Audacity), running with root/admin privileges constantly, using hidden P2P file sharing(like torrents) without clear opt-in, and being difficult to remove, leading many users to report issues like system instability, data loss, and security vulnerabilities that resemble malware infections, despite developer claims of it being just an installer.