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I must be getting too old for all this, I totally spazzed on seeing the search field. Sure enough, there is a fah-client now running, although it's pretty moribund as I'm not crunching. There HAS to be some form of executable somewhere. Normally I'd think something along the lines of a kernel extension... I do have some in there from software that I use so I don't think it's 100% closed down.

The fah-client process will stay mostly inactive even when folding is active. The actual number crunching is done in the FahCorenn processes. Those use the executable folding cores I mentioned. The client launches those processes with the appropriate parameters including WU location after downloading it. Then when the WU is finished the fah-client process handles uploading it to the server and getting the acknowledgment of its receipt. Then it clears out the work files for that WU.

Do not “clean up” files you find when digging around. They might still be needed by something.

The client executable is /usr/local/bin/fah-client
You do not need to ever mess with it.
If you choose to uninstall, download the uninstaller package from the link in Applications/Folding@home.

Ah, good to know, thanks. Yeah, I got the uninstaller.