What are coreservicesd, launchservicesd, and appleevents?
If you see coreservicesd, launchservicesd, or appleevents running on your Mac, here is what these core system processes do.
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What is uucp?
If you see uucp on your Mac, here is what this old Unix file transfer tool does.
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What is notifyd?
If you see notifyd running on your Mac, here is what this system notification process does.
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What is WindowServer?
If you see WindowServer using CPU on your Mac, here is what this essential display process does.
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What is getty?
If you see getty running on your Mac, here is what this terminal login process does.
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What is KernelEventAgent?
If you see KernelEventAgent running on your Mac, here is what this kernel event handler does.
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