Useful macOS defaults: QuickTime Player
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX, controlling how QuickTime Player behaves.
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What is IOAccelMemoryInfoCollector?
If you see IOAccelMemoryInfoCollector running on your Mac, here is what this GPU memory monitoring process does.
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What is musicd?
If you see musicd running on your Mac, here is what this Apple Music process does.
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What is endpointsecurityd?
If you see endpointsecurityd running on your Mac, here is what this security framework process does.
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What is installcoordination_proxy?
If you see installcoordination_proxy running on your Mac, here is what this installation helper process does.
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What is retimerd?
If you see retimerd running on your Mac, here is what this Thunderbolt/USB-C signal process does.
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Useful macOS defaults: Network Browser
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.NetworkBrowser, controlling how your Mac discovers network devices.
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What is installcoordinationd?
If you see installcoordinationd running on your Mac, here is what this installation coordination process does.
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What is findmydeviced?
If you see findmydeviced running on your Mac, here is what this Find My device tracking process does.
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What is CoreAuthentication.daemon?
If you see CoreAuthentication.daemon running on your Mac, here is what this authentication process does.
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What is storagekitd?
If you see storagekitd running on your Mac, here is what this storage management process does.
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What is runningboardd?
If you see runningboardd running on your Mac, here is what this process lifecycle manager does.
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Useful macOS defaults: Screen Sharing
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.ScreenSharing, controlling the Screen Sharing viewer app.
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What is uninstalld?
If you see uninstalld running on your Mac, here is what this app removal process does.
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What is registerassistantservice?
If you see cmio.registerassistantservice running on your Mac, here is what this camera registration process does.
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What is containermanagerd?
If you see containermanagerd running on your Mac, here is what this app sandbox container process does.
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Useful macOS defaults: Image Capture
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.ImageCapture, controlling what happens when you connect a camera or phone.
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Practical differences between Bash and Zsh
Apple is switching the default shell on macOS from Bash to Zsh. Here is what that means in practice.
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What is mediaremoteagent?
If you see mediaremoteagent in Activity Monitor, here is what this macOS process does.
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What is displaypolicyd?
If you see displaypolicyd running on your Mac, here is what this display management process does.
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What is audioclocksyncd?
If you see audioclocksyncd running on your Mac, here is what this audio clock synchronisation process does.
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What is AudioComponentRegistrar?
If you see AudioComponentRegistrar running on your Mac, here is what this audio plugin registration process does.
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What is usbpowerd?
If you see usbpowerd running on your Mac, here is what this USB power management process does.
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Useful macOS defaults: App Store
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.appstore, controlling App Store behaviour.
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What are nand.aspcarry and nand_task_scheduler?
If you see nand.aspcarry or nand_task_scheduler running on your Mac, here is what these storage maintenance processes do.
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