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What is IFCStart?

If you see IFCStart running on your Mac, here is what this startup process does.

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What is lockd?

If you see lockd running on your Mac, here is what this NFS file locking process does.

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What is newsyslog?

If you see newsyslog on your Mac, here is what this log management process does.

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What is dirhelper?

If you see dirhelper running on your Mac, here is what this directory cleanup process does.

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What is UserNotificationCenter?

If you see UserNotificationCenter running on your Mac, here is what this notification display process does.

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What is PasswordService?

If you see PasswordService running on your Mac, here is what this authentication process does.

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What is rpcbind?

If you see rpcbind running on your Mac, here is what this Unix networking process does.

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What is dynamic_pager?

If you see dynamic_pager running on your Mac, here is what this virtual memory process does.

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What is kuncd?

If you see kuncd running on your Mac, here is what this kernel notification process does.

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What is securityd?

If you see securityd running on your Mac, here is what this core security and keychain process does.

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What are the metadata.mds processes (Spotlight)?

If you see mds, mdworker, or other metadata processes using CPU on your Mac, here is what these Spotlight indexing processes do.

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What is aslmanager?

If you see aslmanager on your Mac, here is what this log management process does.

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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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