What is trustd?
If you see trustd making network connections from your Mac, here is what it does and whether it leaks information to Apple.
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What is ContainerMigrationService?
If you see ContainerMigrationService running on your Mac, here is what this app data migration process does.
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What is online-authd?
If you see online-authd running on your Mac, here is what this online authentication process does.
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What is jetsamproperties?
If you see jetsamproperties.Mac running on your Mac, here is what this memory management configuration does.
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What are uarpassetmanagerd, uarpd, and uarphidd?
If you see UARP processes running on your Mac, here is what these accessory firmware update processes do.
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What is audiomxd?
If you see audiomxd running on your Mac, here is what this audio mixing process does.
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What is syspolicyd?
If you see syspolicyd running on your Mac, here is what this Gatekeeper and system policy process does.
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What is accessoryupdaterd?
If you see accessoryupdaterd running on your Mac, here is what this accessory firmware update process does.
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What is contextstored?
If you see contextstored running on your Mac, here is what this context awareness process does.
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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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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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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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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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