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What is secinitd?

If you see secinitd running on your Mac, here is what this security process does when apps launch.

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What is PowerUIAgent?

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

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What is nehelper?

If you see nehelper running on your Mac, here is what this network extension process does.

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What is touchbarserver?

If you see touchbarserver running on your Mac, here is what this Touch Bar process does.

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What is mediaremoted?

If you see mediaremoted running on your Mac, here is what this media control process does.

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What is datastored?

If you see datastored running on your Mac, here is what this CloudKit data storage process does.

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What is parsecd?

If you see parsecd in Activity Monitor and wonder what it is, here is what this macOS process does.

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What are the mdmclient processes?

If you see mdmclient processes running on your Mac, here is what these Mobile Device Management processes do.

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What is deleted?

If you see a process called deleted in Activity Monitor, here is what it does and why it is there.

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What is WirelessRadioManager-osx?

If you see WirelessRadioManager-osx running on your Mac, here is what this wireless radio management process does.

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What is boswatcher?

If you see boswatcher running on your Mac, here is what this boot and shutdown monitoring process does.

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What is logd?

If you see logd running on your Mac, here is what this unified logging process does and why it matters.

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What is wifianalyticsd?

If you see wifianalyticsd running on your Mac, here is what this Wi-Fi diagnostics process does.

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What is familycontrols?

If you see familycontrols running on your Mac, here is what this parental controls process does.

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What is usbsmartcardreaderd?

If you see usbsmartcardreaderd running on your Mac, here is what this smart card reader process does.

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What are symptomsd and symptomsd-diag?

If you see symptomsd running on your Mac, here is what this network diagnostics process does.

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What is bosreporter?

If you see bosreporter running on your Mac, here is what this boot and shutdown reporting process does.

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What is MobileFileIntegrity?

If you see MobileFileIntegrity running on your Mac, here is what this code integrity process does.

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What is coreduetd?

If you see coreduetd running on your Mac, here is what this usage intelligence process does.

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What is bootinstalld?

If you see bootinstalld running on your Mac, here is what this macOS installation process does.

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What is diagnosticd?

If you see diagnosticd running on your Mac, here is what this unified diagnostics process does.

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What is iOSScreenCaptureAssistant?

If you see iOSScreenCaptureAssistant running on your Mac, here is what this iPhone screen capture process does.

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What is misagent?

If you see misagent running on your Mac, here is what this provisioning profile process does.

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What are the systemstats processes?

If you see systemstats.analysis, systemstats.daily, or systemstats.microstackshot_periodic on your Mac, here is what they do.

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What are remoted and remotemanagementd?

If you see remoted or remotemanagementd running on your Mac, here is what these remote access processes do.

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