What is softwareupdated?
If you see softwareupdated running on your Mac, here is what this system update process does.
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What is UserEventAgent-System?
If you see UserEventAgent-System running on your Mac, here is what this system event handler does.
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What are kcm, kadmind, kdc, and kpasswdd?
If you see Kerberos processes like kcm, kadmind, kdc, or kpasswdd on your Mac, here is what they do.
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What is netbiosd?
If you see netbiosd running on your Mac, here is what this Windows networking process does.
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What is racoon?
If you see racoon running on your Mac, here is what this VPN-related process does.
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What is ftp-proxy?
If you see ftp-proxy on your Mac, here is what this file transfer process does.
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What is autofsd?
If you see autofsd running on your Mac, here is what this automatic mounting process does.
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What is configd?
If you see configd running on your Mac, here is what this core networking process does.
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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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