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Useful macOS defaults: Contacts
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.AddressBook, controlling how Contacts displays and sorts people.
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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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Useful macOS defaults: Spotlight
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.Spotlight and Spotlight indexing controls.
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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 a .xip file?
If you have downloaded Xcode from Apple, you have seen a .xip file. Here is what it is and how it works.
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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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Useful macOS defaults: Activity Monitor
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.ActivityMonitor, controlling what Activity Monitor shows.
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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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What is warmd?
If you see warmd running on your Mac, here is what this app preloading process does.
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Useful macOS defaults: Crash Reporter
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.CrashReporter, controlling how crash dialogs behave.
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What is system_installd?
If you see system_installd running on your Mac, here is what this system-level installer process does.
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What is wifip2pd?
If you see wifip2pd running on your Mac, here is what this Wi-Fi peer-to-peer process does.
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Useful macOS defaults: Printing
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.print.PrintingPrefs, controlling printing behaviour on macOS.
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What is nsurlsessiond and why is it using so much bandwidth?
If you see nsurlsessiond using network resources on your Mac, here is what this process does.
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Useful macOS defaults: Mission Control and Spaces
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.dock (Mission Control settings) and com.apple.spaces, controlling how Spaces and Mission Control behave.
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What is revisiond?
If you see revisiond running on your Mac, here is what this file versioning process does.
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What is FDERecoveryAgent?
If you see FDERecoveryAgent running on your Mac, here is what this FileVault recovery process does.
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What is taskgated?
If you see taskgated running on your Mac, here is what this code signing enforcement process does.
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What is akd?
If you see akd running on your Mac, here is what this Apple authentication process does.
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What is watchdogd?
If you see watchdogd running on your Mac, here is what this system health monitoring process does.
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Useful macOS defaults: Preview
Handy defaults write commands for com.apple.Preview, controlling how Preview opens and displays files.
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