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ABAssistantService (ABAssistantService.app)

/System/Library/Frameworks/AddressBook.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ABAssistantService.app/Conten...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...Abk (Abk.app)

Mac keylogger with remote monitoring support. It supports stealth keystroke recording, screenshots capturing andsending the logs by email or FTP in a real time. If it's not installed by yourself it can be used to sneak passwords andother private information.Read more...Activity (Activity Monitor.app)

Activity Monitor utility monitors the activity of your computer's processor and disk, its memory, and its networkactivity.Read more...Activity Monitor (Activity Monitor.app)

Activity Monitor utility monitors the activity of your computer's processor and disk, its memory, and its networkactivity.Read more...

activitymonitord (Activity Monitor.app)

/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/activitymonitordNo description on this process yet.Google for process or application...AddPrinter (AddPrinter.app)

Utility for setting up new printing device in Mac OS X (Leopard).Read more...Address Book (Address Book.app)

Address Book application bundled with Mac OS X.Read more...AirPlayUIAgent (AirPlayUIAgent.app)

/System/Library/CoreServices/AirPlayUIAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/AirPlayUIAgent --launchdNo description on this process yet.Google for process or application...

AirPort Base Station Agent (AirPort Base Station Agent.app)

Monitors base stations on the network and provides software updates as well as access to hard drives attached towireless router.rnRead more...AirPort Disk Agent (AirPort Disk Agent.app)

Provides access to USB disk, that is connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station.Read more...AirPort Utility (AirPort Utility.app)

AirPort Utility is setup and management utility for the AirPort Express Base Station, the AirPort Extreme Base Stationand Time Capsule.Read more...airportd

airportd configures various wireless card parameters automatically. For example, automatically connects to a preferredwireless network after restart if the network is available.Read more...amavisd

amavisd is a high-performance interface between Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) and virus scanners and/or junk-mailscanners.Read more...amavisd (Server.app)

amavisd is a OS X Server high-performance interface between Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) and virus scanners and/orjunk-mail scanners.Read more...anvil

The Postfix (free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail) anvil server maintainsstatistics about client connection counts or client request rates.Read more...aosnotifyd

Daemon providing syncing between Mac and MobileMe.Read more...APNBridge

APNBridge is a jabberd component to allow devices to subcribe to notifications and receive them via the Apple PushNotification Service.Read more...App Store (App Store.app)

The Mac App Store is a digital distribution platform for Mac OS X applications.Read more...

Apple80211Agent (Apple80211Agent.app)

/System/Library/CoreServices/Apple80211Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/Apple80211Agent -psn_0_602259No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...

AppleMobileBackup (AppleMobileDeviceHelper.app)

Backup utility for iPhone and iPod Touch.Read more...AppleMobileDeviceHelper (AppleMobileDeviceHelper.app)

Framework that powers iTune's-iPod and -iPhone data transfer.Read more...appleprofilepolicyd

appleprofilepolicyd is a system daemon that implements a access control policy for the services provided byAppleProfileFamily.Read more...applepushserviced

Daemon for Apple Push Notification service. This is part of the ApplePushService framework which allows Macapplications present dynamic content delivered over the Internet to user/computer.

applications present dynamic content delivered over the Internet to user/computer.Read more...AppleScript Editor (AppleScript Editor.app)

AppleScript Editor provides the ability to edit, compile, and execute scripts written in AppleScript.Read more...AppleScript Runner (AppleScript Runner.app)

AppleScript Runner is an implementation detail of features like Folder Actions and the Script Menu (they useAppleScript Runner to run scripts).Read more...AppleScript Utility (AppleScript Utility.app)

AppleScript is an English-like language used to create script files that control the actions of the Mac and theapplications that run on it.Read more...

AppleVNCServer

Server for providing access to your Mac remotely. Part of Apple Remote Desktop package.Read more...apsd-ft (FaceTime.app)

Push notification services for FaceTime for Mac.Read more...arch

arch utility will print architecture type of your operating system or run selected architecture of a universal binary.Read more...Archive Utility (Archive Utility.app)

Archive Utility (BOMArchiveHelper until Mac OS X 10.5) is the default archive file handler in Mac OS X. It is usuallyinvoked automatically when opening a file in one of its supported formats.Read more...ARDAgent (ARDAgent.app)

ARDAgent is the application that responds to Apple Remote Desktop remote administration requests, screen sharingand the like.Read more...ARDAgent

ARDAgent is the application that responds to Apple Remote Desktop remote administration requests, screen sharingand the like.Read more...aslmanager

Apple System Log data store file manager. Manages files in the ASL data store written by the syslogd server. Read more...asr

Apple Software Restore; copy disk images onto volumes, either directly or via a multicast network stream.Read more...

ATSServer

Apple Type Solution Server. Enables system-wide font management. Replaced with fontd daemon in Snow Leopard. Read more...Audio MIDI Setup (Audio MIDI Setup.app)

Audio MIDI Setup configures the audio input and output devices connected to your computer.Read more...auditd

auditd

The auditd daemon responds to requests from the audit utility and notifications from the kernel. It manages theresulting audit log files and specified log file locations.Read more...authorizationhost (SecurityAgent.app)

Provides authentication and authorization framework for applications. Read more...autofsd

Monitors network filesystem requests or configuration changes, and when such an event occurs, launches automountto update the mount points.Read more...Automator (Automator.app)

Automator implements point-and-click (or drag-and-drop) creation of workflows for automating repetitive tasks.Read more...Automator Launcher (Automator Launcher.app)

/System/Library/CoreServices/Automator Launcher.app/Contents/MacOS/Automator Launcher -psn_0_184365No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...Automator Runner (Automator Runner.app)

/System/Library/CoreServices/Automator Runner.app/Contents/MacOS/Automator Runner...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...automountd

Daemon that responds to requests from autofs to mount and unmount network filesystems, and to supply the contentsof directories, based on the contents of automounter maps.Read more...auvaltool

AudioUnit validation tool tests a specified AudioUnit for API and behavioural conformance.Read more...AVCAssistant

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreMediaIOServices.framework/Resources/AVC.plugin/Contents/Resou...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...AVRCPAgent (AVRCPAgent.app)

/System/Library/CoreServices/AVRCPAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/AVRCPAgent -BTAutoLaunch -BTType L2CAP...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...awacsd

Apple Wide Area Connectivity Service daemon - facilitate connections between devices using Back to My Mac.Read more...awk

AWK is a programming language that is designed for processing text-based data, either in files or data streams. Aversion of the AWK language is a standard feature of nearly every modern Unix-like operating system, including OS X. Read more...

backupd-helper

backupd-helper

Time Machine backup for Mac OS X Leopard.Read more...

bash

Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands from the standard input or file.Read more...BezelUIServer

BezelUIServer responds to things like volume and screen brightness settings by creating the translucent popups andhelps launching FrontRow.Read more...blued

Bluetooth daemon. Handles SDP transactions, link key management, and incoming connection acceptance.Read more...Bluetooth File Exchange (Bluetooth File Exchange.app)

Handles files exchanges between Bluetooth devices.Read more...BluetoothAudioAgent (BluetoothAudioAgent.app)

/System/Library/CoreServices/BluetoothAudioAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/BluetoothAudioAgentNo description on this process yet.Google for process or application...bnepd

The Bluetooth network daemon that handles all BNEP connections on the system.Read more...Boot Camp Assistant (Boot Camp Assistant.app)

Part of Boot Camp - software included with OS X Lion so you can run compatible versions of Microsoft Windows on anIntel-based Mac.Read more...bootpd

NetBoot server implementing a DHCP/BOOTP server as defined in RFC951, RFC1542, RFC2131, and RFC2132, as wellas a BOOTP/DHCP relay agent.Read more...bounce

The bounce daemon maintains mail delivery status reports.Read more...build_hd_index (ARDAgent.app)

Collects data on remote computers about files/applications used and user activity.Read more...

c2s

c2s accepts incoming connections from clients, performs authentication and registration functions, and communicateswith the session manager on their behalf.Read more...caffeinate

caffeniate prevents the system from sleeping on behalf of a utility.Read more...Calculator (Calculator.app)

Calculator is a basic calculator application bundled with Mac OS X.Read more...cat

The cat utility reads files sequentially, writing them to the standard output.Read more...CCacheServer (CCacheServer.app)

Agent that maintains the Kerberos credentials cache for a specific user.Read more...CharacterPalette (CharacterPalette.app)

Character Palette is used to insert special characters, such as mathematical symbols, letters with accent marks, orarrows and other "dingbats" as well as to enter Japanese, Chinese, Korean characters and characters from otherlanguages.Read more...CharPaletteServer (CharPaletteServer.app)

Character Palette is used to insert special characters, such as mathematical symbols, letters with accent marks, orarrows and other “dingbats,” into your documents.Read more...checkvir

Backdoor:OSX/Imuler.A malware. Contacts a remote server for instructions; it may then steal files or capture ascreenshot of the infected computer system, which is then forwarded to the remote serverRead more...check_afp (check_afp.app)

Keeps the local AFP client in sync with the AFP Server when another client updates items on that same server,refreshes the reconnect authentication credential on a periodic basis and handles displaying AFP server messages.Read more...

chflags

Standard Unix ulitity to change file flags.Read more...chgrp

Standard Unix utility to change group of the Unix file.Read more...chmod

The chmod utility modifies the file mode bits of the listed files as specified by the mode operand. It may also be used tomodify the Access Control Lists (ACLs) associated with the listed files.Read more...chown

Unix utility that changes the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files.Read more...chum

Computer Hardware Understanding Development (CHUD) Tool helper daemon for provided authorized users accessto privileged kernel interfaces.Read more...clamd

clamd

Anti-virus daemon for Mac OS X Server, listens for incoming connections on Unix and/or TCP socket and scans files ordirectories on demand.Read more...clamd (Server.app)

clamd is an anti-virus daemon that listens for incoming connections on Unix and/or TCP socket and scans files ordirectories on demand.Read more...clang

clang is a C, C++, and Objective-C compiler which encompasses preprocessing, parsing, optimization, code generation,assembly, and linking.Read more...cleanup

The daemon processes inbound mail, inserts it into the incoming mail queue, and informs the queue manager of itsarrival.Read more...codesign

The codesign command is used to create, check, and display code signatures, as well as inquire into the dynamic statusof signed code in the system.Read more...ColorSync Utility (ColorSync Utility.app)

ColorSync translates an image’s data between the color spaces of your devices so each device reproduces the image asaccurately as possible. Read more...

com.apple.legacymediabridge.videodecompressionservercom.apple.legacymediabridge.videodecompressionserverNo description on this process yet.Google for process or application...

com.apple.security.pboxd

Daemon process called Powerbox (pboxd) job is to present and control open/save dialog boxes on behalf of sandboxedapplications.Read more...compressord

Part of Final Cut Studio application, providing batch processes for encoding to a wide range of industry-standardformats.Read more...configd

Maintains data reflecting the desired and current state of the system, provides notifications to applications when thisdata changes, and hosts a number of configuration agents.Read more...Conflict Resolver (Conflict Resolver.app)

Conflict Resolver is an application used by .Mac service. Conflict Resolver is executed in the event that the .Mac SyncService cannot decide on which version of the data to use.Read more...Console (Console.app)

Console displays system messages written in system logs.Read more...

cookied

cookied is per-user HTTP cookie storage daemon which manages the user's cookie storage.Read more...copy-helper

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskImages.framework/Resources/copy-helper -source /Users/inkfolk...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...coreaudiod

Daemon used for Core Audio related purposes.Read more...

coreservicesd

Core Services daemon. Core Services is the Mac OS X system layer that lies above the core operating system and belowthe services, frameworks, and libraries used in application development.Read more...corestoraged

corestoraged manages CoreStorage (logical filesystem abstraction layer) volumes.Read more...

cron

Daemon to execute scheduled commands. Looks through the crontab files and follows scheduled instructions.Read more...csh

Berkeley UNIX C shell- command language interpreter usable both as an interactive login shell and a shell scriptcommand processor.Read more...

cups-deviced

CUPS (common unix printing system) device daemon, polls the backends for a list of available devices.Read more...cups-polld

cups-polld polls remote servers for a list of available printers and printer classes.Read more...cupsd

Common unix printing system daemon. It implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol Read more...curl

curl is a Standard Unix tool to transfer data from or to a server, using one of the supported protocols (HTTP, HTTPS,FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, DICT, TELNET, LDAP or FILE)Read more...cut

The cut utility cuts out selected portions of each line from each file and writes them to the standard output.Read more...CVMCompiler

Mac OS X Core Virtual Machine Compiler - daemon that performs generic slave tasks controlled by CVMServer.Read more...

CVMServer

Mac OS X Core Virtual Machine Server - system daemon that handles generic task execution in a slave process.Read more...George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords,and A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)DashboardClient (Dock.app)

Dashboard is a semi-transparent layer that floats above your desktop at the press of a key, and provides access to miniapplications called widgets.Read more...

Dashcode (Dashcode.app)

Apple's development environment for creating dashboard widgets and Web applications.Read more...date

date utility displays or sets the current date and time.Read more...Dictionary (Dictionary.app)

Dictionary provides definitions and synonyms from the New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition and OxfordAmerican Writers Thesaurus, 1st Edition.Read more...DictionaryPanel (Dictionary.app)

DictionaryPanel is alternative display method (you can activate it in Dictionary preferences) for Dictionary.app.Read more...

DigitalColor Meter (DigitalColor Meter.app)

DigitalColor Meter matchs the color on your screen against several industry standard spaces as well as see color valueof any pixel on your display for copying into an HTML or graphics document.Read more...Directory (Directory.app)

The Directory application provides access to shared information about people, groups, locations, and resources withinyour organization.Read more...Directory Utility (Directory Utility.app)

Directory Utility determines which directory services a Mac OS X computer uses and how it connects to directorydomains.Read more...DirectoryService

DirectoryService gathers directory access information which includes permissions for directories and mounted disksand provides it to applications.Read more...dirhelper

Command is a launch-on-demand helper for special directory creation. It is launched in a privileged context vialaunchd in order to create special directories where the user would not otherwise have permission to do so.Read more...Disk Utility (Disk Utility.app)

Disk Utility lets you configure and manage disks and perform disk related tasks.Read more...diskarbitrationd

diskarbitrationd listens for connections from clients, notifies clients of the appearance of disks and filesystems, andgoverns the mounting of filesystems and the claiming of disks amongst clients.

governs the mounting of filesystems and the claiming of disks amongst clients.Read more...diskimages-helper

Mounts compressed disk images.Read more...diskmanagementd

diskmanagementd is the back-end daemon to the DiskManagement framework.Read more...DiskManagementTool

Component of Disk Utility that actually performs the task of repairing permissions.Read more...distccd

distccd is the distributed C/C++ compiler server, part of Apple development toolset. It accepts and runs compilationjobs for network clients.Read more...distnoted

Provides distributed notification services (CFNotificationCenter daemon process and related agent processes).Read more...ditto

Unix utility to copy directory hierarchies, create and extract archives.Read more...dnsextd

BIND Extension Daemon, invoked at boot time, running alongside BIND 9, to implement two EDNS0 extensions to thestandard DNS protocol.Read more...Dock (Dock.app)

Dock is the bar of icons that sits at the bottom or side of your screen and provides easy access to applications, displayswhich applications are currently running, holds windows in their minimized state and manages Dashboard widgets.Read more...docsetinstalld

docsetinstalld is the daemon responsible for installing documentation sets for use by Apple's developer tools.Read more...dotmacsyncclient

MobileMe Sync Client command-line client.Read more...dovecot-auth

Process handles all authentication for Dovecot- open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems andincluded with Mac OS X Server.Read more...dovecotd

Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems and included with Mac OS X Server.Read more...dovecotd (Server.app)

A secure and highly configurable IMAP and POP3 server bundled with Mac OS X Server.Read more...Download (Download Java Components.app)

/System/Library/Java/Support/CoreDeploy.bundle/Contents/Download Java...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...dpd

Display Port daemon - listens for ACPI messages from SMC to change from internal mac mode to external displayinput mode upon display port hot-plug.Read more...dscl

dscl is a general-purpose utility for operating on Directory Service directory nodes. Its commands allow one to create,read, and manage Directory Service data.Read more...dspluginhelperd

Support daemon for legacy DirectoryService plugins. DirectoryService has been replaced by opendirectoryd.dspluginhelperd provides support for 3rd party DirectoryService plugins. More information can be accessed from theDarwin Open Directory PageRead more...DVD Player (DVD Player.app)

Default DVD player in Mac OS X.Read more...dynamic_pager

The dynamic_pager daemon manages a pool of external swap files which the kernel uses to support demand paging. Read more...George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords,and A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)eapolclient

The eapolclient is used by Mac OS X to connect to 802.1x secured wireless networks.Read more...efax

Send/receive faxes with Class 1, 2 or 2.0 fax modem.Read more...emacs

emacs is feature-rich text editor bundled with most Unix based systems.Read more...emond

Event Monitor Daemon, accepts events from various services, runs them through a simple rules engine, and takesaction. The actions can run commands; send email, SMS, or jabber messages; or update an RSS feed.Read more...EncoderServer (iDVD.app)

DVD creation software application.Read more...

FaceTime (FaceTime.app)

FaceTime is a video calling software application and related protocol developed by Apple for Macs and supportedmobile devices running the iOS.Read more...

Read more...fc-cache

fc-cache scans the font directories on the system and builds font information cache files for applications usingfontconfig for their font handling.Read more...FDERecoveryAgent

FDERecoveryAgent sends encrypted CoreStorage key recovery information to Apple. It is run only when "Store therecovery key with Apple" is selected, and even then only if the information could not be transmitted when that optionwas first selected.Read more...fgrep

Variant programs for grep utility. Fgrep is the same as grep -FRead more...filecoordinationd

filecoordinationd provides system-wide file access coordination.Read more...FileMerge (FileMerge.app)

Utility graphically compares and merges two different versions of a file. A command line version is available throughthe Terminal application: opendiff. Part of Apple Development tools.Read more...FileSyncAgent (FileSyncAgent.app)

/System/Library/CoreServices/FileSyncAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/FileSyncAgent -launchedByLaunchdNo description on this process yet.Google for process or application...find

The find utility recursively descends the directory tree for each path listed, evaluating an expression in terms of eachfile in the tree.Read more...Finder (Finder.app)

Finder allows access to applications, hard disks, files, folders, and CDs.Read more...Finder

Finder allows access to applications, hard disks, files, folders, and CDs.Read more...

FindSystemFiles

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SystemMigration.framework/Resources/FindSystemFiles -ZNo description on this process yet.Google for process or application...Firewall

Firewall is included with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and allows to control connections on a per-application basis, ratherthan a per-port basis.Read more...firmwaresyncd

firmwaresyncd runs at boot time to synchronize the firmware file(s) from the root filesystem to the EFI SystemPartition (ESP). It does not run when the system is performing a Safe Boot.Read more...Folder (Folder Actions Dispatcher.app)

Server for managing folder actions. Each folder action now runs its own copy of the new Folder Actions Dispatcher

Server for managing folder actions. Each folder action now runs its own copy of the new Folder Actions Dispatcherapplication.Read more...Folder Actions Dispatcher (Folder Actions Dispatcher.app)

Server for managing folder actions. Each folder action now runs its own copy of the new Folder Actions Dispatcherapplication.Read more...Folder Actions Setup (Folder Actions Setup.app)

Utility that helps perform tasks related to Folder Actions, e.g - enable or disable Folder Actions, attach scripts to afolder etc.Read more...Font (Font Book.app)Default font manager for Mac OS X.Read more...

Font Book (Font Book.app)

Default font manager for Mac OS X.Read more...fontd

fontd is a Mac OS X system font registration manager which makes fonts available to the system.Read more...fontworker

fontworker is a OS X system daemon that registers and validates font for the system.Read more...freshclam

freshclam is a virus database update tool for ClamAV, bundled with OS X Server.Read more...freshclam (Server.app)

freshclam is a virus database update tool for ClamAV, bundled with OS X Server.Read more...Front (Front Row.app)

Front Row is media center software for Apple's Macintosh computers and Apple TV for viewing and downloadingvideo, photos, podcasts, and music from a computer, optical disk, networks using iTunes or iPhoto, and the Internetusing an Apple Remote.Read more...

fsck_hfs

The fsck_hfs utility verifies and repairs standard HFS and HFS+ file systems.Read more...fsck_msdos

The fsck_msdos utility verifies and repairs FAT file systems (more commonly known as DOS file systems).Read more...fseventsd

fseventsd reads file system changes events and writes the events to log files on disk.Read more...fsmpm

Xsan File System Port Mapper daemon - server daemon residing on each Xsan File System client and server.Read more...fs_usage

fs_usage

The fs_usage utility presents an ongoing display of system call usage information pertaining to filesystem activity.

Read more...ftpd

Internet File Transfer Protocol server included with Mac OS X.Read more...

gdb-i386-apple-darwin

The GNU Debugger for debugging programs written in C, C++, and Modula-2 par of Apple's Xcode developer tools.Read more...getPPDVersion

/usr/libexec/getPPDVersion /Library/Printers/PPDs/Contents/Resources/HP Officejet Pro 8500...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...getty

Standard unix program running on a host computer that manages physical or virtual terminals (tty). When it detects aconnection, it prompts for a username and runs the 'login' program to authenticate the user.Read more...Grab (Grab.app)

Grab application takes a picture of all or part of your computer screen.Read more...Grapher (Grapher.app)

Grapher graphs curves, surfaces, inequalities, differential equations, discrete series, and vector and scalar fields. Youcan also create movie files of your graphs.Read more...grep

Grep is standard UNIX command, it searches the named input files for lines containing a match to the given pattern.Read more...groff

groff is a front-end for the GNU Unix groff document formatting system.Read more...grotty

grotty translates the output of GNU troff text formatting processor into a form suitable for typewriter-like devices.Read more...gssd

gssd provides kernel access to the Generic Security Services API (GSS-API).Read more...

gunzip

gunzip expand files compressed with gzip- cross platform file compression utility.Read more...

hdiejectd

Helper for DiskImages framework. Undocumented, most probably responsible for ejecting/dismounting disk images.Read more...hdiutil

hdiutil uses the DiskImages framework to manipulate disk images. Common verbs include attach, detach, verify,create, convert, compact, and burn.Read more...Help Viewer (Help Viewer.app)

Help Viewer is a WebKit based HTML viewer for Mac OS X aimed at displaying help files and other documentation.Read more...

HelpViewer (HelpViewer.app)

Help Viewer is a WebKit based HTML viewer for Mac OS X aimed at displaying help files and other documentation.Read more...

hiutil

hiutil is for creating and examining .helpindex files. These files were historically created by Help Indexer.app, whichnow calls this tool.Read more...httpd

httpd is the Apache webserver (HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server program).Read more...httpsproxyd

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/FamilyControls.framework/Resources/httpsproxyd -X -k start -p 1001...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...hwmond

Mac OS X Server Hardware monitoring daemon, runs in the background periodically collecting various informationabout the current state of the hardware.Read more...

ibtool

ibtool verifies, updates, and prints the contents of an Interface Builder document, generating its output in standardplist format.Read more...iCal (iCal.app)

Calendaring application bundled with Mac OS X.Read more...

iCal Helper (iCal Helper.app)

/System/Library/Frameworks/CalendarStore.framework/Versions/A/Resources/iCal...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...iCalExternalSync

/System/Library/Frameworks/CalendarStore.framework/Resources/iCalExternalSync --oneshot --sync...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...

Google for process or application...iChat (iChat.app)

iChat is an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), MobileMe, ICQ and XMPP client.Read more...iChatAgent (iChatAgent.app)

Backround agent for iChat.Read more...id

The id utility returns user identity- displays the user and group names and numeric IDs.Read more...identd

identd is a server which implements the TCP/IP proposed standard IDENT user identification protocol as specified inthe RFC 1413 document.Read more...idled

Idled provides near real-time updates for IMAP IDLE, receives notifications of mailbox changes and signals theappropriate imapd to report the changes to the client.Read more...iDVD (iDVD.app)

Apple DVD creation software application, part of iLife suite.Read more...IIDCAssistant

/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/iSightAudio.plugin/Contents/Resources/IIDCAssistant.bundle/Contents/Mac...

No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...IIDCVideoAssistant

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreMediaIO.framework/Resources/IIDC.plugin/Contents/Resources/IIDCVideo...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...Image Capture (Image Capture.app)

Application program that enables users to upload pictures from digital cameras or scanners which are either connecteddirectly to the computer or the network.Read more...Image Capture Extension (Image Capture Extension.app)

Provides the connections between device modules and the application and providing a common interface betweendevice modules and applications.Read more...Image Events (Image Events.app)

Image Events is an AppleScript agent and supports the manipulation, from scripts, of images and image-related datathrough operations such as cropping, embedding, matching, padding, profiling, rotating, and scaling.Read more...ImageCaptureService (ImageCaptureService.app)

The Image Capture application in Mac OS X allows you to easily import images and perform related functions. Read more...imagent (imagent.app)

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/IMCore.framework/imagent.app/Contents/MacOS/imagentNo description on this process yet.

No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...imap-login

Part of Dovecot- open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems and included with Mac OS X Server.Read more...imklaunchagent

Launcher for Input Method Kit framework, supporting input methods for Chinese, Japanese, and other languages.Read more...iMovie (iMovie.app)

Apple video editing software application, part of iLife suite.Read more...iMovie HD (iMovie HD.app)

Apple video editing software application, part of iLife suite.Read more...IMServicePlugInAgent (IMServicePlugInAgent.app)/System/Library/Frameworks/IMServicePlugIn.framework/IMServicePlugInAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/IMServ...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...

InkServer (InkServer.app)

Ink (or Inkwell) provides handwriting recognition on Mac OS X if graphics tablet is connected to Mac.Read more...

Installer (Installer.app)

Installer is an application included in Mac OS X which extracts and installs files out of .pkg packages.Read more...install_monitor

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/PackageKit.framework/Resources/install_monitor -t...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...Instruments (Instruments.app)

Instruments is an application for dynamically tracing and profiling Mac OS X code, part of Apple development tools.Read more...Interface (Interface Builder.app)

Interface Builder is part of Xcode- Apple development tool. Interface Builder is used to create the user interfaces foriPhone OS and Mac OS X applications.Read more...Interface Builder (Interface Builder.app)

Interface Builder is a visual design tool used to create the user interfaces of iPhone OS and Mac OS X applications, partof Xcode development tool.Read more...InternetSharing

InternetSharing is the back-end for the Internet Sharing feature. It is responsible for configuring the networkinterfaces, the DHCP server, the network address translation daemon, and the Internet domain name server.Read more...ioreg

Displays the I/O Kit registry. It shows the heirarchical registry structure as an inverted tree.Read more...iostat

iostat

Iostat displays kernel I/O statistics on terminal, device and cpu operations.Read more...ioupsd

Monitors UPS's. PowerManagement's configd plugin automatically launches ioupsd whenever a UPS is connected tothe system.Read more...ipconfig

ipconfig is a utility that communicates with the IPConfiguration agent to retrieve and set IP configuration parameters.Read more...ipfwloggerd

Mac OS X firewall logging daemon on Mac OS X Tiger (10.4).Read more...iPhone Simulator (iPhone Simulator.app)

iPhone Simulator is an environment that allows to run iPhone applications on your Mac to perform initial testing.iPhone Simulator ir part of Xcode development tools.Read more...iPhoto (iPhoto.app)

iPhoto is photo organizing and editing application, part of iLife suite.Read more...irb

irb is the interactive Ruby language interpreter bundled with Mac OS X.Read more...iSync (iSync.app)

iSync allows synchronizing Mac Address Book and iCal information with mobile handsets, Palm OS organizers andcompatible smartphones.Read more...iTunes (iTunes.app)

iTunes is digital media player used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also aninterface to manage the contents on iPod and iPhone.Read more...iTunes

iTunes is digital media player used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also aninterface to manage the contents on iPod and iPhone.Read more...iTunesHelper (iTunes.app)

Listens for commands to help iTunes communicate with devices (such as iPod).Read more...iTunesHelper.app (iTunes.app)

Tunes Helper runs in the background and monitors for the connection of any iPod or iPhone to the computer, if aniPod or iPhone is detected it will automatically launch the iTunes application. Read more...iWeb (iWeb.app)

Website editor, part of Apple iLife suite.

Read more...iWorkServices

Backdoor iWorkServ.A uses a file called iWorkServices and is part of the installer package included with illegitimatecopies of iWork 2009 distributed on file sharing sites.Read more...

Jar Launcher (Jar Launcher.app)

Jar Launcher is the program in Mac OS X that launches Java JAR files into the Aqua/Java runtime environment.Read more...java

Java runtime environment bundled with Mac OS X.Read more...Java Preferences (Java Preferences.app)

/Applications/Utilities/Java Preferences.app/Contents/MacOS/Java Preferences -psn_0_721072No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...Java Web Start (Java Web Start.app)

Java Web Start is included in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) as part of Java SE 6.Read more...

kadmind

KADM5 (Kerberos V5 KDC) administration server, accepts remote requests to administer the information indatabases.Read more...kcm

kcm is a process based credential cache for Kerberos (computer network authentication protocol used in Mac OS X)tickets.Read more...kcproxy (Keychain Access.app)

KeyChain Access helper that manages trust settings changes for applications/certificates.Read more...

kdc

Key distribution center process of Kerberos security protocol.Read more...

kdcmond

KDC monitoring daemon. It is an init-like process that launches, monitors, and relaunches the Kerberos KDC process,ensuring Open Directory Single Sign On.Read more...Kerberos (Kerberos.app)

The Kerberos system authenticates individual users in a network environment.Read more...kerberosautoconfig

Paart of Kerberos -- Open Directory Single Sign On feature. The kerberosautoconfig command creates / updates &removes the edu.mit.Kerberos file and the Kerberos:<REALM_NAME> config record in dslocal db from informationstored in the Open Directory config record.

stored in the Open Directory config record.Read more...KernelEventAgent

Disk & server events notifications. Notifies users about file and disk problems.Read more...kextcache

The kextcache program creates kext caches, which speed up kext loading operations. It is invoked auto-maticallyautomatically as needed to rebuild system caches.Read more...kextd

Responsible for loading and unloading kernel extensions (e.g. device drivers) as they are needed. Read more...kextload

he kextload program is used to explicitly load kernel extensions (kexts).Read more...KeyboardViewer (KeyboardViewer.app)

Keyboard Viewer allows to see and type characters used in alternate languages other than your chosen language.Read more...Keychain (Keychain Access.app)

Keychain is Apple Inc.'s password management system in Mac OS X and Mac OS 9.Read more...Keychain Access (Keychain Access.app)

Keychain is Apple Inc.'s password management system in Mac OS X and Mac OS 9.Read more...Keychain Scripting (Keychain Scripting.app)

Keychain Scripting is background application that acts as acts as scriptable front-end to the user's keychain wherepassword are stored.

Read more...kill

The kill utility sends a signal to or terminates processes.Read more...

Kotoeri (Kotoeri.app)

Kotoeri is a Japanese language input method which comes standard with Mac OS X, as well as earlier versions of theMac OS.Read more...kpasswdd

kpasswdd serves request for password changes. It listens on UDP port 464 (service kpasswd) and processes requestswhen they arrive. It changes the database directly and should thus only run on the master KDC.Read more...krb5kdc

Kerberos version 5 Authentication Service and Key Distribution Center.Read more...ksh

KornShell, a standard/restricted command and programming language.Read more...George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords,and A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)

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Launch a preferred executable format application using the Code Fragment Manager (CFM). Typically, this is only runmanually when a CFM application needs to be debugged in gdb.Read more...launchctl

launchctl interfaces with launchd to load, unload daemons/agents and generally control launchd.Read more...launchctl bootstrap

launchctl interfaces with launchd to load, unload daemons/agents and generally control launchd.Read more...launchctl unload

launchctl interfaces with launchd to load, unload daemons/agents and generally control launchd.Read more...launchd

Systemwide and per-user daemon/agent manager.rnRead more...

launchproxy

launchproxy handles the inetd emulation for launchd (system process manager).Read more...less

Standard Unix utility less is a program similar to more, but which backward movement in the file as well as forwardmovement.Read more...

lipo

The lipo command creates or operates on ``universal'' (multi-architecture) files.Read more...LKDCHelper

LKDC is a Kerberos implementation that extends "single sign-on" capabilities into ad-hoc networks. The LKDCsupports the AFP, CIFS, and VNC services included in Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. Read more...local

The local daemon processes ensures local mail delivery.Read more...locate.code

Sorted list compressor used by locate (quick file finding utility) command.Read more...

logger

Logger provides a shell command interface to the syslog system log module.Read more...Logic Express (Logic Express.app)

Logic Express is a limited-functionality version of Apple Logic Pro, a MIDI sequencer and digital audio workstationsoftware.Read more...Logic Pro (Logic Pro.app)

Logic Pro is a digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer software application for the Mac OS X platform. Logic Prois part of Apple's Logic Studio bundle of professional music applications.Read more...login

The login utility logs users (and pseudo-users) into the computer system.Read more...

loginwindow (loginwindow.app)

The loginwindow program controls several aspects of user sessions and coordinates the display of the login windowand the authentication of users.Read more...

logKextDaemon

Freeware (http://code.google.com/p/logkext/) keylogger for OS X. If it's not installed by yourself it can be used tosneak passwords and other private information.Read more...

lsregister

lsregister search the paths for application bundles and add each found item to the Launch Services database.Read more...

MacDefender

Mac Defender malware - fake antivirus program. If downloaded and installed, shows fake virus infection alerts in aneffort to convince users to enter credit card numbers to an insecure server.Read more...MacProtector

Alternate name for Mac Defender malware - fake antivirus program. If downloaded and installed, shows fake virusinfection alerts in an effort to convince users to enter credit card numbers to an insecure server.Read more...MacSecurity

Alternate name for Mac Defender malware - fake antivirus program. If downloaded and installed, shows fake virusinfection alerts in an effort to convince users to enter credit card numbers to an insecure server.Read more...Mail (Mail.app)

Default e-mail program included with Mac OS X.Read more...mail_group_expander (Server.app)

mail_group_expander is Mac OS X Server utility used to to add group aliases to the /etc/aliases file.Read more...make

Standard Unix utility used to determine automatically which pieces of a large program need to be recompiled, andissue the commands to recompile them.Read more...makewhatis

The makewhatis utility collects the names and short descriptions from all the unformatted man pages in the directoriesand puts them into a file used by the whatis and apropos commands.Read more...man

man

Standard Unix utility man format and display the on-line manual pages.Read more...ManagedClient (ManagedClient.app)

Managed Client for Mac OS X, or MCX, is a subset of Open Directory, the Apple directory service. Read more...MassStorageCamera (MassStorageCamera.app)

/System/Library/Image Capture/Devices/MassStorageCamera.app/Contents/MacOS/MassStorageCamera...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...master

The master daemon is the resident process that runs Postfix daemons on demand: daemons to send or receivemessages via the network, daemons to deliver mail locally, etc.Read more...mcxalr

Managed Client application launch restriction tool and agent - used internally to manage and implement applicationlaunch restrictions for Managed Clients (MCX). Also used by Workgroup Manager to sign applications as root to insureall permissions and modes are pre-served.Read more...MDCrashReportTool (AppleMobileDeviceHelper.app)

Application that provides option for sending iPhone crash reports to Apple.Read more...mdmclient

Used internally for communication with Mobile Device Management (Profile Manager) server. Receives configurationprofiles and commands from the server after a user binds to the server by installing a binding profile. Part of ManagedClient (MCX).Read more...mDNSResponder

mDNSResponder is a Bonjour system service that implements Multicast DNS Service Discovery for discovery ofservices on the local network, and Unicast DNS Service Discovery for discovery of services anywhere in the world. Read more...mDNSResponderHelper

mDNSResponderHelper is an executable invoked by launchd to provide privilege separation to the mDNSResponderdaemon.Read more...mds

Metadata server. It serves all clients of the metadata APIs, including Spotlight.Read more...mdworker

mdworker is the metadata server worker process. It is used by mds to scan and index files as a volume is mounted or afile changesRead more...mdworker MDSImporterWorker

Metadata server worker process. It is used by mds to scan and index files as a volume is mounted or a file changes.rnRead more...mdworker MDSSyncScanWorker

mdworker is the metadata server worker process. It is used by mds to scan and index files as a volume is mounted or afile changes.Read more...mdworker32

mdworker32 is the 32 bit version metadata server worker process. mdworker is used by mds to scan and index files as avolume is mounted or a file changes. Used for running 32 bit Spotlight plugins.Read more...mdworker32 MDSImporterWorker

mdworker32 is the 32 bit version metadata server worker process. mdworker is used by mds to scan and index files as avolume is mounted or a file changes. Used for running 32 bit Spotlight plugins.Read more...mdwrite

/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework/Versions/A/Support/...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...Memory Slot Utility (Memory Slot Utility.app)

/System/Library/CoreServices/Memory Slot Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/Memory Slot Utility -atOptimal...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...Messages (Messages.app)

Messages is an instant messaging software application that will replace iChat as the native Mac instant messagingclient (OS X Mountain Lion) with support for iMessage, Apple's messaging service on iOS, as well as integration withFaceTime.Read more...MIDIServer

The server process that loads, and manages all communication with MIDI drivers. Part of the CoreMIDI framework. Read more...MigrateTool (Migration Assistant.app)

/Applications/Utilities/Migration Assistant.app/Contents/Resources/MigrateToolNo description on this process yet.Google for process or application...Migration Assistant (Migration Assistant.app)

Migration Assistant is used to transfer important information, such as user accounts, applications, network andcomputer settings, and files, from one Mac computer to another via a FireWire cable or over a wired or wirelessnetwork.Read more...

Mingler (SyncServer.app)

/System/Library/Frameworks/SyncServices.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/SyncServer.app/Content...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...mkdir

The mkdir utility creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified.Read more...mkfontscale

Part of X11 environment. mkfontscale reads all of the scalable font files in the directory. For every font file found, anX11 font name (XLFD) is generated, and is written together with the file name to a file fonts.scale in the directory.Read more...mobilemesyncclient

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DotMacSyncManager.framework/Resources/mobilemesyncclient --sync...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...MobileSafari (MobileSafari.app)

Mobile Safari app on iPhone Simulator - part of Apple's XCode developer tools.Read more...momc

Model compiler, part of XCode developer tools, used to compile data model resources.Read more...mount

The mount command prepare and graft a special device or the remote node on to the file system tree.Read more...mount_hfs

Mount an HFS/HFS+ file system. This command is normally executed by mount at boot time.Read more...mount_nfs

The mount_nfs command calls the mount system call to prepare and graft a remote NFS file system on to the filesystem tree at the point directory.Read more...mtmd

Mobile Time Machine daemon stores actual copies of new and changed files into /.MobileBackups.Read more...

mtmfs

Mobile Time Machine file system daemon runs an NFS server on localhost which is then mounted at/Volumes/MobileBackups.Read more...mu-conference

mu-conference is the iChat Server multi-user conference module- multi-user conference plugin for jabberd2. mu-conference is used as part of Mac OS X Server's iChat Server.Read more...

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natpmpd

natpmpd is a daemon implementing NAT-PMP - protocol for handling port forwarding requests from clients behind aNAT (network address translation). It is normally invoked by InternetSharing.Read more...nc

The nc (or netcat) utility is used for working with TCP or UDP network protocols. It opens TCP connections, sendsUDP packets, listens on arbitrary TCP and UDP ports, does port scanning, and deal with both IPv4 and IPv6.Read more...NetAuthAgent (NetAuthAgent.app)

NetAuthAgent initiates network logins for both SMB and AFP volumes. NetAuthAgent also launches an applicationcalled check_afp that is responsible for receiving messages from the server (among other things).Read more...NetAuthSysAgent (NetAuthAgent.app)

NetAuthSysAgent is variant of NetAuthAgent (manages the authentication process at a high level on behalf of various

NetAuthSysAgent is variant of NetAuthAgent (manages the authentication process at a high level on behalf of variousclients included with Mac OS X) for handling system-level operations that do not require user interface.Read more...

netstat

Netstat is Unix utility that symbolically displays the contents of various network-related data structures.Read more...Network Diagnostics (Network Diagnostics.app)

Network Diagnostics is utility to diagnose problems related to Ethernet, AirPort, or internal or external modemconnections.Read more...Network Utility (Network Utility.app)

Network Utility combines several information and troubleshooting tools for networking.Read more...

newsyslog

newsyslog is a highly configurable program for managing and archiving log files.Read more...nfsd

NFS (Network File System) server daemon, service NFS and MOUNT protocol requests from NFS client machines.Read more...nmbd

NetBIOS name server to provide NetBIOS over IP naming services to clients. Also participates in the browsingprotocols which make up the Windows "Network Neighborhood" view.Read more...nmblookup

This tool is part of the samba suite and is used to query NetBIOS names and map them to IP addresses in a networkusing NetBIOS over TCP/IP queries.Read more...NotificationCenter (NotificationCenter.app)

Notification app, introduced with Mac OS X version 10.8 (Mountain Lion).Read more...notifyd

Server for the Mac OS X notification system.Read more...ntpd

The ntpd utility is an operating system daemon which sets and maintains the system time of day in synchronism withInternet standard time servers.Read more...

ocspd

Performs caching and network fetching of Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) and Online Certificate Status Protocol(OCSP) responses.Read more...ODBC Administrator (ODBC Administrator.app)

ODBC Administrator lets you connect databases with applications that conform to the Open Database Connectivity(ODBC) standard.Read more...

Read more...odproxyd

The odproxyd job maintains incoming proxy connections to the local OpenDirectory daemon (opendirectoryd). Itshould not be run manually.Read more...ODSAgent (ODSAgent.app)

Privides DVD or CD Sharing.Read more...open

The open command opens a file (or a directory or URL), just as if you had double-clicked the file's icon. If noapplication name is specified, the default application as determined via LaunchServices is used to open the specifiedfiles.Read more...opendirectoryd

opendirectoryd is replacement for DirectoryService in OS X Lion and Lion Server. See DirectoryService for moreinformation on process.Read more...openssl

The openssl program is a command line tool for using the various cryptography functions of OpenSSL's crypto libraryfrom the shell.Read more...osacompile

Compiles AppleScripts and other OSA language scripts.Read more...osascript

Execute AppleScripts and other OSA language scripts.Read more...George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords,and A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)ParentalControls (ParentalControls.app)

Parental Controls provides logging on activities performed by appropriate account, controls usage time limits, blocksspecific websites and applications from being used.Read more...PasswordService

Mac OS X Server Password Server daemon, acts as the gatekeeper for user passwords and provides an authenticationresource for all services running on the system.Read more...

pcscd

PC/SC Smartcard Daemon. It is a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart-card readers andsmart cards and cryptographic tokens that are connected to the system.Read more...perl

Practical Extraction and Report Language on UNIX based systems, optimized for scanning arbitrary text files,extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that information.

Read more...perl5.10.0

Perl is a language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing

Perl is a language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printingreports based on that information.Read more...Photo Booth (Photo Booth.app)

Application for taking photos and video with an iSight camera or other webcams.Read more...php

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can beembedded into HTMLRead more...pickup

Postfix local mail pickup. It waits for hints that new mail has been dropped into the maildrop directory, and feeds itinto the cleanup daemon.Read more...

ping

Standard unic command. Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts.Read more...pkgutil

pkgutil reads and manipulates Mac OS X Installer flat packages, and provides access to the "receipt" database used bythe Installer.Read more...PluginProcess (PluginProcess.app)

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebKit2.framework/PluginProcess.app/Contents/MacOS/PluginProcess...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...pmset

pmset manages power management settings such as idle sleep timing, wake on administrative access, automatic restarton power loss, etc.Read more...pmTool (Activity Monitor.app)

Invoked by the Activity Monitor. Polls the system and collects detailed process information.Read more...Podcast Capture (Podcast Capture.app)

With Podcast Capture, you can record and distribute podcasts. To use Podcast Capture, you need access to a computerrunning Mac OS X Server 10.5 with Podcast Producer.Read more...

pop3-login

Part of Dovecot- open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems and included with Mac OS X Server.Read more...

portmap

Portmap is a server that converts RPC program numbers into DARPA protocol port numbers. It must be running inorder to make RPC calls.Read more...postdrop

Postfix (e-mail transfer agent) mail posting utility.Read more...postgres:

PostgreSQL database server, included as the default database on Mac OS X Server as of version 10.7.Read more...postmaster

Part of Apple Remote Desktop application- desktop management solution.Read more...

pppd

PPP is the protocol used for establishing internet links over dial-up modems, DSL connections, and many other typesof point-to-point links. The pppd daemon works together with the kernel PPP driver to establish and maintain a PPPlink with another system (called the peer) and to negotiate Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for each end of the link.Read more...Preview (Preview.app)

Application for displaying and editing images and Portable Document Format (PDF) documents and open popularimage files (including JPEG, TIFF, and PNG.Read more...Preview

Application for displaying and editing images and Portable Document Format (PDF) documents and open popularimage files (including JPEG, TIFF, and PNG.Read more...printtool

/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/PrintCore.framework/Versions/A/...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...

Problem Reporter (Problem Reporter.app)

/System/Library/CoreServices/Problem Reporter.app/Contents/MacOS/Problem Reporter -psn_0_14462410No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...Property List Editor (Property List Editor.app)Property List Editor is part of Apple development suite Xcode.Read more...

proxymap

The proxymap server provides read-only or read-write table lookup service to Postfix (free and open-source mailtransfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail) processes.Read more...ps

Unix command, displays the currently-running processes.Read more...

PTPCamera (PTPCamera.app)

Helper application to acquire images from PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) devices.Read more...PubSubAgent (PubSubAgent.app)

The PubSub agent syncs the RSS read/unread status of bookmarked RSS feeds between computers using Mac OS X10.5 that are syncing bookmarks via MobileMe Sync.Read more...push_notify

push_notify handles user registration and publication of email notifications for the OS X mail server.Read more...push_notify (Server.app)

push_notify (Server.app)

push_notify handles user registration and publication of email notifications for the OS X mail server.Read more...Python (Python.app)

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language bundled with Mac OS X.Read more...python

An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language bundled with Mac OS X.Read more...python2.5

python - an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language budled with Mac OS X.Read more...

qmasterca

qmasterca is a part of Apple Qmaster - graphical “client interface” for distributed rendering and processing jobs

management included in Final Cut Compressor application.Read more...qmastercc

qmastercc is a part of Apple Qmaster - graphical “client interface” for distributed rendering and processing jobsmanagement included in Final Cut Compressor application.Read more...qmasterd

Part of Compressor, utility from Final Cut Pro application.Read more...qmasterqd

Part of Compressor (utility from Final Cut Pro application).Read more...qmastertaskd

Provides automated work distribution and processing for high-volume projects created with certain digital visualeffects software packages: Shake, Alias Maya, Final Cut Pro, Compressor, DVD Studio Pro and any UNIX command-line program.Read more...qmgr

Postfix queue manager. It awaits the arrival of incoming mail and arranges for its delivery via Postfix deliveryprocesses.Read more...QTKitServer

Provides compatibility between 32 bit and 64 bit QuickTime services.Read more...Quartz Composer (Quartz Composer.app)

Quartz Composer is a real-time visual programming environment integrated into the core of Mac OS X and bringingwide array of features into a wide variety of programs—integrating animation, MIDI, RSS, Networking, AudioInput/Analysis and Computer Statistics into existing and upcoming applications.Read more...quartz-wm

quartz-wm

Aqua Window Manager for the X Window System on OS X.Read more...

quicklookd (quicklookd.app)

Quick Look daemon is a faceless background application that acts as a host for the CFPlugIn-based generatorsproviding quick look functionality in Finder.Read more...quicklookd

Quick Look daemon is a faceless background application that acts as a host for the CFPlugIn-based generators

providing quick look functionality in Finder.Read more...quicklookd32 (quicklookd32.app)

Quick Look daemon is a faceless background application that acts as a host for the CFPlugIn-based generatorsproviding quick look functionality in Finder.Read more...quicklookd32

Quick Look daemon is a faceless background application that acts as a host for the CFPlugIn-based generatorsproviding quick look functionality in Finder.Read more...QuickLookUIHelper (QuickLookUIHelper.app)

/System/Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Frameworks/QuickLookUI.framework/Resources/QuickLookUIH...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...QuickTime Player (QuickTime Player.app)

Multimedia framework for handling various formats of digital video, media clips, sound, text, animation, music, andinteractive panoramic images.Read more...QuickTime Player 7 (QuickTime Player 7.app)

Apple Media player bundled with Mac OS X.Read more...QuickTimeStreamingServer

QuickTimeStreamingServer is the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)/Realtime Transport Protocol(RTP) server.Read more...George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords,and A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)racoon

IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key management daemon. Speaks IKE protocol to establish security associations with otherhosts.Read more...rcd (rcd.app)

Remote Control Daemon. Process signals from Apple Remote and pass input to appropriate applications (FrontRow,ITunes, iPhoto, etc.).Read more...

repair_packages

repair_packages is used by Disk Utility to verify or repair permissions on installed packages.Read more...ReportCrash

ReportCrash is the system process responsible for generating crash reports and notifying users when an applicationcrashes.Read more...resolver

The resolver is a set of routines in the C library that provide access to the Internet Domain Name System (DNS).Read more...

RFBRegisterMDNS

/System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/AppleVNCServer.bundle/Contents/Support/RFBRegisterMDNSNo description on this process yet.Google for process or application...rm

The rm utility attempts to remove the non-directory type files specified on the command line.Read more...rotatelogs

Rotatelogs is a simple program for use in conjunction with Apache's piped logfile feature to rotate Apache logs.Read more...router

router is the core component of the jabberd system. It passes XML packets between the components, and manages theentry and exit of components onto the network.Read more...rpc.lockd

NFS (Network File System) file locking daemon, provides monitored and unmonitored file and record locking servicesin an NFS environment.Read more...rpc.rquotad

Remote quota server which returns quotas for a user of a local filesystem which is NFS-mounted onto a remotemachine.Read more...rpc.statd

Host status monitoring daemon, cooperates with rpc.statd daemons on other hosts to provide a status monitoringservice. The daemon accepts requests from programs running on the local host (typically, rpc.lockd, the NFS filelocking daemon) to monitor the status of specified hosts.Read more...rpc.yppasswdd

YP update password file daemon, part of YP subsystem allowing network management of essential system files.Read more...rpcbind

Rpcbind is a server that converts RPC program numbers into DARPA protocol port numbers. It is a replacement forthe older portmap program.Read more...rpcsvchost

rpcsvchost is a environment for hosting DCE/RPC services. It loads services from the list of plugins given as argumentsand listens for protocol requests.Read more...rsync

rsync is a software application for Unix systems which synchronizes files and directories from one location to anotherusing the rsync remote-update protocol.

using the rsync remote-update protocol.Read more...ruby

Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming bundled with Mac OS X.Read more...

s2s

Server-to-server connector, manages connections between local components and other Jabber servers.Read more...sacl-cache

Cache the results of Mail Service ACL checks.Read more...Safari (Safari.app)

Apple's default web browser bundled with Mac OS X.Read more...

Safari Webpage Preview Fetcher (Safari.app)

Standalone utility that is called from Safari (version 4) whenever users enter the Top Pages browser.Read more...Safari Webpage Preview Fetcher

Standalone utility that is called from Safari whenever users enter the Top Pages browser.Read more...

SafariSyncClient (Safari.app)

/Applications/Safari.app/Contents/SafariSyncClient.app/Contents/MacOS/SafariSyncClient...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...sample

sample is a command-line tool for gathering data about the running behavior of a process.Read more...sandbox-compilerd

The Mac OS X sandbox profile compiler daemon, compiles sandbox profiles on behalf of the sandbox kernel extension.Read more...sandboxd

sandbox daemon, performs services on behalf of the Sandbox kernel extension- safety mechanism that restrictsapplications access to operating system resources. Read more...say

Utility that uses the Speech Synthesis manager to convert input text to audible speech and either play it through thesound output device chosen in System Preferences or save it to an AIFF file.Read more...

SCIM (SCIM.app)

Mac OS X input manager for Smart Common Input Method (SCIM).Read more...scp

scp utility copies files between hosts on a network. It uses ssh for data transfer, and uses the same authentication andprovides the same security as ssh.Read more...screen

screen is a full-screen window manager with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation.Read more...Screen Sharing (Screen Sharing.app)

Screen sharing application. While your screen is shared, a user of another computer sees what’s on your screen and canopen, move, and close files and windows, open applications, and even restart the computer.Read more...ScreenSaverEngine (ScreenSaverEngine.app)

ScreenSaverEngine is the Cocoa application that displays screen saver modules at the appropriate times (after so manyminutes, when the cursor is in a hot-corner, etc.). It is part of the ScreenSaver system.Read more...Script Editor (Script Editor.app)

The Script Editor application provides the ability to edit, compile, and execute scripts, display application scriptingterminologies, and save scripts in a variety of formats, such as compiled scripts, applications, bundled applications,and plain text.Read more...scselect

scselect provides access to the system configuration sets (locations) and allows the user to select or change the active"location".

Read more...scutil

Utility for managing Mac OS X system configuration parameters.Read more...

SecurityAgent (SecurityAgent.app)

Manages user interaction with securityd.Read more...securityd

Security context daemon for Authorization and cryptographic operations, provides access to keychain items.Read more...security_authtra

security_authtrampoline is used when programs use AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges from Security.framework torun another program with root privileges.Read more...sed

The sed utility reads the specified files, or the standard input if no files are specified, modifying the input as specifiedby a list of commands. The input is then written to the standard output.Read more...sendmail

Sendmail command implements the Postfix (e-mail transfer agent) to Sendmail compatibility interface.Read more...serialnumberd

Mac OS X Server daemon for the Serial Number Infrastructure.Read more...servermgrd

servermgrd

Mac OS X Server administrative daemon, allows the Server Admin application to control the machine servermgrd isrunning on.Read more...servermgrd (Server.app)

Mac OS X Server administrative daemon, allows the Server Admin application to control the machine servermgrd isrunning on.Read more...ServerPerfLog

The Server Performance log daemon writes a variety of server performance information into the Apple System Logfacility for use by Server.app and other programs that report on system performance.Read more...

service_helper

The service_helper program assists in enabling and disabling various system services.Read more...setregion

setregion is used by the DVD Player to set the disc region code for a DVD drive.Read more...sftp

sftp is an secure file transfer program, similar to ftp, which performs all operations over an encrypted ssh connection.Read more...sftp-server

sftp-server is a program that speaks the server side of SFTP protocol to stdout and expects client requests from stdin.Read more...sh

Sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or from a file.Read more...sjeng.ChessEngine (Chess.app)

Sjeng chess engine for Apple Chess application.Read more...slapd

Slapd is the stand-alone LDAP daemon. It listens for LDAP connections on any number of ports (default 389),responding to the LDAP operations it receives over these connections.Read more...sleep

The sleep utility suspends execution for a minimum of seconds. It is usually used to schedule the execution of othercommands.Read more...

slurpd

Standalone LDAP Update Replication Daemon, used to propagate changes from one slapd database to another. If slapdis configured to produce a replication log, slurpd reads that replication log and sends the changes to the slave slapdinstances via the LDAP protocol.Read more...sm

sm provides instant messaging services to Jabber clients. It performs all the essential instant messaging services likerosters, presence tracking, message distribution and subscriptions, plus more advanced features.Read more...

Read more...smb-sync-preferences

Used by launchd only. Synchronizes preferences when SMB server preferences are modified.Read more...smbclientFtp-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources on servers.Read more...

smbd

Server to provide SMB/CIFS services to clients- filesharing and printing services to Windows clients. Read more...smtp

The Postfix SMTP+LMTP client that implements the SMTP and LMTP mail delivery protocols. It processes messagedelivery requests from the queue manager.Read more...smtpd

Postfix SMTP server, accepts network connection requests and performs zero or more SMTP transactions perconnection.Read more...snmpd

snmpd is an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent which awaits requests from SNMP managementsoftware, processes them, collects the requested information and/or performs the requested operation(s) and returnsthe information to the sender.Read more...snmpget

SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) application that uses the SNMP GET request to query for informationon a network entity.Read more...sntp

sntp command can be used as a SNTP client to query a NTP (Network Time Protocol) or SNTP (Simple Network TimeProtocol) server and either display the time or set the local system's time (given suitable privilege).Read more...socketfilterfw

Mac OS X Leopard application firewall component restricting the ability of programs to "bind" a port so they canreceive all traffic for that port.Read more...Software Update (Software Update.app)

Software Update is a tool that installs the latest version of Apple software on computers running Mac OS X.Read more...softwareupdate

Software Update checks for new and updated versions of your software based on information about your computer andcurrent software.Read more...SoftwareUpdateCheck (Software Update.app)

/System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/Resources/SoftwareUpdateCheck...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...sort

Standart unix utility that sorts lines of text files and erite sorted concatenation of all files to standard output.

Standart unix utility that sorts lines of text files and erite sorted concatenation of all files to standard output.Read more...spamd

Daemonized version of spamassassin- intelligent email filter which uses a diverse range of tests to identify unsolicitedbulk email, more commonly known as "spam".Read more...special_file_handler

special_file_handler is the daemon that is called when data from a special file needs to be provided. These files areprimarily used by Mobile Documents.Read more...SpeechFeedbackWindow (SpeechFeedbackWindow.app)

The speech feedback window appears when Speakable Items is on or an application uses Speech Recognition.Read more...SpeechRecognitionServer (SpeechRecognitionServer.app)

Scriptable front end for Mac's built-in speech recognition functionality. Read more...SpeechService

Provides text-to-speech service from the Services menu.Read more...SpeechSynthesisServer (SpeechSynthesisServer.app)

Framework that provides a standardized method for Macintosh applications to generate synthesized speech.Read more...spindump

spindump is a tool used by various system components to create hang reports and notify the user of application hangs.Read more...spindump_agent

helper agent for spindump used by various system components to create reports when an unresponsive application isforce quit.Read more...spindump_symbolicator

Helper process for spindump - tool used by various system components to create reports when an unresponsiveapplication is force quit.Read more...Spotlight (Spotlight.app)Spotlight is a system-wide desktop search feature of Apple's Mac OS X operating system.Read more...

srm

srm securely removes files or directories by overwriting, renaming, and truncating it before unlinking.Read more...ssh

SSH client is a program for logging into a remote machine and for executing commands on a remote machine.Read more...ssh-agent

Authentication agent. Holds private keys used for public key authentication (RSA, DSA). Read more...sshd

OpenSSH daemon. Listens for connections from clients and provide secure encrypted communications between twountrusted hosts over an insecure network.Read more...stackshot

The stackshot daemon is used to capture stack traces for each thread on the system; this includes both user space andkernel stacks.Read more...startx

startx script is a unix front end to xinit that provides a somewhat nicer user interface for running a single session of theX Window System.Read more...Stickies (Stickies.app)

Notetaking application for putting Post-it note-like windows on the screen, with short reminders, notes and otherclippings.Read more...

stroke (Network Utility.app)

Port scan component for Network Utility.Read more...su

Substitute user identity. It requests the password for login and switches to that user and group ID after obtainingproper authentication.Read more...SubmitDiagInfo

SubmitDiagInfo is a system process which runs periodically if the user has opted-in for automatic reporting ofdiagnostic information. SubmitDiagInfo collects and sends to Apple any recent diag-nostic diagnostic and cleans upany diagnostic information which was created more than 14 days ago and is no longer needed.Read more...sudo

sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another user.Read more...

svn

Subversion (version control system) command line client tool, bundled with Mac OS X.Read more...svnserve

Server for the 'svn' repository access method, allows access to Subversion repositories using the svn network protocol.Read more...

synchronize-preferences

After changes in Samba configuration launchd process starts /usr/libexec/samba/synchronize-preferences which readsXML Samba plist and output an abbreviated (but typical looking) smb.conf file.Read more...SyncServer (SyncServer.app)

SyncServer handles synchronization jobs on Mac OS X that use the built-in sync engine.Read more...sysctl

Sysctl is an interface for examining and dynamically changing parameters in the Mac OS X (BSD based) operatingsystem. The sysctl utility retrieves kernel state and allows processes with appropriate privilege to set kernel state.Read more...

Read more...syslog

syslog is a command-line utility for a variety of tasks relating to the Apple System Log (ASL) facility. It providesmechanisms for sending and viewing log messages, copying log messages to ASL format data store files, and forcontrolling the flow of log messages from client processes.Read more...syslogd

Apple System Log server- receives and processes log messages.rnRead more...

syspolicyd

syspolicyd embodies the system policy controlling what may be installed, loaded, executed, or otherwise used on thesystem. It manages the policy database file, and serves as a general oracle that other sys- tem components may use todetermine the system policy's verdict on a proposed operation.Read more...System (System Events.app)

System Events is an agent (or faceless background application) that supplies the terminology for using a number offeatures in AppleScript scripts. Among these features is GUI scripting, which allows your scripts to perform someactions in applications that have no built-in scripting support.Read more...System Events (System Events.app)

System Events is an agent (or faceless background application) that supplies the terminology for using a number offeatures in AppleScript scripts. Read more...System Preferences (System Preferences.app)

Application used by Mac OS X to modify user preferences.Read more...System Profiler (System Profiler.app)

System Profiler provides information about your computer, such as the hardware and software installed, the serialnumber and operating system, how much memory is installed, and what peripheral devices are connected.Read more...systemkeychain

The systemkeychain can be used to create a system keychain, make it possible for a keychain to unlock anotherkeychain, or test unlocking a keychain.Read more...SystemStarter

Start, stop, and restart system services and startup items.Read more...SystemUIServer (SystemUIServer.app)

Displays items on the right-hand end of the menu bar; loads menu and dock extras as plug-ins (started byWindowServer). In a managed environment, it controls what can be mounted.Read more...SystemUIServer

Displays items on the right-hand end of the menu bar; loads menu and dock extras as plug-ins (started byWindowServer).Read more...system_profiler

system_profiler reports on the hardware and software configuration of the system. It can generate plain text reports orXML reports which can be opened with SystemProfiler.appRead more...

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tail

Standard Unix command for displaying the last part of a file.Read more...talagent

talagent is a helper agent for the Transparent App Lifecycle feature (introduced in OS X 10.7 Lion).Read more...tar

The GNU version of the tar archiving utility, an archiving program designed to store and extract files from an archivefile known as a tarfile.Read more...taskgated

System daemon that implements a policy for the task_for_pid system service. When the kernel is asked for the taskport of a process, and preliminary access control checks pass, it invokes this daemon (via launchd) to make thedecision.Read more...taskgated-helper

Helper process for taskgated - system daemon that implements a access control policy for task_for_pid system service.Read more...tbl

tbl is part of the GNU Unix groff document formatting system.Read more...

tclsh

Tclsh is a shell-like application that reads Tcl commands from its standard input or from a file and evaluates (executes)them.Read more...tcpdump

Unix utility that dumps traffic on a network- prints out or saves a description of the contents of packets on a networkinterface that match the boolean expression.Read more...tcsh

tcsh is an enhanced but completely compatible version of the Berkeley UNIX C shell, csh(1). It is a command languageinterpreter usable both as an interactive login shell and a shell script command processor.Read more...tee

The tee utility copies standard input to standard output, making a copy in zero or more files.Read more...Terminal (Terminal.app)

Terminal emulator included in Apple's Mac OS X operating system.Read more...TextEdit (TextEdit.app)

TextEdit is simple yet highly versatile word processor bundled with Mac OS X.Read more...

ThumbnailServer (iDVD.app)

ThumbnailServer (iDVD.app)

ThumbnailServer is part of iDVD application.Read more...timezoned (timezoned.app)

/System/Library/PreferencePanes/DateAndTime.prefPane/Contents/Resources/TimeZone.prefPane/Contents/...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...

tlsmgr

tlsmgr manages the Postfix TLS session caches. It stores and retrieves cache entries on request by smtpd and smtpprocesses, and periodically removes entries that have expired.Read more...top

Standard UNIX program that periodically displays a sorted list of system processes.Read more...traceroute

traceroute prints the route packets take to designated network host.Read more...trivial-rewrite

Postfix (free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail) address rewriting andresolving daemon.Read more...troff

troff is processor of the GNU Unix groff text formatting system.Read more...

TWAINBridge

TWAIN defines a standard software protocol and application programming interface (API) for communication betweensoftware applications and image acquisition device. Read more...TWAINBridge (TWAINBridge.app)

Apple Image Capture uses a TWAIN software "bridge" TWAINBridge.app to access TWAIN Data Sources. Thissoftware allows all Image Capture clients to access TWAIN devices transparently as if they were being handled byImage Capture native scanner drivers.Read more...George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords,and A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)ubd

ubd is the ubiquity server process. It is primarily used for "Mobile Documents" (iCloud feature for syncing files).Read more...

umount

The umount is standard Unix command that remove a special device or the remote node (rhost:path) from thefilesystem tree at the point node.Read more...uname

The uname utility prints operating system details.Read more...

UniversalAccess (UniversalAccess.app)

Universal Access is a component of the Mac OS X operating system that provides computing abilities to the blind, deaf,

Universal Access is a component of the Mac OS X operating system that provides computing abilities to the blind, deaf,and handicapped.Read more...UnmountAssistantAgent (UnmountAssistantAgent.app)

/System/Library/CoreServices/UnmountAssistantAgent.app/Contents/MacOS/UnmountAssistantAgentNo description on this process yet.Google for process or application...update

Responsible for keeping disks synchronized with the file system cache, to keep data loss to a minimum in case of acrash.Read more...

update_dyld_shared_cache

Ensures that dyld's shared cache is up-to-date. It is automatically run by launchd when dyld (dynamic link editor)notices the shared cache is out of date.Read more...URL Access Scripting (URL Access Scripting.app)

/System/Library/ScriptingAdditions/URL Access Scripting.app/Contents/MacOS/URL Access Scripting...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...usbmuxd

Performs USB multiplexing when synchronizing iTunes music libraries with USB music devices like iPods & iPhones.Read more...userdictionaryd (userdictionaryd.app)

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreChineseEngine.framework/Versions/A/SharedSupport/userdictiona...No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...UserEventAgent

Utility to manage user callbacks in response to events.Read more...UserNotificationCenter (UserNotificationCenter.app)/System/Library/CoreServices/UserNotificationCenter.app/Contents/MacOS/UserNotificationCenterNo description on this process yet.Google for process or application...

VDCAssistant

Daemon responsible for iSight built-in camera.Read more...

vi

vi is a family of screen-oriented text editors included with most Unix-based operational systems.Read more...vim

Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor, bundled with OS X.Read more...VoiceOver Utility (VoiceOver.app)

VoiceOver, a built-in screen reader that describes aloud what appears on your screen and speaks the text in documents,

VoiceOver, a built-in screen reader that describes aloud what appears on your screen and speaks the text in documents,webpages, and windows. Using VoiceOver, you can control the computer using the keyboard or trackpad gestures.Read more...VoiceOver Utility (VoiceOver Utility.app)

VoiceOver, a is a Mac OS X built-in screen reader that describes aloud what appears on screen and speaks the text indocuments, webpages, and windows. Using VoiceOver, you can control the computer using the keyboard or trackpadgestures.Read more...vpnd

Mac OS X VPN service daemon, listens for incoming connections, pairs each one with an available internal IP addressand allows external hosts to tunnel via L2TP over IPSec or via PPTP from an insecure external network (such as theInternet) into a "secure" internal network, such as a corporate network.Read more...VTDecoderXPCServ

VTDecoderXPCService provides sandboxed video decoding process for QuickTime Player.Read more...

warmd

Upon boot, the warmd launch daemon process warms system-wide resources once it deems that the boot is done. Thisprimarily consists in pre-fetching the dyld shared caches.Read more...warmd_agent

warmd_agent is only launched during Aqua logins. It retrieves the list of the 10 most recent applications launched bythe user, as reported by LaunchServices, to speed up system by warming resources by warmd daemon. Read more...watchdog

Mac OS X Server service monitoring daemon used in previous versions for launching, monitoring, and relaunchingcritical services when they terminated. This capability has been superseded by launchd in latest OS X versions.Read more...watchdogtimerd

Mac OS X Server automatic reboot daemon, indirectly responsible for rebooting the server hardware if the machinehangs or panics. When watchdogtimerd runs on supported hardware, it periodically resets the hardware watchdogtimer. If the timer ever expires, the power management unit forces a hard reboot.Read more...wdhelper

Helper tool for performing privileged operations for WirelessDiagnosticsSupport.frameworkRead more...webdavfs_agent

Agent providing set of extensions to the HTTP protocol which allows users to collaboratively edit and manage files onremote web servers.Read more...webfilterDNSd

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebContentAnalysis.framework/Resources/webfilterDNSdNo description on this process yet.Google for process or application...webfilterproxyd

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/WebContentAnalysis.framework/Resources/webfilterproxydNo description on this process yet.

No description on this process yet.Google for process or application...WebKitPluginAgent

WebKitPluginAgent is sandboxed seperated process to run older browser plug-ins (e.g. Flash or 32bit plugins on 64 bitsystem).Read more...WebKitPluginHost (WebKitPluginHost.app)

WebKitPluginHost is sandboxed individual process for running browser plugin.Read more...webperfcache

webperfcache is the Web Performance Cache daemon, which improves web server performance by caching static pagesin memory.

Read more...WebProcess (WebProcess.app)

Part of Safari (WebKit based browser) for isolating seperate broswer processes (e.g. seperate tabs).Read more...

whois

The whois utility looks up records in the databases maintained by several Network Information Centers (NICs).Read more...

Win32.Drugtob

IRCBot.OR is a 51326 byte worm that exploits a PnP vulnerability to infiltrate its host. The worm is runtime protectedby Yoda and packed by UPX. On Windows 2000 systems the worm replicates and installs a bot as a payload. On other32-bit systems the malware does not replicate but the bot is fully functional.Read more...winbindd

Name Service Switch daemon for resolving names from Windows NT servers. Part of Samba suite.Read more...WindowServer

Window Server is a single point of contact for all applications. Manages application windows and launch newapplications.Read more...Wireless Diagnostics (Wireless Diagnostics.app)

Wireless Diagnostics is included with Mac OS X 10.8.4 and later and helps resolve wireless connectivity issues.Read more...George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords,and A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)X11.bin (X11.app)

XQuartz (commonly referred to as X11.app) is Apple Inc.'s version of the X server, a component of the X WindowSystem, for Mac OS X.Read more...xargs

The xargs utility reads space, tab, newline and end-of-file delimited strings from the standard input and executes utility(first paremeter) with the strings as arguments.Read more...Xcode (Xcode.app)

Apple's development environment for Mac OS X.Read more...

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Part of Xgrid Daemon. Xgrid is a distributed computing protocol that allows networked computers to contribute to a

single task.Read more...xgridagenthelper

Part of Xgrid Daemon. Xgrid is a distributed computing protocol that allows networked computers to contribute to asingle task.Read more...xgridcontrollerd

Part of Xgrid Daemon. Xgrid is a distributed computing protocol that allows networked computers to contribute to asingle task.Read more...

xpchelper

XPC helper agent performs services on behalf of the XPC IPC facility (low-level library interface for interprocesscommunication).Read more...XProtectUpdater

Apple’s built-in malware detection system. Scans files that are marked by browsers and other tools as having beendownloaded from the internet.Read more...xsand

Xsan is Apple Inc.'s SAN or clustered file system for Mac OS X. xsand ir Xsan conrolling daemon.Read more...xterm

The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides terminals for programs that cannotuse the window system directly.Read more...George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords,and A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)ypserv

Ypserv is a part of the YP network information system, allowing network management of essential system files. Thisserver provides information from YP maps to the YP clients on the network.Read more...

zsh

Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script commandprocessor.Read more...Database is updated from time to time. You can came back later and get more info and confidence on your Mac OS Xprocesses.

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