| AEServer(8) | AEServer(8) -- System-wide daemon which recevies incoming (remote) AppleEvents |
| AMPArtworkAgent(8) | The artwork agent for Music.app, TV.app, and iOS/iPod device syncing |
| AMPDiscoveryService(8) | The discovery service for managing iOS/iPod device discovery |
| AMPLibraryAgent(8) | The media library agent for Music.app and TV.app |
| AMPSystemPlayerAgent(8) | The agent for MediaPlayer system player |
| APFSUserAgent(8) | APFS new container observer |
| ARDAgent(8) | Apple Remote Desktop Agent |
| ASPCarryLog(8) | Daemon to collect NAND IO pattern on selected devices |
| AVCAssistant(8) | CoreMediaIO DAL Assistant Process |
| AccessibilityVisualsAgent(8) | Accessibility Visuals Launch Agent |
| AddressBookSourceSync(8) | Syncs Contacts data with servers |
| AppleQEMUGuestAgent(8) | implements support for QMP commands and events |
| AppleVNCServer(8) | listens for VNC connections from clients |
| AppleVirtualPlatformHIDBridge(8) | Bridge HID services from a Virtualization host |
| AssetCache(8) | Caching service |
| AssetCacheAgent(8) | Caching service agent |
| AssetCacheLocatorService(8) | Service to find local macOS Content Caches |
| AssetCacheLocatorUtil(8) | Utility for reporting information about macOS Content Caches |
| AssetCacheManagerService(8) | Service to manage macOS Content Caching |
| AssetCacheManagerUtil(8) | control the macOS Content Cache |
| AssetCacheTetheratorService(8) | Service to support Internet sharing with USB devices |
| AssetCacheTetheratorUtil(8) | control networking of tethered devices |
| AuthBrokerAgent(8) | The proxy credential daemon |
| AuthenticationServicesAgent(8) | Authentication Services App Login Agent |
| AutomationModeUI(8) | Agent reflecting UI automation status |
| BackgroundTaskManagementAgent(8) | User agent which manages notifications about background task processes |
| BiomeAgent(8) | Biome operation graph execution launch agent |
| BootCacheControl(8) | provides control of caches used during startup |
| CFNetworkAgent(8) | The network compatibility daemon |
| CSCSupportd(8) | Core System Check Support daemon |
| CVMCompiler(8) | Mac OS X Core Virtual Machine Compiler |
| CVMServer(8) | Mac OS X Core Virtual Machine Server |
| CalendarAgentBookmarkMigrationService(8) | service for migrating persisted file bookmark data from a legacy agent to its replacement |
| CloudKeychainProxy(8) | part of iCloud keychain syncing |
| CommCenter(8) | Provides functionality to allow the Mac to make and receive phone calls |
| CommCenterRootHelper(8) | Helper to CommCenter(8) |
| ControlCenter(8) | macOS Control Center |
| ControlStrip(8) | Touch Bar Control Strip |
| CoreLocationAgent(8) | manages location authorization prompts |
| CrashReporterSupportHelper(8) | Provides functionality in support of CrashReporterSupport |
| DataDetectorsLocalSources(8) | DataDetectors user source content manager |
| DataDetectorsSourceAccess(8) | DataDetectors sources utility |
| DejaView(8) | -- reconstruct state in a log archive at a given time |
| DevToolsSecurity(8) | Change the security authorization policies for developer systems |
| DictationIM(8) | Implements system-wide Dictation and command & control |
| DiskUnmountWatcher(8) | watches for disk unmount and remove cached credentials |
| Dock(8) | Provides the Dock interface for the system |
| FDERecoveryAgent(8) | Full Disk Encryption Key Recovery Transmission Agent |
| FamilyControlsAgent(8) | Family Controls Agent |
| FolderActionsDispatcher(8) | monitoring and settings daemon for Folder Actions |
| GSSCred(8) | manages GSS-API credentials |
| GameControllerConfigService(8) | game controller configuration service |
| GamePolicyAgent(8) | Assists gamepolicyd in user optimization of system performance for running game processes, manages UI elements |
| IIDCVideoAssistant(8) | CoreMediaIO DAL Assistant Process |
| IOBluetoothUSBDFUTool(8) | Performs the USB Bluetooth automatic firmware update |
| IOUIAgent(8) | I/O User Interface Launch Agent |
| IPConfigurationHelper(8) | parsing helper for configd |
| KernelEventAgent(8) | utility to provide user interface on behalf of the kernel |
| Keychain Circle Notification(8) | Part of iCloud Keychain syncing |
| LiveTranscriptionAgent(8) | Live Transcription Launch Agent |
| MIDIServer(8) | Agent supporting CoreMIDI framework |
| MTLAssetUpgraderD(8) | Metal asset upgrader daemon |
| ManagedClient(8) | -- Managed preferences and configuration profiles daemon |
| ManagedClientAgent(8) | -- Device enrollment and ManagedClient process notification daemon |
| ManagedSettingsAgent(8) | Managed Settings Agent |
| ModelCatalogAgent(8) | A daemon that stores base models and adapters |
| MotionTrackingAgent(8) | Motion Tracking Launch Agent |
| NANDTaskScheduler(8) | Daemon to periodically refresh data on NAND |
| NFRestoreService(8) | NearField restore daemon |
| NRDUpdated(8) | The Network Recovery on Disk Update daemon |
| NVMeAgent(8) | Agent for NVMe devices |
| NetAuthAgent(8) | Shows dialogs on behalf of NetAuthSysAgent |
| NetAuthSysAgent(8) | Mounts network shares |
| NotificationCenter(8) | Notification Center service for display notifications |
| OSDUIHelper(8) | OSDFramework UI helper |
| PIPAgent(8) | A system service which provides picture in picture functionality |
| PasswordBreachAgent(8) | Leaked Password Warning Agent |
| PasswordService(8) | Mac OS X Server Password Server daemon |
| PerfPowerServices(8) | manages structured log archives that enable retrieval of system power and performance data |
| PerfPowerServicesExtended(8) | manages structured log archives that enable retrieval of system power and performance data |
| PlistBuddy(8) | read and write values to plists |
| PrintUITool(8) | a tool to perform privileged ui based operations on the printing system |
| ProtectedCloudKeySyncing(8) | part of ProtectedCloudKey subsystem |
| RFBEventHelperd(8) | Screen Sharing app helper daemon |
| RemoteManagementAgent(8) | Remote Management protocol agent |
| ReportCrash(8) | Generates crash reports |
| ReportMemoryException(8) | generates memory usage diagnostic logs |
| ReportSystemMemory(8) | Write jetsam event reports |
| SSInvitationAgent(8) | Screen Sharing Invitation Agent |
| SafariBookmarksSyncAgent(8) | Safari Bookmarks Sync Agent |
| SafariCloudHistoryPushAgent(8) | Safari Cloud History Push Agent |
| SafariHistoryServiceAgent(8) | Safari History Service Agent |
| SafariLaunchAgent(8) | Safari Launch Agent |
| SafariNotificationAgent(8) | Safari Push Notification Agent |
| SafeEjectGPU(8) | Facilitate safe eject/disconnect of eGPU(s) from system |
| ScreenTimeAgent(8) | Screen Time Agent |
| ScreensharingAgent(8) | communicates with screensharingd to provide access to a user session |
| SecurityAgent(8) | Authorization Services Agent |
| ServicesUIAgent(8) | Agent for displaying AppKit services |
| SharePointManagementService(8) | Service agent which manages Share Points |
| SidecarDisplayAgent(8) | Sidecar Virtual Display Service |
| SidecarRelay(8) | Sidecar Relay Service |
| SoftwareUpdateNotificationManager(8) | macOS software update |
| SpeechDataInstallerd(8) | Manages downloading of speech-related assets |
| SpeechSynthesisServer(8) | Implements speaking hotkey and time announcements text-to-speech features |
| StatusKitAgent(8) | Agent backing StatusKit framework |
| StorageManagementService(8) | Storage Management |
| SubmitDiagInfo(8) | sends diagnostic information to Apple |
| SystemUIServer(8) | Presents status items in the upper right of menu bar |
| ThermalTrap(8) | system application for presenting thermal warnings |
| TouchBarServer(8) | Touch Bar render server |
| UASharedPasteboardProgressUI(8) | Progress UI Service for Universal Clipboard |
| UASysAgent(8) | A tool used by UnmountAssistant |
| USBAgent(8) | Agent for USB devices |
| UniversalControl(8) | Universal Control |
| UnmountAssistantAgent(8) | Provides help when a disk can't be ejected |
| UsageTrackingAgent(8) | Usage Tracking Agent |
| UserEventAgent(8) | high-level system event handler |
| UserPictureSyncAgent(8) | Agent for synchronizing user picture between user record and Me card in Contacts |
| VDCAssistant(8) | CoreMediaIO DAL Assistant Process |
| VNCPrivilegeProxy(8) | Screen sharing server helper daemon |
| WiFiAgent(8) | Wi-Fi User agent |
| WindowServer(8) | Window management, compositing, and event routing daemon |
| WirelessRadioManagerd(8) | Wireless Radio Manager daemon |
| ac(8) | connect time accounting |
| accton(8) | enable/disable system accounting |
| adprivacyd(8) | advertising privacy services daemon |
| airport(8) | get information for 802.11 interface |
| airportd(8) | airport daemon |
| amfid(8) | The mobile file integrity daemon |
| amt(8) | Abstract Machine Test Utility |
| analyticsagent(8) | Diagnostics and Usage |
| anvil(8) | Postfix session count and request rate control |
| apachectl(8) | Apache HTTP Server Control Interface |
| apfs.util(8) | APFS file system utility |
| apfs_condenser(8) | insert the contents of an existing B-tree into a new B-tree to improve B-tree space utilization |
| apfs_hfs_convert(8) | convert an existing HFS file system to APFS file system |
| apfs_systemsnapshot(8) | create and tag APFS system snapshots |
| apfs_unlockfv(8) | unlock an APFS FileVault data volume |
| apfsd(8) | APFS volume manager |
| appinstalld(8) | macOS IPA installation daemon |
| appleeventsd(8) | appleeventsd(8) -- System-wide daemon which coordinates AppleEvents activity on the system |
| applekeystored(8) | helper process for keybag management |
| applessdstatistics(8) | -- Storage statistics daemon |
| appplaceholdersyncd(8) | Agent which syncs app info between devices |
| appsleepd(8) | app sleep daemon |
| apsd(8) | Apple Push Notification service daemon |
| arp(8) | address resolution display and control |
| aslmanager(8) | Apple System Log data life-cycle manager |
| asr(8) | Apple Software Restore; copy volumes (e.g. from disk images) |
| assessmentagent(8) | Assessment Mode's coordination agent |
| assistantd(8) | Siri Daemon |
| atrun(8) | run jobs queued for later execution |
| atsutil(8) | font registration system utility |
| attach_automation_image(8), -(8) | ."====================== attach_automation_image attach and initialize disk images for automation_trampoline(8) ." ." |
| attentionawarenessd(8) | attention awareness daemon |
| audioanalyticsd(8) | Audio Diagnostics and Usage Reporting |
| audit(8) | audit management utility |
| auditd(8) | audit log management daemon |
| authorizationhost(8) | Authorization Services component |
| autofsd(8) | daemon to update autofs mounts on network changes |
| automation_trampoline(8), -(8) | ."====================== automation_trampoline runs automation on boot ." ." ." ." |
| automationmode-writer(8) | Daemon entitled to enable or disable UI automation |
| automount(8) | mount autofs on the appropriate mount points |
| automountd(8) | automatic mount / unmount daemon for autofs |
| backgroundassetsd(8) | helper for the BackgroundAssets framework |
| backgroundtaskmanagementd(8) | Daemon which manages policy for background task processes and login items |
| backupd(8) | Time Machine backup daemon |
| backupd-helper(8) | Time Machine backup daemon helper |
| biomed(8) | Biome operation graph execution daemon |
| biomesyncd(8) | data synchronization daemon |
| biometrickitd(8) | biometric daemon |
| bird(8) | Documents in the Cloud |
| bless(8) | set volume bootability and startup disk options |
| bluetoothuserd(8) | Handles user context Bluetooth features |
| bootinstalld(8) | macOS boot-time installation daemon |
| bootpd(8) | DHCP/BOOTP |
| bosreporter(8) | bridgeOS software update |
| boswatcher(8) | bridgeOS software update |
| bounce(8) | Postfix delivery status reports |
| caffeinate(8) | prevent the system from sleeping on behalf of a utility |
| calaccessd(8) | calendar data process |
| callservicesd(8) | call server |
| captiveagent(8) | Daemon to detect and process captive networks |
| cd9660.util(8) | ISO 9660 file system utility |
| cfprefsd(8) | defaults server |
| chat(8) | Automated conversational script with a modem |
| checkgid(8) | validate group identifiers |
| chkpasswd(8) | verifies user password against various systems |
| chown(8) | change file owner and group |
| chroot(8) | change root directory |
| ciphermld(8) | daemon that supports PIR/PEC workflow |
| ckdiscretionaryd(8) | CloudKit Discretionary Daemon |
| classkit-tool(8) | ClassKit Tool |
| cleanup(8) | canonicalize and enqueue Postfix message |
| cloudconfigurationd(8) | Device Enrollment client daemon |
| cloudd(8) | CloudKit |
| cloudphotod(8) | The macOS iCloud Photos agent |
| colorsync.displayservices(8) | ColorSync Display Services |
| colorsync.useragent(8), colorsync.usergaent(8) | ColorSync User Agent |
| colorsyncd(8) | ColorSync Daemon |
| com.apple.Safari.SafeBrowsing.Service(8) | Safari Safe Browsing Service |
| com.apple.cmio.registerassistantservice(8) | CoreMediaIO DAL Registration Assistant Service |
| com.apple.ifdreader(8) | SmartCard reader daemon |
| com.apple.speech.speechsynthesisd(8) | Centralized text-to-speech process for generating speech output |
| companiond(8) | Companion Services Daemon |
| configd(8) | System Configuration Daemon |
| contactsd(8) | contactsd daemon |
| contactsdonationagent(8) | contactsdonationagent daemon |
| containermanagerd(8) | Application and plug-in containerization management daemon |
| containermanagerd_system(8) | System container directory management daemon |
| coreautha(8) | LocalAuthentication user interface agent |
| coreauthd(8) | LocalAuthentication daemon and agent |
| corebrightnessd(8) | corebrightnessd daemon |
| corecaptured(8) | corecaptured daemon |
| coredatad(8) | coredatad handles CloudKit syncing for clients of Core Data + CloudKit |
| corekdld(8) | CoreKDL daemon |
| corestoraged(8) | CoreStorage volume manager |
| coresymbolicationd(8) | daemon to manage debug symbols cache |
| countryd(8) | Listens for country-level information and makes that available to users of RegulatoryDomain.framework |
| cpuctl(8) | program to control CPUs |
| create_automation_image_overlay(8), -(8) | ."====================== create_automation_image_overlay overlay automation image content onto another directory ." ." |
| cron(8) | daemon to execute scheduled commands (Vixie Cron) |
| cryptexd(8) | Cryptex management daemon |
| csnameddata(8) | displays and sets information for the the CSNamedData service |
| csrutil(8) | Configure system security policies |
| csunique(8) | modify the UUIDs of CoreStorage metadata objects |
| ctkahp(8) | SmartCard Agent |
| ctkbind(8) | SmartCard pairing tool |
| ctkd(8) | SmartCard daemon/agent |
| cups-lpd(8) | receive print jobs and report printer status to lpd clients (deprecated) |
| cups-snmp(8), snmp(8) | cups snmp backend (deprecated) |
| cupsaccept(8), cupsaccept/cupsreject(8) | accept/reject jobs sent to a destination |
| cupsctl(8) | configure cupsd.conf options |
| cupsd(8) | cups scheduler |
| cupsd-helper(8) | cupsd helper programs (deprecated) |
| cupsdisable(8), cupsenable(8) | stop/start printers and classes |
| cupsfilter(8) | convert a file to another format using cups filters (deprecated) |
| dataaccessd(8) | calendar sync process |
| ddns-confgen(8) | ddns key generation tool |
| dedutil(8) | Command line interface for DiagnosticExtensionsDaemon.framework |
| deleted(8) | The purgeable space / cache management daemon |
| deleted_helper(8) | The APFS purge daemon |
| dev_mkdb(8) | create /dev database |
| dhcp6d(8) | Stateless DHCPv6 server |
| diagnosticd(8) | unified logging system diagnostic daemon |
| diagnosticextensionsd(8) | A background daemon for diagnostics gathering |
| diagnostics_agent(8) | Triggers log submission |
| digest-service(8) | handles server side authentication of digest protocols in the GSS-API suite |
| dirhelper(8) | helper for special directory creation |
| dirs_cleaner(8) | remove contents of directories |
| discard(8) | Postfix discard mail delivery agent |
| diskarbitrationd(8) | disk arbitration daemon |
| diskimagesiod(8) | Handles I/O for disk images |
| disklabel(8) | manipulate and query an Apple Label disk label |
| diskmanagementstartup(8) | DiskManagement.framework helper tool |
| diskutil(8) | modify, verify and repair local disks |
| distnoted(8) | distributed notification server |
| dmesg(8) | display the system message buffer |
| dnctl(8) | Traffic shaper control program |
| dnsblog(8) | Postfix DNS white/blacklist logger |
| donotdisturbd(8) | do dot disturb daemon |
| doubleagentd(8) | A daemon for parsing AppleDouble files in userspace |
| dsconfigad(8) | retrieves/changes configuration for Active Directory |
| dseditgroup(8) | group record manipulation tool |
| dsenableroot(8) | enables or disables the root account |
| dserr(8) | prints a description for an error code |
| dspluginhelperd(8) | support daemon for legacy DirectoryService plugins |
| dynamic_pager(8) | swap configuration daemon |
| eapolcfg_auth(8) | A launch-on-demand daemon used to configure EAP over LAN (EAPOL) |
| ecosystemanalyticsd(8) | Analyzes which frameworks and APIs are used by 3rd party applications |
| edquota(8) | edit user quotas |
| eligibilityd(8) | eligibilityd - computes feature availability |
| endpointsecurityd(8) | Daemon that manages user space components of the EndpointSecurity (ES) subsystem |
| error(8) | Postfix error/retry mail delivery agent |
| exfat.util(8) | ExFAT file system utility |
| fcgistarter(8) | Start a FastCGI program |
| fdesetup(8) | FileVault configuration tool |
| fdisk(8) | DOS partition maintenance program |
| feedbackd(8) | A background daemon for feedback gathering |
| fibreconfig(8) | Tool for configuring settings for Fibre Channel controllers and targets |
| filecoordinationd(8) | system-wide file access coordination |
| fileproviderd(8) | Part of File Coordination |
| financed(8) | Apple Pay & Wallet daemon |
| findmybeaconingd(8), FindMyBeaconDaemon(8) | Daemon to manage local Mac FindMy beaconing |
| findmydevice-user-agent(8) | Find My Mac user agent |
| findmydeviced(8) | Find My Mac daemon |
| findmylocateagent(8) | User agent for the Find My subsystem |
| firmwarepasswd(8) | tool for setting and removing firmware passwords on a system |
| firmwaresyncd(8) | synchronize files used by the system firmware |
| flush(8) | Postfix fast flush server |
| fontd(8) | Mac OS X system font registration manager |
| fontmover(8) | Mac OS X system font mover |
| fontrestore(8) | Restore the available system fonts to a pristine state, if possible |
| fontworker(8) | Mac OS X system font registration and validation daemon |
| fping(8) | send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts |
| fsck(8) | filesystem consistency check and interactive repair |
| fsck_apfs(8) | APFS consistency check |
| fsck_cs(8) | verify and repair CoreStorage logical volume groups |
| fsck_exfat(8) | Verify and repair ExFAT file systems |
| fsck_hfs(8) | HFS file system consistency check |
| fsck_msdos(8) | DOS/Windows (FAT) file system consistency check |
| fsck_udf(8) | check a UDF filesystem |
| fskit_agent(8) | FSKit 3rd party extension support agent |
| fskitd(8) | FSKit mount manager and mount support |
| fstyp(8) | identify a file system |
| fstyp_hfs(8) | check for an HFS volume |
| fstyp_msdos(8) | check for an MSDOS FAT volume |
| fstyp_ntfs(8) | check for a Windows NT File System (NTFS) volume |
| fstyp_udf(8) | check for a UDF volume |
| ftp-proxy(8) | Internet File Transfer Protocol proxy server |
| gamecontrollerd(8) | game controller daemon |
| gamepolicyd(8) | Optimizes system performance for running game processes |
| generativeexperiencesd(8) | A daemon that powers generative experience |
| getty(8) | set terminal mode |
| gpt(8) | GUID partition table maintenance utility |
| gputoolsserviced(8) | provides services for the GPU Debugger |
| gssd(8) | Generic Security Services Daemon |
| halt(8), reboot(8) | stopping and restarting the system |
| hdid(8) | historical mechanism for attaching disk images |
| hdiejectd(8) | disk image management daemon |
| hdik(8) | lightweight tool to attach and mount disk images in-kernel |
| healthd(8) | health daemon |
| helpd(8) | Help Daemon |
| hfs.util(8) | HFS+ file system utility |
| hidd(8) | The HID library userland daemon |
| historicalaudiod(8) | historicalaudiod is a daemon used for Core Audio related purposes |
| homed(8) | home services daemon |
| homeenergyd(8) | Home Energy Daemon |
| hostinfo(8) | host information |
| htcacheclean(8) | Clean up the disk cache |
| httpd(8) | Apache Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server |
| httpd-wrapper(8) | Wrapper script for httpd web server |
| iOSScreenCaptureAssistant(8) | CoreMediaIO DAL Assistant Process |
| icdd(8) | ImageCapture Discovery Daemon |
| idleassetsd(8) | helper for the TVIdleServices framework |
| ifconfig(8) | configure network interface parameters |
| ifcstart(8) | rebuilds international data caches |
| inputanalyticsd(8) | User Input Diagnostics and Usage |
| installd(8) | macOS software installation daemon |
| installer(8) | system software and package installer tool |
| installer-core(8) | helper for installer tool |
| installerauthagent(8) | macOS installation |
| intelligencecontextd(8) | This is a daemon that retrieves contextual information from various sources |
| intelligenceflowd(8) | A daemon that manages sessions for intelligence services |
| intelligenceplatformd(8) | A daemon that analyzes content on the device to build and query a general purpose knowledge graph |
| intelligentroutingd(8), Other_name_for_same_program()(8), Yet another name for the same program.(8) | This line parsed for whatis database |
| intro(8) | introduction to system maintenance procedures and commands |
| ioalloccount(8) | Summarize IOKit memory usage |
| ionodecache(8) | IOKit node caching daemon |
| ioreg(8) | show I/O Kit registry |
| iostat(8) | report I/O statistics |
| ioupsd(8) | daemon to track UPS state |
| ipconfig(8) | view and control IP configuration state |
| ippusbd(8) | ipp to usb bridging daemon |
| kadmin(8) | Kerberos administration utility |
| kadmin.local(8) | compatiblity shim for MIT Kerberos kadmin.local |
| kadmind(8) | server for administrative access to Kerberos database |
| kcditto(8) | macOS kernel management helper tool |
| kcm(8) | process-based credential cache for Kerberos tickets |
| kcproxy(8) | Keychain Proxy |
| kdc(8) | Kerberos 5 server |
| kdcsetup(8) | Kerberos Open Directory Single Sign On |
| kdumpd(8) | Mac OS X remote kernel core dump server |
| kerberos(8) | introduction to the Kerberos system |
| kext_logging(8), kext logging(8) | verbose/logging flags for kernel extensions (kexts) in the kernel and command-line utilities |
| kextcache(8) | create kext cache files |
| kextfind(8) | find kernel extensions (kexts) based on a variety of criteria and print information |
| kextlibs(8) | find OSBundleLibraries needed by a kext |
| kextload(8) | load kernel extensions (kexts) into the kernel |
| kextstat(8) | display status of loaded kernel extensions (kexts) |
| kextunload(8) | terminate driver I/O Kit driver instances and unload kernel extensions (kexts) |
| kextutil(8) | load, diagnose problems with, and generate symbols for kernel extensions (kexts) |
| klist_cdhashes(8) | reports information about kexts that have been approved via SKEL |
| knowledgeconstructiond(8) | A daemon that analyzes content on the device to build a general purpose knowledge graph |
| kpasswdd(8) | Kerberos 5 password changing server |
| krbservicesetup(8) | Kerberos Open Directory Single Sign On |
| ktutil(8) | manage Kerberos keytabs |
| kuncd(8) | The Kernel User Notification Center daemon |
| launchd(8) | System wide and per-user daemon/agent manager |
| liquiddetectiond(8) | Liquid Detection and Corrosion Mitigation Daemon |
| local(8) | Postfix local mail delivery |
| localemanager(8) | Configure OpenDirectory Server Locales |
| locate.code(8), locate.bigram(8) | sorted list compressor |
| locate.updatedb(8) | update locate database |
| locationd(8) | location services daemon |
| logd(8) | unified logging system daemon |
| logd_helper(8) | unified logging system daemon helper |
| logd_reporter(8) | unified logging system reporter daemon |
| loginitemregisterd(8) | Login Item Registration Daemon |
| logkextloadsd(8) | logs information about the kexts that get loaded |
| lpadmin(8) | configure cups printers and classes |
| lpc(8) | line printer control program (deprecated) |
| lpinfo(8) | show available devices or drivers (deprecated) |
| lpmove(8) | move a job or all jobs to a new destination |
| lsappinfo(8) | Control and query CoreApplicationServices about the app state on the system |
| lsbom(8) | list contents of a bom file |
| lsof(8) | list open files |
| mDNSNetMonitor(8) | dumps mDNS traffic on a network |
| mDNSResponder(8) | Multicast and Unicast DNS daemon |
| mDNSResponderHelper(8) | mDNS privilege separation helper |
| makewhatis(8) | create whatis database |
| makewhatis.local(8) | start makewhatis for local file systems |
| managedappdistributionagent(8) | macOS managed app distribution agent |
| managedappdistributiond(8) | macOS managed app distribution daemon |
| managedeventsd(8) | Device Management Endpoint Security client daemon |
| mapspushd(8) | Maps application services daemon |
| master(8) | Postfix master process |
| mbbackgrounduseragent(8) | helper for the Setup Assistant application |
| mbfloagent(8) | helper for the Setup Assistant application |
| mbsystemadministration(8) | helper for the Setup Assistant application |
| mbuseragent(8) | helper for the Setup Assistant application |
| mbusertrampoline(8) | helper for the Setup Assistant application |
| mddiagnose(8) | gather information to aid in diagnosing Spotlight issues |
| mds(8) | metadata server |
| mdworker(8) | metadata server worker |
| mediasharingd(8) | The media sharing daemon |
| metrickitd(8) | manages processing and vending of structured app specific metrics through MetricKit |
| micactivityd(8) | micactivityd is a daemon used for Core Audio related purposes |
| microstackshot(8) | aggregates microstackshot call graphs |
| milod(8), Other_name_for_same_program()(8), Yet another name for the same program.(8) | This line parsed for whatis database |
| mkbom(8) | create a bill-of-materials file |
| mkextunpack(8) | extract or list the contents of a multikext (mkext) archive |
| mkfile(8) | create a file |
| mknod(8) | make device special file |
| mkpassdb(8) | Mac OS X Server Password Server database creation tool |
| mobiletimerd(8) | timer agent |
| modelcatalogd(8) | A daemon that stores base models and adapters |
| modelmanagerd(8) | Model Management Daemon |
| mount(8) | mount file systems |
| mount_9p(8) | mount a 9P volume |
| mount_afp(8) | mount an afp (AppleShare) filesystem |
| mount_apfs(8) | mount an APFS volume |
| mount_cd9660(8) | mount an ISO-9660 filesystem |
| mount_cddafs(8) | mount an Audio CD |
| mount_exfat(8) | mount an ExFAT file system |
| mount_fdesc(8) | mount the file-descriptor file system |
| mount_ftp(8) | mount a FTP filesystem |
| mount_hfs(8) | mount an HFS+ file system |
| mount_msdos(8) | mount an MS-DOS file system |
| mount_nfs(8) | mount NFS file systems |
| mount_smbfs(8) | mount a shared resource from an SMB file server |
| mount_tmpfs(8) | mount a tmpfs volume |
| mount_udf(8) | mount a UDF filesystem |
| mount_url(8) | mount a remote file system given a URL |
| mount_virtiofs(8) | mount a virtio-fs volume |
| mount_webdav(8) | mount a WebDAV filesystem |
| mountd(8) | service remote NFS mount requests |
| msdos.util(8) | DOS/Windows (FAT) file system utility |
| mstreamd(8) | The macOS photo stream agent |
| mtree(8) | map a directory hierarchy |
| natpmpd(8) | NAT Port mapping daemon |
| naturallanguaged(8) | System post editing daemon |
| navd(8) | Time to Leave Daemon |
| nbdst(8) | NetBoot deferred shadow tool |
| ndp(8) | control/diagnose IPv6 neighbor discovery protocol |
| neagent(8) | Host process for Network Extension plugins |
| nearbyd(8) | The proximity daemon |
| nehelper(8) | Helper daemon for the Network Extension framework |
| nesessionmanager(8) | Daemon responsible for running and managing Network Extension sessions |
| netbiosd(8) | NetBIOS protocol daemon |
| netbootdisk(8) | find local drive to use with NetBoot |
| networkQuality(8) | Network quality testing tool |
| networkserviceproxy(8) | Transparent network proxy for Apple system services |
| networksetup(8) | configuration tool for network settings in System Preferences |
| newfs_apfs(8) | construct a new APFS volume |
| newfs_exfat(8) | construct a new ExFAT file system |
| newfs_hfs(8) | construct a new HFS Plus file system |
| newfs_msdos(8) | construct a new MS-DOS (FAT) file system |
| newfs_udf(8) | construct a new UDF file system |
| newsyslog(8) | maintain system log files to manageable sizes |
| nexusd(8) | Nexus Daemon |
| nfcd(8) | NearField daemon |
| nfs4mapid(8) | shows NFSv4 mappings from uids or gids to over the wire string names and string names to uids or gids |
| nfsd(8) | NFS server daemon |
| nfsiod(8) | local NFS asynchronous I/O |
| nlcd(8) | Network Link Conditioner daemon |
| nlcontrol(8) | NETLOGON secure channel utility |
| nologin(8) | politely refuse a login |
| notification_proxy(8) | notification server |
| notifyd(8) | notification server |
| nsurlsessiond(8) | The background NSURLSession daemon |
| ntfs.util(8) | NTFS file system utility |
| nvram(8) | manipulate firmware NVRAM variables |
| od_user_homes(8) | executable map program for auto_home records synthesized from user records |
| odproxyd(8) | OpenDirectory proxy daemon |
| opendirectoryd(8) | is a launchd(8) job for client access to local or remote directory systems |
| oqmgr(8) | old Postfix queue manager |
| osaapplet(8) | Open Scripting Architecture OSA applet interpreter |
| osanalyticshelper(8) | Helper process for analytics and diagnostics |
| otherbsd(8) | Other Bootstrapper Daemon |
| pam_env(8) | The Environment PAM module |
| pam_group(8) | Group PAM module |
| pam_krb5(8) | Kerberos 5 PAM module |
| pam_launchd(8) | launchd PAM module |
| pam_localauthentication(8) | LocalAuthentication PAM module |
| pam_mount(8) | Home Folder Mounting PAM module |
| pam_nologin(8) | No Login PAM module |
| pam_ntlm(8) | NTLM PAM module |
| pam_opendirectory(8) | OpenDirectory PAM module |
| pam_rootok(8) | Root OK PAM module |
| pam_sacl(8) | Service Access Control List PAM module |
| pam_self(8) | Self PAM module |
| pam_smartcard(8) | Smartcard PAM module |
| pam_uwtmp(8) | User Accounting PAM module |
| parentalcontrolsd(8) | Parental Controls helper process |
| parsec-fbf(8) | Support daemon for Siri Search analytics |
| parsecd(8) | Support daemon for Siri Search |
| passd(8) | Apple Pay & Wallet daemon |
| path_helper(8) | helper for constructing PATH environment variable |
| pboard(8) | pasteboard server |
| pbs(8) | general helper tool |
| pdisk(8) | Apple partition table editor |
| pfctl(8) | control the packet filter (PF) and network address translation (NAT) device |
| pfd(8) | daemon for network firewall and Internet sharing configuration |
| photoanalysisd(8) | The macOS photo library analysis agent |
| photolibraryd(8) | The macOS photo library agent |
| pickup(8) | Postfix local mail pickup |
| ping(8) | send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts |
| ping6(8) | send ICMPv6 ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts |
| pipe(8) | Postfix delivery to external command |
| pkd(8) | management and supervision daemon for plug-in services |
| pkreporter(8) | inventories and reports PlugIn state |
| pluginkit(8) | plugin plug-in extension pluginkit |
| postscreen(8) | Postfix zombie blocker |
| powerlogHelperd(8) | supports Battery Usage UI in System Preferences |
| pppd(8) | Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon |
| printtool(8) | a tool to configure the printing system |
| privatecloudcomputed(8) | private cloud compute offload daemon |
| proactiveeventtrackerd(8) | a process triggered by a daily XPC activity to transform and upload metrics stored in the aggregate state file |
| productutil(8) | product archive utility |
| progressd(8) | The macOS ClassKit sync agent |
| proxymap(8) | Postfix lookup table proxy server |
| ptpcamerad(8) | PTPCamera Daemon |
| purge(8) | force disk cache to be purged (flushed and emptied) |
| pwd_mkdb(8) | generate the password databases |
| pwpolicy(8) | gets and sets password policies |
| qmgr(8) | Postfix queue manager |
| qmqpd(8) | Postfix QMQP server |
| quotacheck(8) | filesystem quota consistency checker |
| quotaon(8), quotaoff(8) | turn filesystem quotas on and off |
| racoon(8) | IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key management daemon |
| rapportd(8) | Rapport Daemon |
| rarpd(8) | Reverse ARP Daemon |
| rcd(8) | Remote control daemon |
| recentsd(8) | recentsd daemon |
| recoveryutild(8) | Accepts recovery-related commands from the recoveryutil CLI tool |
| relatived(8) | Relative Motion daemon |
| remindd(8), Other_name_for_same_program()(8), Yet another name for the same program.(8) | This line parsed for whatis database |
| remoted(8) | Remote Service Discovery daemon |
| remotemanagementd(8) | Remote Management protocol daemon |
| renice(8) | alter priority of running processes |
| replayd(8) | MacOS daemon to support ReplayKit on macOS |
| replicatord(8) | remote widget sync daemon |
| repquota(8) | summarize quotas for a file system |
| retimerd(8) | Apple Type-C Retimer daemon |
| reversetemplated(8) | daemon that processes user content in order to detect events |
| revisiond(8) | storage manager for document revisions |
| rotatelogs(8) | Piped logging program to rotate Apache logs |
| route(8) | manually manipulate the routing tables |
| routined(8) | A daemon that learns the historical location patterns of a user |
| rpc.lockd(8) | NFS file locking daemon |
| rpc.rquotad(8), rquotad(8) | remote quota server |
| rpc.statd(8) | host status monitoring daemon |
| rpcbind(8) | portmap |
| rpcinfo(8) | report RPC information |
| rpcsvchost(8) | hosting environment for DCE/RPC services |
| rtadvd(8) | router advertisement daemon |
| rtcreportingd(8) | Diagnostics and Usage Reporting |
| runningboardd(8) | assertion services daemon |
| sa(8) | print system accounting statistics |
| sandboxd(8) | sandbox daemon |
| sc_auth(8) | SmartCard authorization setup script |
| scache(8) | Postfix shared connection cache server |
| screencaptureui(8) | screencapture daemon |
| screensharingd(8) | listens for VNC connections from clients |
| scselect(8) | Select system configuration location |
| scsid(8) | SCSI subsystem daemon |
| scutil(8) | Manage system configuration parameters |
| searchpartyd(8) | searchparty daemon |
| searchpartyuseragent(8) | searchparty user agent |
| secd(8) | centralised keychain agent |
| secinitd(8) | The security policy initialization daemon |
| security-checksystem(8) | validate system keychain |
| security_authtrampoline(8) | Trampoline used by AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges from Security.framework |
| securityd_system(8) | system keychain agent |
| securityuploadd(8) | Keychain Metrics Uploader |
| seld(8) | Secure element manager daemon |
| sentryd(8) | Collect tailspins for slow operations instrumented with os_signpost |
| setkey(8) | manually manipulate the IPsec SA/SP database |
| sftp-server(8) | OpenSSH SFTP server subsystem |
| sharedfilelistd(8) | User agent which manages lists of file system items |
| sharing(8) | create share points for smb services |
| sharingd(8) | Sharing Daemon that enables AirDrop, Handoff, Instant Hotspot, Shared Computers, and Remote Disc in the Finder |
| shazamd(8) | Shazam daemon |
| showmount(8) | show remote NFS mounts on host |
| showq(8) | list the Postfix mail queue |
| shutdown(8) | close down the system at a given time |
| signpost_reporter(8) | Report telemetry on intervals instrumented with os_signpost to Apple |
| skywalkctl(8) | Interact with Skywalk subsystem |
| slapacl(8) | Check access to a list of attributes |
| slapadd(8) | Add entries to a SLAPD database |
| slapauth(8) | Check a list of string-represented IDs for LDAP authc/authz |
| slapcat(8) | SLAPD database to LDIF utility |
| slapconfig(8) | -- tool to configure slapd and related daemons |
| slapd(8) | Stand-alone LDAP Daemon |
| slapdn(8) | Check a list of string-represented LDAP DNs based on schema syntax |
| slapindex(8) | Reindex entries in a SLAPD database |
| slappasswd(8) | OpenLDAP password utility |
| slapschema(8) | SLAPD in-database schema checking utility |
| slaptest(8) | Check the suitability of the OpenLDAP slapd configuration |
| smb-sync-preferences(8) | synchronize SMB server preferences |
| smbd(8) | SMB server daemon |
| smbdiagnose(8) | gather information to aid in diagnosing SMB file sharing issues |
| smd(8) | ServiceManagement framework daemon |
| smtp(8) | Postfix SMTP+LMTP client |
| smtpd(8) | Postfix SMTP server |
| snmpd(8) | daemon to respond to SNMP request packets |
| snmptrapd(8) | Receive and log SNMP trap messages |
| sntpd(8) | very Simple Network Time Protocol server daemon |
| sociallayerd(8) | Vends privacy-sensitive social UI for display throughout the system |
| socketfilterfw(8) | Application Firewall daemon |
| softwareupdate(8) | system software update tool |
| spatialconnectctl(8) | Spatial Connect control interface |
| spawn(8) | Postfix external command spawner |
| spctl(8) | SecAssessment system policy security |
| spindump(8) | Profile entire system during a time interval |
| spindump_agent(8) | helper agent for spindump(8) |
| spotlighthelper(8) | Spotlight Diagnostic Extension Helper |
| spray(8) | send many packets to host |
| ssh-keychain(8), ssh-keychain.dylib(8) | smartcard/token support library |
| ssh-keysign(8) | OpenSSH helper for host-based authentication |
| ssh-pkcs11-helper(8) | OpenSSH helper for PKCS#11 support |
| ssh-sk-helper(8) | OpenSSH helper for FIDO authenticator support |
| sshd(8) | OpenSSH daemon |
| sso_util(8) | Kerberos Open Directory Single Sign On |
| stickersd(8) | stickersd daemon |
| storagekitd(8) | helper for the StorageKit framework |
| studentd(8) | Classroom's student control agent |
| sudo(8), sudoedit(8) | execute a command as another user |
| sudoreplay(8) | replay sudo session logs |
| suexec(8) | Switch user before executing external programs |
| suggestd(8) | daemon that processes user content in order to detect contacts, events, named entities, etc |
| suhelperd(8) | Helper daemon for softwareupdate - no user initiated interface |
| swcd(8) | Shared Web Credentials Daemon |
| swtransparencyd(8) | The swtransparency daemon |
| symptomsd(8) | Symptom framework service daemon |
| sync(8) | force completion of pending disk writes (flush cache) |
| syncdefaultsd(8) | NSUbiquitousKeyValueStore |
| sysctl(8) | get or set kernel state |
| sysdiagnose_agent(8) | performs UI related operations for sysdiagnose |
| sysdiagnose_helper(8) | performs critical operations for sysdiagnose |
| sysdiagnosed(8) | launchd daemon for the sysdiagnose cli tool |
| sysextd(8) | system extension manager |
| syslogd(8) | Apple System Log server |
| sysmond(8) | system monitor daemon |
| syspolicyd(8) | System Policy daemon |
| system-override(8) | configure system overrides |
| system_installd(8) | macOS software installation daemon |
| system_profiler(8) | reports system hardware and software configuration |
| systemextensionsctl(8) | examine and manage system extensions |
| systemkeychain(8) | creates system keychains and allows keychains to unlock keychains |
| systemsetup(8) | configuration tool for certain machine settings in System Preferences |
| systemstats(8) | summarize system stats |
| systemstats_boot(8) | initialize system stats |
| tailspind(8) | helper daemon for tailspin(1) |
| talagent(8) | interact with persistent state and the application lifecycle |
| talagentd(8) | helper agent for application lifecycle features |
| talkd(8) | remote user communication server |
| taskgated(8) | task_for_pid access control daemon ..Sh DESCRIPTION is a system daemon that implements a policy for the task_for_pid system service. When the kernel is asked for the task port of a process, and preliminary access control checks pass, it invokes this daemon (via launchd) to make the decision |
| taskgated-helper(8) | taskgated helper process |
| taskpolicy(8) | execute a program with an altered I/O or scheduling policy or change settings of already running process |
| tconctld(8) | TCON control daemon |
| tftpd(8) | Internet Trivial File Transfer Protocol server |
| thermald(8) | thermal management daemon |
| timed(8) | time synchronization daemon |
| timemachinehelper(8) | TimeMachine Diagnostic Extension Helper |
| tlsmgr(8) | Postfix TLS session cache and PRNG manager |
| tlsproxy(8) | Postfix TLS proxy |
| tmdiagnose(8) | gather information to aid in diagnosing Time Machine issues |
| tmp_cleaner(8) | Remove old content from /tmp |
| tmutil(8) | Time Machine utility |
| tokenadmin(8) | Command-line interface to smartcards and other token-based keychains |
| traceroute(8) | print the route packets take to network host |
| traceroute6(8) | print the route IPv6 packets will take to a network node |
| translationd(8) | Daemon that enables Translation features |
| transparencyStaticKey(8) | The transparency static key pinning daemon |
| transparencyd(8) | The transparency daemon |
| trash(8) | Moves files and directories to the user trash folder |
| trimforce(8) | enable TRIM commands on third-party drives |
| trivial-rewrite(8) | Postfix address rewriting and resolving daemon |
| trustd(8) | Daemon and LaunchAgent that performs trust evaluations |
| trustdFileHelper(8) | Daemon that helps trustd with files |
| trustevaluationagent(8) | LaunchAgent that performs trust evaluations |
| uarppersonalizationd(8) | Personalize firmware for all tatsu audiences |
| uasysdiagnose(8), uasysdiagone(8) | Produce system diagnostics for UserActivity.framework |
| umount(8) | unmount filesystems |
| universalaccessd(8) | universal access server |
| upsshutdown(8) | UPS emergency low power shutdown script |
| usbaudiod(8) | usbaudiod is a system daemon that runs the USB audio driver |
| usbctelemetryd(8) | Daemon used for collecting USB Type-C Analytics |
| usbcupdater(8) | update the USB-C subsystem components |
| usbd(8) | daemon for USB devices |
| usbmuxd(8) | iOS communications daemon |
| usernoted(8) | Notification Center daemon |
| uuchk(8) | display information read from the UUCP configuration files |
| uucico(8) | UUCP file transfer daemon |
| uusched(8) | schedule the uucp file transport program |
| uuxqt(8) | UUCP execution daemon |
| verify(8) | Postfix address verification server |
| vifs(8) | safely edit fstab |
| vipw(8) | edit the password file |
| virtual(8) | Postfix virtual domain mail delivery agent |
| visudo(8) | edit the sudoers file |
| vpnd(8) | Mac OS X VPN service daemon |
| vsdbutil(8) | manipulates the volume status DB |
| warmd_agent(8) | general helper tool |
| watchdogd(8) | watchdog daemon |
| wdutil(8) | Wireless Diagnostics command line utility |
| weakpass_edit(8) | Mac OS X Server Password Server weak password dictionary insertion tool |
| webinspectord(8) | Remote Web Inspector relay daemon |
| webprivacyd(8) | WebPrivacy Daemon |
| wfsctl(8) | WebDAV File Sharing control utility |
| wifiFirmwareLoader(8) | load wifi firmware to chip |
| wifip2pd(8) | Daemon responsible for managing peer-to-peer Wi-Fi discovery and data links |
| wifive(8) | Wi-Fi performance and diagnostics utility |
| wifivelocityd(8) | launchd daemon for the WiFiVelocity framework |
| wps(8) | Wireless Protected Setup daemon |
| wspd(8) | search in smb share according to MS-WSP protocol |
| xartstorageremoted(8) | xART Remote Storage Daemon |
| xpcproxy(8) | configures the execution environment for XPC services |
| xscertadmin(8) | -- process Certificate Revocation Lists in an OD environment |
| xscertd(8) | -- Certificate signing daemon |
| xscertd-helper(8) | xscertd helper process |
| yp(8) | description of the YP/NIS system |
| zdump(8) | timezone dumper |
| zic(8) | timezone compiler |