All known processes |
Processes on your Mac |
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Activity Monitor (Activity Monitor.app) |
Activity Monitor utility monitors the activity of your computer's processor and disk, its memory, and its network activity. More... | 1 comment |
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AddPrinter (AddPrinter.app) |
Utility for setting up new printing device in Mac OS X (Leopard). More... | Comment |
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Address Book (Address Book.app) |
Address Book application bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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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 to wireless router.rn More... | Comment |
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AirPort Disk Agent (AirPort Disk Agent.app) |
Provides access to USB disk, that is connected to an AirPort Extreme Base Station. More... | Comment |
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AirPort Utility (AirPort Utility.app) |
AirPort Utility is setup and management utility for the AirPort Express Base Station, the AirPort Extreme Base Station and Time Capsule. More... | Comment |
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airportd | airportd configures various wireless card parameters automatically. For example, automatically connects to a preferred wireless network after restart if the network is available. More... | Comment |
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amavisd | Amavisd is set up to act as a mini-SMTP server. More... | Comment |
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aosnotifyd | Daemon providing syncing between Mac and MobileMe. More... | Comment |
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APNBridge | APNBridge is a jabberd component to allow devices to subcribe to notifications and receive them via the Apple Push Notification Service. More... | Comment |
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AppleFileServer | Apple File Protocol server. More... | Comment |
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AppleMobileBackup (AppleMobileDeviceHelper.app) |
Backup utility for iPhone and iPod Touch. More... | Comment |
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AppleMobileDeviceHelper (AppleMobileDeviceHelper.app) |
Framework that powers iTune's-iPod and -iPhone data transfer. More... | Comment |
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AppleScript Editor (AppleScript Editor.app) |
AppleScript Editor provides the ability to edit, compile, and execute scripts written in AppleScript. More... | Comment |
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AppleScript Runner (AppleScript Runner.app) |
AppleScript Runner is an implementation detail of features like Folder Actions and the Script Menu (they use AppleScript Runner to run scripts). More... | Comment |
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AppleScript Utility (AppleScript Utility.app) |
AppleScript is an English-like language used to create script files that control the actions of the Mac and the applications that run on it. More... | Comment |
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AppleSpell | System-wide spell checking service. More... | Comment |
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AppleVNCServer | Server for providing access to your Mac remotely. Part of Apple Remote Desktop package. More... | Comment |
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ARDAgent (ARDAgent.app) |
ARDAgent is the application that responds to Apple Remote Desktop remote administration requests, screen sharing and the like. More... | Comment |
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aslmanager | Apple System Log data store file manager. Manages files in the ASL data store written by the syslogd server. More... | 1 comment |
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ATSServer | Apple Type Solution Server. Enables system-wide font management. Replaced with fontd daemon in Snow Leopard. More... | Comment |
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Audio MIDI Setup (Audio MIDI Setup.app) |
Audio MIDI Setup configures the audio input and output devices connected to your computer. More... | Comment |
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auditd | The auditd daemon responds to requests from the audit utility and notifications from the kernel. It manages the resulting audit log files and specified log file locations. More... | Comment |
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authorizationhost (SecurityAgent.app) |
Provides authentication and authorization framework for applications. More... | Comment |
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autofsd | Monitors network filesystem requests or configuration changes, and when such an event occurs, launches automount to update the mount points. More... | Comment |
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Automator (Automator.app) |
Automator implements point-and-click (or drag-and-drop) creation of workflows for automating repetitive tasks. More... | Comment |
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automountd | Daemon that responds to requests from autofs to mount and unmount network filesystems, and to supply the contents of directories, based on the contents of automounter maps. More... | Comment |
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awk | AWK is a programming language that is designed for processing text-based data, either in files or data streams. A version of the AWK language is a standard feature of nearly every modern Unix-like operating system, including OS X. More... | Comment |
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backupd | Time Machine backup daemon. More... | Comment |
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backupd-helper | Time Machine backup for Mac OS X Leopard. More... | Comment |
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bash | Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands from the standard input or file. More... | Comment |
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BezelUIServer | BezelUIServer responds to things like volume and screen brightness settings by creating the translucent popups and helps launching FrontRow. More... | Comment |
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blued | Bluetooth daemon. Handles SDP transactions, link key management, and incoming connection acceptance. More... | Comment |
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Bluetooth File Exchange (Bluetooth File Exchange.app) |
Handles files exchanges between Bluetooth devices. More... | Comment |
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bootpd | NetBoot server implementing a DHCP/BOOTP server as defined in RFC951, RFC1542, RFC2131, and RFC2132, as well as a BOOTP/DHCP relay agent. More... | Comment |
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build_hd_index (ARDAgent.app) |
Collects data on remote computers about files/applications used and user activity. More... | Comment |
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c2s | c2s accepts incoming connections from clients, performs authentication and registration functions, and communicates with the session manager on their behalf. More... | Comment |
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Calculator (Calculator.app) |
Calculator is a basic calculator application bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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cat | The cat utility reads files sequentially, writing them to the standard output. More... | Comment |
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CCacheServer (CCacheServer.app) |
Agent that maintains the Kerberos credentials cache for a specific user. More... | Comment |
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CharacterPalette (CharacterPalette.app) |
Character Palette is used to insert special characters, such as mathematical symbols, letters with accent marks, or arrows and other "dingbats" as well as to enter Japanese, Chinese, Korean characters and characters from other languages. More... | Comment |
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CharPaletteServer (CharPaletteServer.app) |
Character Palette is used to insert special characters, such as mathematical symbols, letters with accent marks, or arrows and other “dingbats,” into your documents. More... | Comment |
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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. More... | Comment |
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Chess (Chess.app) |
Chess game for Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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chflags | Standard Unix ulitity to change file flags. More... | Comment |
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chgrp | Standard Unix utility to change group of the Unix file. More... | Comment |
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chmod | The chmod utility modifies the file mode bits of the listed files as specified by the mode operand. It may also be used to modify the Access Control Lists (ACLs) associated with the listed files. More... | Comment |
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chown | Unix utility that changes the user ID and/or the group ID of the specified files. More... | Comment |
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clamd | Anti-virus daemon for Mac OS X Server, listens for incoming connections on Unix and/or TCP socket and scans files or directories on demand. More... | Comment |
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ColorSync Utility (ColorSync Utility.app) |
ColorSync translates an image’s data between the color spaces of your devices so each device reproduces the image as accurately as possible. More... | Comment |
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compressord | Part of Final Cut Studio application, providing batch processes for encoding to a wide range of industry-standard formats. More... | Comment |
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configd | Maintains data reflecting the desired and current state of the system, provides notifications to applications when this data changes, and hosts a number of configuration agents. More... | Comment |
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Conflict Resolver (Conflict Resolver.app) |
Conflict Resolver is an application used by .Mac service. Conflict Resolver is executed in the event that the .Mac Sync Service cannot decide on which version of the data to use. More... | Comment |
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Console (Console.app) |
Console displays system messages written in system logs. More... | Comment |
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coreaudiod | Daemon used for Core Audio related purposes. More... | Comment |
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coreservicesd | Core Services daemon. Core Services is the Mac OS X system layer that lies above the core operating system and below the services, frameworks, and libraries used in application development. More... | Comment |
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cp | Standard Unix command for copying files. More... | Comment |
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cron | Daemon to execute scheduled commands. Looks through the crontab files and follows scheduled instructions. More... | Comment |
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csh | Berkeley UNIX C shell- command language interpreter usable both as an interactive login shell and a shell script command processor. More... | Comment |
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cups-deviced | CUPS (common unix printing system) device daemon, polls the backends for a list of available devices. More... | Comment |
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cups-polld | cups-polld polls remote servers for a list of available printers and printer classes. More... | Comment |
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cupsd | Common unix printing system daemon. It implements a printing system based upon the Internet Printing Protocol More... | Comment |
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DashboardClient (Dock.app) |
Dashboard is a semi-transparent layer that floats above your desktop at the press of a key, and provides access to mini applications called widgets. More... | Comment |
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Dashcode (Dashcode.app) |
Apple's development environment for creating dashboard widgets and Web applications. More... | Comment |
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Dictionary (Dictionary.app) |
Dictionary provides definitions and synonyms from the New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd Edition and Oxford American Writers Thesaurus, 1st Edition. More... | Comment |
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DictionaryPanel (Dictionary.app) |
DictionaryPanel is alternative display method (you can activate it in Dictionary preferences) for Dictionary.app. More... | Comment |
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DigitalColor Meter (DigitalColor Meter.app) |
DigitalColor Meter matchs the color on your screen against several industry standard spaces as well as see color value of any pixel on your display for copying into an HTML or graphics document. More... | Comment |
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Directory (Directory.app) |
The Directory application provides access to shared information about people, groups, locations, and resources within your organization. More... | Comment |
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Directory Utility (Directory Utility.app) |
Directory Utility determines which directory services a Mac OS X computer uses and how it connects to directory domains. More... | Comment |
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DirectoryService | DirectoryService gathers directory access information which includes permissions for directories and mounted disks and provides it to applications. More... | Comment |
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dirhelper | Command is a launch-on-demand helper for special directory creation. It is launched in a privileged context via launchd in order to create special directories where the user would not otherwise have permission to do so. More... | Comment |
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Disk Utility (Disk Utility.app) |
Disk Utility lets you configure and manage disks and perform disk related tasks. More... | Comment |
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diskarbitrationd | diskarbitrationd listens for connections from clients, notifies clients of the appearance of disks and filesystems, and governs the mounting of filesystems and the claiming of disks amongst clients. More... | Comment |
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diskimages-helper | Mounts compressed disk images. More... | Comment |
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DiskManagementTool | Component of Disk Utility that actually performs the task of repairing permissions. More... | Comment |
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distccd | distccd is the distributed C/C++ compiler server, part of Apple development toolset. It accepts and runs compilation jobs for network clients. More... | Comment |
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distnoted | Provides distributed notification services. More... | Comment |
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dnsextd | BIND Extension Daemon, invoked at boot time, running alongside BIND 9, to implement two EDNS0 extensions to the standard DNS protocol. More... | Comment |
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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, displays which applications are currently running, holds windows in their minimized state and manages Dashboard widgets. More... | Comment |
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docsetinstalld | docsetinstalld is the daemon responsible for installing documentation sets for use by Apple's developer tools. More... | Comment |
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dotmacsyncclient | MobileMe Sync Client command-line client. More... | Comment |
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dovecot-auth | Process handles all authentication for Dovecot- open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems and included with Mac OS X Server. More... | Comment |
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dovecotd | Dovecot is an open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems and included with Mac OS X Server. More... | Comment |
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DVD Player (DVD Player.app) |
Default DVD player in Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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dynamic_pager | The dynamic_pager daemon manages a pool of external swap files which the kernel uses to support demand paging. More... | Comment |
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eapolclient | The eapolclient is used by Mac OS X to connect to 802.1x secured wireless networks. More... | Comment |
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efax | Send/receive faxes with Class 1, 2 or 2.0 fax modem. More... | Comment |
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emacs | emacs is feature-rich text editor bundled with most Unix based systems. More... | Comment |
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emond | Event Monitor Daemon, accepts events from various services, runs them through a simple rules engine, and takes action. The actions can run commands; send email, SMS, or jabber messages; or update an RSS feed. More... | Comment |
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EncoderServer (iDVD.app) |
DVD creation software application. More... | Comment |
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find | The find utility recursively descends the directory tree for each path listed, evaluating an expression in terms of each file in the tree. More... | Comment |
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Finder (Finder.app) |
Finder allows access to applications, hard disks, files, folders, and CDs. More... | Comment |
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Finder | Finder allows access to applications, hard disks, files, folders, and CDs. More... | Comment |
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Firewall | Firewall is included with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and allows to control connections on a per-application basis, rather than a per-port basis. More... | Comment |
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Folder (Folder Actions Dispatcher.app) |
Server for managing folder actions. Each folder action now runs its own copy of the new Folder Actions Dispatcher application. More... | Comment |
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Font (Font Book.app) |
Default font manager for Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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fontd | fontd is a Mac OS X system font registration manager which makes fonts available to the system. More... | Comment |
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fontworker | fontworker is a OS X system daemon that registers and validates font for the system. More... | Comment |
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freshclam | Freshclam is a virus database update tool for ClamAV. More... | Comment |
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Front (Front Row.app) |
Front Row is media center software for Apple's Macintosh computers and Apple TV for viewing and downloading video, photos, podcasts, and music from a computer, optical disk, networks using iTunes or iPhoto, and the Internet using an Apple Remote. More... | Comment |
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fs | Defines format of file system volume. More... | Comment |
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fsck_msdos | The fsck_msdos utility verifies and repairs FAT file systems (more commonly known as DOS file systems). More... | Comment |
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fseventsd | fseventsd reads file system changes events and writes the events to log files on disk. More... | Comment |
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fs_usage | The fs_usage utility presents an ongoing display of system call usage information pertaining to filesystem activity. More... | Comment |
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getty | Standard unix program running on a host computer that manages physical or virtual terminals (tty). When it detects a connection, it prompts for a username and runs the 'login' program to authenticate the user. More... | Comment |
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Grab (Grab.app) |
Grab application takes a picture of all or part of your computer screen. More... | Comment |
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Grapher (Grapher.app) |
Grapher graphs curves, surfaces, inequalities, differential equations, discrete series, and vector and scalar fields. You can also create movie files of your graphs. More... | Comment |
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grep | Grep is standard UNIX command, it searches the named input files for lines containing a match to the given pattern. More... | Comment |
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groff | groff is a front-end for the GNU Unix groff document formatting system. More... | Comment |
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grotty | grotty translates the output of GNU troff text formatting processor into a form suitable for typewriter-like devices. More... | Comment |
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gunzip | gunzip expand files compressed with gzip- cross platform file compression utility. More... | Comment |
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hdiejectd | Helper for DiskImages framework. Undocumented, most probably responsible for ejecting/dismounting disk images. More... | Comment |
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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. More... | Comment |
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HelpViewer (HelpViewer.app) |
Help Viewer is a WebKit based HTML viewer for Mac OS X aimed at displaying help files and other documentation. More... | Comment |
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hidd | Human Interface Device daemon. More... | Comment |
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httpd | httpd is the Apache webserver (HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server program). More... | Comment |
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hwmond | Mac OS X Server Hardware monitoring daemon, runs in the background periodically collecting various information about the current state of the hardware. More... | Comment |
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ibtool | ibtool verifies, updates, and prints the contents of an Interface Builder document, generating its output in standard plist format. More... | Comment |
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iCal (iCal.app) |
Calendaring application bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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iChat (iChat.app) |
iChat is an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), MobileMe, ICQ and XMPP client. More... | Comment |
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iChatAgent (iChatAgent.app) |
Backround agent for iChat. More... | Comment |
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identd | identd is a server which implements the TCP/IP proposed standard IDENT user identification protocol as specified in the RFC 1413 document. More... | Comment |
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idled | Idled provides near real-time updates for IMAP IDLE, receives notifications of mailbox changes and signals the appropriate imapd to report the changes to the client. More... | Comment |
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iDVD (iDVD.app) |
Apple DVD creation software application, part of iLife suite. More... | Comment |
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Image Capture (Image Capture.app) |
Application program that enables users to upload pictures from digital cameras or scanners which are either connected directly to the computer or the network. More... | Comment |
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Image Capture Extension (Image Capture Extension.app) |
Provides the connections between device modules and the application and providing a common interface between device modules and applications. More... | 1 comment |
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Image Events (Image Events.app) |
Image Events is an AppleScript agent and supports the manipulation, from scripts, of images and image-related data through operations such as cropping, embedding, matching, padding, profiling, rotating, and scaling. More... | Comment |
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imap-login | Part of Dovecot- open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems and included with Mac OS X Server. More... | Comment |
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imklaunchagent | Launcher for Input Method Kit framework, supporting input methods for Chinese, Japanese, and other languages. More... | Comment |
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iMovie (iMovie.app) |
Apple video editing software application, part of iLife suite. More... | Comment |
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iMovie HD (iMovie HD.app) |
Apple video editing software application, part of iLife suite. More... | Comment |
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InkServer (InkServer.app) |
Ink (or Inkwell) provides handwriting recognition on Mac OS X if graphics tablet is connected to Mac. More... | Comment |
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Installer (Installer.app) |
Installer is an application included in Mac OS X which extracts and installs files out of .pkg packages. More... | Comment |
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Instruments (Instruments.app) |
Instruments is an application for dynamically tracing and profiling Mac OS X code, part of Apple development tools. More... | Comment |
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Interface (Interface Builder.app) |
Interface Builder is part of Xcode- Apple development tool. Interface Builder is used to create the user interfaces for iPhone OS and Mac OS X applications. More... | Comment |
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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, part of Xcode development tool. More... | Comment |
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InternetSharing | InternetSharing is the back-end for the Internet Sharing feature. It is responsible for configuring the network interfaces, the DHCP server, the network address translation daemon, and the Internet domain name server. More... | Comment |
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ioreg | Displays the I/O Kit registry. It shows the heirarchical registry structure as an inverted tree. More... | Comment |
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ioupsd | Monitors UPS's. PowerManagement's configd plugin automatically launches ioupsd whenever a UPS is connected to the system. More... | Comment |
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ipconfig | ipconfig is a utility that communicates with the IPConfiguration agent to retrieve and set IP configuration parameters. More... | Comment |
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ipfwloggerd | Mac OS X firewall logging daemon on Mac OS X Tiger (10.4). More... | Comment |
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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. More... | Comment |
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iPhoto (iPhoto.app) |
iPhoto is photo organizing and editing application, part of iLife suite. More... | Comment |
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irb | irb is the interactive Ruby language interpreter bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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iSync (iSync.app) |
iSync allows synchronizing Mac Address Book and iCal information with mobile handsets, Palm OS organizers and compatible smartphones. More... | Comment |
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iTunes (iTunes.app) |
iTunes is digital media player used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on iPod and iPhone. More... | Comment |
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iTunes | iTunes is digital media player used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on iPod and iPhone. More... | Comment |
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iTunesHelper (iTunes.app) |
Listens for commands to help iTunes communicate with devices (such as iPod). More... | Comment |
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iWeb (iWeb.app) |
Website editor, part of Apple iLife suite. More... | Comment |
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iWorkServices | Backdoor iWorkServ.A uses a file called iWorkServices and is part of the installer package included with illegitimate copies of iWork 2009 distributed on file sharing sites. More... | Comment |
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java | Java runtime environment bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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Java Web Start (Java Web Start.app) |
Java Web Start is included in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) as part of Java SE 6. More... | Comment |
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kadmind | KADM5 (Kerberos V5 KDC) administration server, accepts remote requests to administer the information in databases. More... | Comment |
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kcproxy (Keychain Access.app) |
KeyChain Access helper that manages trust settings changes for applications/certificates. More... | Comment |
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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. More... | Comment |
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Kerberos (Kerberos.app) |
The Kerberos system authenticates individual users in a network environment. More... | Comment |
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KernelEventAgent | Disk & server events notifications. Notifies users about file and disk problems. More... | Comment |
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kextcache | The kextcache program creates kext caches, which speed up kext loading operations. It is invoked auto-matically automatically as needed to rebuild system caches. More... | Comment |
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kextd | Responsible for loading and unloading kernel extensions (e.g. device drivers) as they are needed. More... | Comment |
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kextload | he kextload program is used to explicitly load kernel extensions (kexts). More... | Comment |
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KeyboardViewer (KeyboardViewer.app) |
Keyboard Viewer allows to see and type characters used in alternate languages other than your chosen language. More... | Comment |
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Keychain Access (Keychain Access.app) |
Keychain is Apple Inc.'s password management system in Mac OS X and Mac OS 9. More... | Comment |
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Keychain Scripting (Keychain Scripting.app) |
Keychain Scripting is background application that acts as acts as scriptable front-end to the user's keychain where password are stored. More... | Comment |
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Kotoeri (Kotoeri.app) |
Kotoeri is a Japanese language input method which comes standard with Mac OS X, as well as earlier versions of the Mac OS. More... | Comment |
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krb5kdc | Kerberos version 5 Authentication Service and Key Distribution Center. More... | Comment |
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LaunchCFMApp | Launch a preferred executable format application using the Code Fragment Manager (CFM). Typically, this is only run manually when a CFM application needs to be debugged in gdb. More... | Comment |
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launchctl | launchctl interfaces with launchd to load, unload daemons/agents and generally control launchd. More... | Comment |
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launchctl unload | launchctl interfaces with launchd to load, unload daemons/agents and generally control launchd. More... | Comment |
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launchd | Systemwide and per-user daemon/agent manager.rn More... | Comment |
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launchproxy | launchproxy handles the inetd emulation for launchd (system process manager). More... | Comment |
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less | Standard Unix utility less is a program similar to more, but which backward movement in the file as well as forward movement. More... | Comment |
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LKDCHelper | LKDC is a Kerberos implementation that extends "single sign-on" capabilities into ad-hoc networks. The LKDC supports the AFP, CIFS, and VNC services included in Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. More... | Comment |
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locate.code | Sorted list compressor used by locate (quick file finding utility) command. More... | Comment |
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logger | Logger provides a shell command interface to the syslog system log module. More... | Comment |
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Logic Express (Logic Express.app) |
Logic Express is a limited-functionality version of Apple Logic Pro, a MIDI sequencer and digital audio workstation software. More... | Comment |
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Logic Pro (Logic Pro.app) |
Logic Pro is a digital audio workstation and MIDI sequencer software application for the Mac OS X platform. Logic Pro is part of Apple's Logic Studio bundle of professional music applications. More... | Comment |
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login | The login utility logs users (and pseudo-users) into the computer system. More... | Comment |
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loginwindow (loginwindow.app) |
The loginwindow program controls several aspects of user sessions and coordinates the display of the login window and the authentication of users. More... | Comment |
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logKextDaemon | Freeware (http://code.google.com/p/logkext/) keylogger for OS X. If it's not installed by yourself it can be used to sneak passwords and other private information. More... | Comment |
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ls | Unix command that lists directory contents More... | Comment |
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lsof | lsof is Unix utility to list open files. More... | Comment |
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lsregister | lsregister search the paths for application bundles and add each found item to the Launch Services database. More... | Comment |
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Mail (Mail.app) |
Default e-mail program included with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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makewhatis | The makewhatis utility collects the names and short descriptions from all the unformatted man pages in the directories and puts them into a file used by the whatis and apropos commands. More... | Comment |
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man | Standard Unix utility man format and display the on-line manual pages. More... | Comment |
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ManagedClient (ManagedClient.app) |
Managed Client for Mac OS X, or MCX, is a subset of Open Directory, the Apple directory service. More... | Comment |
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master | The master daemon is the resident process that runs Postfix daemons on demand: daemons to send or receive messages via the network, daemons to deliver mail locally, etc. More... | Comment |
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MDCrashReportTool (AppleMobileDeviceHelper.app) |
Application that provides option for sending iPhone crash reports to Apple. More... | Comment |
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mDNSResponder | mDNSResponder is a Bonjour system service that implements Multicast DNS Service Discovery for discovery of services on the local network, and Unicast DNS Service Discovery for discovery of services anywhere in the world. More... | Comment |
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mDNSResponderHelper | mDNSResponderHelper is an executable invoked by launchd to provide privilege separation to the mDNSResponder daemon. More... | Comment |
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mds | Metadata server. It serves all clients of the metadata APIs, including Spotlight. More... | Comment |
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mdworker | mdworker is the metadata server worker process. It is used by mds to scan and index files as a volume is mounted or a file changes More... | Comment |
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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.rn More... | Comment |
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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 a file changes. More... | Comment |
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mdworker32 | mdworker32 is the 32 bit version metadata server worker process. mdworker is used by mds to scan and index files as a volume is mounted or a file changes. Used for running 32 bit Spotlight plugins. More... | Comment |
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mdworker32 MDSImporterWorker | mdworker32 is the 32 bit version metadata server worker process. mdworker is used by mds to scan and index files as a volume is mounted or a file changes. Used for running 32 bit Spotlight plugins. More... | Comment |
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MIDIServer | The server process that loads, and manages all communication with MIDI drivers. Part of the CoreMIDI framework. More... | Comment |
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mkdir | The mkdir utility creates the directories named as operands, in the order specified. More... | Comment |
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mount | The mount command prepare and graft a special device or the remote node on to the file system tree. More... | Comment |
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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. More... | Comment |
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mv | Unix standard command mv rename or move files. More... | Comment |
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mysql | MySQL command-line tool More... | Comment |
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mysqld | MySQL Server, included with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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named | Internet domain name server (DNS). More... | Comment |
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natd | Network Address Translation daemon. More... | Comment |
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NetAuthAgent (NetAuthAgent.app) |
NetAuthAgent initiates network logins for both SMB and AFP volumes. NetAuthAgent also launches an application called check_afp that is responsible for receiving messages from the server (among other things). More... | Comment |
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netstat | Netstat is Unix utility that symbolically displays the contents of various network-related data structures. More... | Comment |
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Network Utility (Network Utility.app) |
Network Utility combines several information and troubleshooting tools for networking. More... | Comment |
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newsyslog | newsyslog is a highly configurable program for managing and archiving log files. More... | Comment |
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nfsd | NFS (Network File System) server daemon, service NFS and MOUNT protocol requests from NFS client machines. More... | Comment |
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nmbd | NetBIOS name server to provide NetBIOS over IP naming services to clients. Also participates in the browsing protocols which make up the Windows "Network Neighborhood" view. More... | Comment |
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nmblookup | This tool is part of the samba suite and is used to query NetBIOS names and map them to IP addresses in a network using NetBIOS over TCP/IP queries. More... | Comment |
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notifyd | Server for the Mac OS X notification system. More... | Comment |
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ntpd | The ntpd utility is an operating system daemon which sets and maintains the system time of day in synchronism with Internet standard time servers. More... | Comment |
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ocspd | Performs caching and network fetching of Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responses. More... | Comment |
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ODBC Administrator (ODBC Administrator.app) |
ODBC Administrator lets you connect databases with applications that conform to the Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) standard. More... | Comment |
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ODSAgent (ODSAgent.app) |
Privides DVD or CD Sharing. More... | Comment |
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open | The open command opens a file (or a directory or URL), just as if you had double-clicked the file's icon. If no application name is specified, the default application as determined via LaunchServices is used to open the specified files. More... | Comment |
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openssl | The openssl program is a command line tool for using the various cryptography functions of OpenSSL's crypto library from the shell. More... | Comment |
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osascript | Execute AppleScripts and other OSA language scripts. More... | Comment |
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ParentalControls (ParentalControls.app) |
Parental Controls provides logging on activities performed by appropriate account, controls usage time limits, blocks specific websites and applications from being used. More... | Comment |
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PasswordService | Mac OS X Server Password Server daemon, acts as the gatekeeper for user passwords and provides an authentication resource for all services running on the system. More... | Comment |
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pboard | Pasteboard server. More... | Comment |
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pbs | pbs is a helper tool for the Cocoa frameworks. More... | Comment |
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pcscd | PC/SC Smartcard Daemon. It is a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart-card readers and smart cards and cryptographic tokens that are connected to the system. More... | Comment |
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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. More... | Comment |
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perl5.10.0 | Perl is a language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that information. More... | Comment |
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Photo Booth (Photo Booth.app) |
Application for taking photos and video with an iSight camera or other webcams. More... | Comment |
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php | PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML More... | Comment |
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pickup | Postfix local mail pickup. It waits for hints that new mail has been dropped into the maildrop directory, and feeds it into the cleanup daemon. More... | Comment |
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ping | Standard unic command. Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts. More... | Comment |
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pmTool (Activity Monitor.app) |
Invoked by the Activity Monitor. Polls the system and collects detailed process information. More... | Comment |
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Podcast Capture (Podcast Capture.app) |
With Podcast Capture, you can record and distribute podcasts. To use Podcast Capture, you need access to a computer running Mac OS X Server 10.5 with Podcast Producer. More... | Comment |
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pop3-login | Part of Dovecot- open source IMAP and POP3 server for Linux/UNIX-like systems and included with Mac OS X Server. More... | Comment |
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pop3d: | POP3 server process. More... | Comment |
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portmap | Portmap is a server that converts RPC program numbers into DARPA protocol port numbers. It must be running in order to make RPC calls. More... | Comment |
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postmaster | Part of Apple Remote Desktop application- desktop management solution. More... | Comment |
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pppd | PPP is the protocol used for establishing internet links over dial-up modems, DSL connections, and many other types of point-to-point links. The pppd daemon works together with the kernel PPP driver to establish and maintain a PPP link with another system (called the peer) and to negotiate Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for each end of the link. More... | Comment |
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Preview (Preview.app) |
Application for displaying and editing images and Portable Document Format (PDF) documents. More... | Comment |
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Property List Editor (Property List Editor.app) |
Property List Editor is part of Apple development suite Xcode. More... | Comment |
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ps | Unix command, displays the currently-running processes. More... | Comment |
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ptmd | ptmd is a platform thermal monitor daemon. More... | Comment |
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PTPCamera (PTPCamera.app) |
Helper application to acquire images from PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) devices. More... | 1 comment |
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PubSubAgent (PubSubAgent.app) |
The PubSub agent syncs the RSS read/unread status of bookmarked RSS feeds between computers using Mac OS X 10.5 that are syncing bookmarks via MobileMe Sync. More... | Comment |
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Python (Python.app) |
Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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python | An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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python2.6 | ython is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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qmasterca | qmasterca is a part of Apple Qmaster - graphical “client interface” for distributed rendering and processing jobs management included in Final Cut Compressor application. More... | Comment |
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qmastercc | qmastercc is a part of Apple Qmaster - graphical “client interface” for distributed rendering and processing jobs management included in Final Cut Compressor application. More... | Comment |
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qmasterd | Part of Compressor, utility from Final Cut Pro application. More... | Comment |
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qmasterqd | Part of Compressor (utility from Final Cut Pro application). More... | Comment |
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qmastertaskd | Provides automated work distribution and processing for high-volume projects created with certain digital visual effects software packages: Shake, Alias Maya, Final Cut Pro, Compressor, DVD Studio Pro and any UNIX command-line program. More... | Comment |
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qmgr | Postfix queue manager. It awaits the arrival of incoming mail and arranges for its delivery via Postfix delivery processes. More... | Comment |
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QTKitServer | Provides compatibility between 32 bit and 64 bit QuickTime services. More... | Comment |
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Quartz Composer (Quartz Composer.app) |
Quartz Composer is a real-time visual programming environment integrated into the core of Mac OS X and bringing wide array of features into a wide variety of programs—integrating animation, MIDI, RSS, Networking, Audio Input/Analysis and Computer Statistics into existing and upcoming applications. More... | Comment |
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quartz-wm | Aqua Window Manager for the X Window System on OS X. More... | Comment |
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quicklookd (quicklookd.app) |
Quick Look daemon is a faceless background application that acts as a host for the CFPlugIn-based generators providing quick look functionality in Finder. More... | Comment |
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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. More... | Comment |
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quicklookd32 (quicklookd32.app) |
Quick Look daemon is a faceless background application that acts as a host for the CFPlugIn-based generators providing quick look functionality in Finder. More... | Comment |
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quicklookd32 | Quick Look daemon is a faceless background application that acts as a host for the CFPlugIn-based generators providing quick look functionality in Finder. More... | Comment |
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QuickTime Player (QuickTime Player.app) |
Multimedia framework for handling various formats of digital video, media clips, sound, text, animation, music, and interactive panoramic images. More... | Comment |
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QuickTime Player 7 (QuickTime Player 7.app) |
Apple Media player bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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QuickTimeStreamingServer | QuickTimeStreamingServer is the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)/Realtime Transport Protocol(RTP) server. More... | Comment |
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racoon | IKE (ISAKMP/Oakley) key management daemon. Speaks IKE protocol to establish security associations with other hosts. More... | Comment |
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rcd (rcd.app) |
Remote Control Daemon. Process signals from Apple Remote and pass input to appropriate applications (FrontRow, ITunes, iPhoto, etc.). More... | Comment |
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repair_packages | repair_packages is used by Disk Utility to verify or repair permissions on installed packages. More... | Comment |
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ReportCrash | ReportCrash is the system process responsible for generating crash reports and notifying users when an application crashes. More... | Comment |
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resolver | The resolver is a set of routines in the C library that provide access to the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). More... | Comment |
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rm | The rm utility attempts to remove the non-directory type files specified on the command line. More... | Comment |
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rotatelogs | Rotatelogs is a simple program for use in conjunction with Apache's piped logfile feature to rotate Apache logs. More... | Comment |
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router | router is the core component of the jabberd system. It passes XML packets between the components, and manages the entry and exit of components onto the network. More... | Comment |
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rpc.lockd | NFS (Network File System) file locking daemon, provides monitored and unmonitored file and record locking services in an NFS environment. More... | Comment |
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rpc.rquotad | Remote quota server which returns quotas for a user of a local filesystem which is NFS-mounted onto a remote machine. More... | Comment |
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rpc.statd | Host status monitoring daemon, cooperates with rpc.statd daemons on other hosts to provide a status monitoring service. The daemon accepts requests from programs running on the local host (typically, rpc.lockd, the NFS file locking daemon) to monitor the status of specified hosts. More... | Comment |
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rpc.yppasswdd | YP update password file daemon, part of YP subsystem allowing network management of essential system files. More... | Comment |
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rsync | rsync is a software application for Unix systems which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another using the rsync remote-update protocol. More... | Comment |
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ruby | Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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s2s | Server-to-server connector, manages connections between local components and other Jabber servers. More... | Comment |
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Safari (Safari.app) |
Apple's default web browser bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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Safari (Safari 3.app) |
Mac OS X default web browser. More... | Comment |
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Safari Webpage Preview Fetcher (Safari.app) |
Standalone utility that is called from Safari (version 4) whenever users enter the Top Pages browser. More... | Comment |
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Safari Webpage Preview Fetcher | Standalone utility that is called from Safari whenever users enter the Top Pages browser. More... | Comment |
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sandbox-compilerd | The Mac OS X sandbox profile compiler daemon, compiles sandbox profiles on behalf of the sandbox kernel extension. More... | Comment |
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sandboxd | sandbox daemon, performs services on behalf of the Sandbox kernel extension- safety mechanism that restricts applications access to operating system resources. More... | Comment |
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say | Utility that uses the Speech Synthesis manager to convert input text to audible speech and either play it through the sound output device chosen in System Preferences or save it to an AIFF file. More... | Comment |
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SCIM (SCIM.app) |
Mac OS X input manager for Smart Common Input Method (SCIM). More... | Comment |
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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 can open, move, and close files and windows, open applications, and even restart the computer. More... | Comment |
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scselect | scselect provides access to the system configuration sets (locations) and allows the user to select or change the active "location". More... | Comment |
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scutil | Utility for managing Mac OS X system configuration parameters. More... | Comment |
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SecurityAgent (SecurityAgent.app) |
Manages user interaction with securityd. More... | Comment |
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securityd | Security context daemon for Authorization and cryptographic operations, provides access to keychain items. More... | Comment |
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serialnumberd | Mac OS X Server daemon for the Serial Number Infrastructure. More... | Comment |
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servermgrd | Mac OS X Server administrative daemon, allows the Server Admin application to control the machine servermgrd is running on. More... | Comment |
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service_helper | The service_helper program assists in enabling and disabling various system services. More... | Comment |
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setregion | setregion is used by the DVD Player to set the disc region code for a DVD drive. More... | Comment |
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sftp-server | sftp-server is a program that speaks the server side of SFTP protocol to stdout and expects client requests from stdin. More... | Comment |
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sh | Sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or from a file. More... | Comment |
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sjeng.ChessEngine (Chess.app) |
Sjeng chess engine for Apple Chess application. More... | Comment |
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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. More... | Comment |
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sleep | The sleep utility suspends execution for a minimum of seconds. It is usually used to schedule the execution of other commands. More... | Comment |
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slurpd | Standalone LDAP Update Replication Daemon, used to propagate changes from one slapd database to another. If slapd is configured to produce a replication log, slurpd reads that replication log and sends the changes to the slave slapd instances via the LDAP protocol. More... | Comment |
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sm | sm provides instant messaging services to Jabber clients. It performs all the essential instant messaging services like rosters, presence tracking, message distribution and subscriptions, plus more advanced features. More... | Comment |
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smbclient | Ftp-like client to access SMB/CIFS resources on servers. More... | Comment |
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smbd | Server to provide SMB/CIFS services to clients- filesharing and printing services to Windows clients. More... | Comment |
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smtpd | Postfix SMTP server, accepts network connection requests and performs zero or more SMTP transactions per connection. More... | Comment |
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snmpd | snmpd is an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) agent which awaits requests from SNMP management software, processes them, collects the requested information and/or performs the requested operation(s) and returns the information to the sender. More... | Comment |
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snmpget | SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) application that uses the SNMP GET request to query for information on a network entity. More... | Comment |
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socketfilterfw | Mac OS X Leopard application firewall component restricting the ability of programs to "bind" a port so they can receive all traffic for that port. More... | Comment |
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Software Update (Software Update.app) |
Software Update is a tool that installs the latest version of Apple software on computers running Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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spamd | Daemonized version of spamassassin- intelligent email filter which uses a diverse range of tests to identify unsolicited bulk email, more commonly known as "spam". More... | Comment |
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SpeechFeedbackWindow (SpeechFeedbackWindow.app) |
The speech feedback window appears when Speakable Items is on or an application uses Speech Recognition. More... | Comment |
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SpeechRecognitionServer (SpeechRecognitionServer.app) |
Scriptable front end for Mac's built-in speech recognition functionality. More... | Comment |
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SpeechService | Provides text-to-speech service from the Services menu. More... | Comment |
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SpeechSynthesisServer (SpeechSynthesisServer.app) |
Framework that provides a standardized method for Macintosh applications to generate synthesized speech. More... | Comment |
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spindump | spindump is a tool used by various system components to create hang reports and notify the user of application hangs. More... | Comment |
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Spotlight (Spotlight.app) |
Spotlight is a system-wide desktop search feature of Apple's Mac OS X operating system. More... | Comment |
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srm | srm securely removes files or directories by overwriting, renaming, and truncating it before unlinking. More... | Comment |
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ssh | SSH client is a program for logging into a remote machine and for executing commands on a remote machine. More... | Comment |
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ssh-agent | Authentication agent. Holds private keys used for public key authentication (RSA, DSA). More... | Comment |
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sshd | OpenSSH daemon. Listens for connections from clients and provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. More... | Comment |
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stackshot | The stackshot daemon is used to capture stack traces for each thread on the system; this includes both user space and kernel stacks. More... | Comment |
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startx | startx script is a unix front end to xinit that provides a somewhat nicer user interface for running a single session of the X Window System. More... | Comment |
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Stickies (Stickies.app) |
Notetaking application for putting Post-it note-like windows on the screen, with short reminders, notes and other clippings. More... | Comment |
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stroke (Network Utility.app) |
Port scan component for Network Utility. More... | Comment |
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su | Substitute user identity. It requests the password for login and switches to that user and group ID after obtaining proper authentication. More... | Comment |
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SubmitDiagInfo | SubmitDiagInfo is a system process which runs periodically if the user has opted-in for automatic reporting of diagnostic information. SubmitDiagInfo collects and sends to Apple any recent diag-nostic diagnostic and cleans up any diagnostic information which was created more than 14 days ago and is no longer needed. More... | Comment |
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sudo | sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another user. More... | Comment |
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svn | Subversion (version control system) command line client tool, bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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svnserve | Server for the 'svn' repository access method, allows access to Subversion repositories using the svn network protocol. More... | Comment |
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synchronize-preferences | After changes in Samba configuration launchd process starts /usr/libexec/samba/synchronize-preferences which reads XML Samba plist and output an abbreviated (but typical looking) smb.conf file. More... | Comment |
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SyncServer (SyncServer.app) |
SyncServer handles synchronization jobs on Mac OS X that use the built-in sync engine. More... | Comment |
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sysctl | Sysctl is an interface for examining and dynamically changing parameters in the Mac OS X (BSD based) operating system. The sysctl utility retrieves kernel state and allows processes with appropriate privilege to set kernel state. More... | Comment |
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syslogd | Apple System Log server- receives and processes log messages.rn More... | Comment |
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System Events (System Events.app) |
System Events is an agent (or faceless background application) that supplies the terminology for using a number of features in AppleScript scripts. More... | Comment |
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System Preferences (System Preferences.app) |
Application used by Mac OS X to modify user preferences. More... | Comment |
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System Profiler (System Profiler.app) |
System Profiler provides information about your computer, such as the hardware and software installed, the serial number and operating system, how much memory is installed, and what peripheral devices are connected. More... | Comment |
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SystemStarter | Start, stop, and restart system services and startup items. More... | Comment |
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SystemUIServer (SystemUIServer.app) |
Displays items on the right-hand end of the menu bar; loads menu and dock extras as plug-ins (started by WindowServer). More... | Comment |
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tail | Standard Unix command for displaying the last part of a file. More... | Comment |
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tar | The GNU version of the tar archiving utility, an archiving program designed to store and extract files from an archive file known as a tarfile. More... | Comment |
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taskgated | 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. More... | Comment |
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tbl | tbl is part of the GNU Unix groff document formatting system. More... | Comment |
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tclsh | Tclsh is a shell-like application that reads Tcl commands from its standard input or from a file and evaluates (executes) them. More... | Comment |
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tcpdump | Unix utility that dumps traffic on a network- prints out or saves a description of the contents of packets on a network interface that match the boolean expression. More... | Comment |
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tcsh | tcsh is an enhanced but completely compatible version of the Berkeley UNIX C shell, csh(1). It is a command language interpreter usable both as an interactive login shell and a shell script command processor. More... | Comment |
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tee | The tee utility copies standard input to standard output, making a copy in zero or more files. More... | Comment |
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Terminal (Terminal.app) |
Terminal emulator included in Apple's Mac OS X operating system. More... | Comment |
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TextEdit (TextEdit.app) |
TextEdit is simple yet highly versatile word processor bundled with Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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ThumbnailServer (iDVD.app) |
ThumbnailServer is part of iDVD application. More... | Comment |
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top | Standard UNIX program that periodically displays a sorted list of system processes. More... | Comment |
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traceroute | traceroute prints the route packets take to designated network host. More... | Comment |
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troff | troff is processor of the GNU Unix groff text formatting system. More... | Comment |
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TWAINBridge | TWAIN defines a standard software protocol and application programming interface (API) for communication between software applications and image acquisition device. More... | Comment |
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TWAINBridge (TWAINBridge.app) |
Apple Image Capture uses a TWAIN software "bridge" TWAINBridge.app to access TWAIN Data Sources. This software allows all Image Capture clients to access TWAIN devices transparently as if they were being handled by Image Capture native scanner drivers. More... | Comment |
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update | Responsible for keeping disks synchronized with the file system cache, to keep data loss to a minimum in case of a crash. More... | Comment |
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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. More... | Comment |
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usbmuxd | Performs USB multiplexing when synchronizing iTunes music libraries with USB music devices like iPods & iPhones. More... | Comment |
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UserEventAgent | Utility to manage user callbacks in response to events. More... | Comment |
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VDCAssistant | Daemon responsible for iSight built-in camera. More... | Comment |
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vi | vi is a family of screen-oriented text editors included with most Unix-based operational systems. More... | Comment |
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vim | Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor, bundled with OS X. More... | Comment |
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vpnd | Mac OS X VPN service daemon, listens for incoming connections, pairs each one with an available internal IP address and allows external hosts to tunnel via L2TP over IPSec or via PPTP from an insecure external network (such as the Internet) into a "secure" internal network, such as a corporate network. More... | Comment |
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watchdog | Mac OS X Server service monitoring daemon used in previous versions for launching, monitoring, and relaunching critical services when they terminated. This capability has been superseded by launchd in latest OS X versions. More... | Comment |
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watchdogtimerd | Mac OS X Server automatic reboot daemon, indirectly responsible for rebooting the server hardware if the machine hangs or panics. When watchdogtimerd runs on supported hardware, it periodically resets the hardware watchdog timer. If the timer ever expires, the power management unit forces a hard reboot. More... | Comment |
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webdavfs_agent | Agent providing set of extensions to the HTTP protocol which allows users to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote web servers. More... | Comment |
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webperfcache | webperfcache is the Web Performance Cache daemon, which improves web server performance by caching static pages in memory. More... | Comment |
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winbindd | Name Service Switch daemon for resolving names from Windows NT servers. Part of Samba suite. More... | Comment |
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WindowServer | Window Server is a single point of contact for all applications. Manages application windows and launch new applications. More... | Comment |
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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 Window System, for Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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Xcode (Xcode.app) |
Apple's development environment for Mac OS X. More... | Comment |
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xgridagentd | Part of Xgrid Daemon. Xgrid is a distributed computing protocol that allows networked computers to contribute to a single task. More... | Comment |
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xgridagenthelper | Part of Xgrid Daemon. Xgrid is a distributed computing protocol that allows networked computers to contribute to a single task. More... | Comment |
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xgridcontrollerd | Part of Xgrid Daemon. Xgrid is a distributed computing protocol that allows networked computers to contribute to a single task. More... | Comment |
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xinit | X Window System initializer on Unix systems. More... | Comment |
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xsand | Xsan is Apple Inc.'s SAN or clustered file system for Mac OS X. xsand ir Xsan conrolling daemon. More... | Comment |
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xterm | The xterm program is a terminal emulator for the X Window System. It provides terminals for programs that cannot use the window system directly. More... | Comment |
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ypserv | Ypserv is a part of the YP network information system, allowing network management of essential system files. This server provides information from YP maps to the YP clients on the network. More... | Comment |
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zsh | Zsh is a UNIX command interpreter (shell) usable as an interactive login shell and as a shell script command processor. More... | Comment |
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Explanations
This process is known as part of OS X. You can read short
description and find out more about this process via supplied link.
No appropriate entry in the process database (at
least yet) or process is not part of Mac OS X system (e.g. application from 3rd party). Feel free
to use supplied link to find out more using google search.
There are notes on the web that process is (can be)
dangerous- malware, trojan or virus.
Useful links
- What happens in the Mac OS X boot process?
- Mac OS X Manual Pages (not friendly for Safari browser, use FireFox)
- Intego (Mac Antivirus Company) Security Alerts