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Number of Ports in Activity Monitor

"WindowServer" & "logd" under "launchd" are showing a number of ports exponentially larger than all of the rest listed (2,881 total). Is this indicative of some kind of problem or even an intrusion? Spyware? Nothing to worry about? Anyone able to shed some light on a potential cause of this?


Thanks.


MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Apr 16, 2020 8:34 AM

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Posted on Apr 16, 2020 3:10 PM

These are Not network ports.


macOS is built on top of the Carnage Mellon MACH kernel, and processes talk to the MACH micro kernel and between each other using 'ports'.


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Number of Ports in Activity Monitor

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