accountsd takes a lot of memory usage

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accountsd takes a lot of memory usage

I've only recently noticed that I have accountsd and secd uses a lot of memory.

Sometimes accountsd goes up to 2 gb or more. However, this doesn't make sense because when I force quit the process, the amount of memory used doesn't change and the process will come back again in a few hours. I am worried if this and the secd processes (the memory usage changed when I force quit the secd process but since I've never seen this process till recently, I'm worried) are viruses.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Dec 23, 2020 11:49 PM

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liquidmice

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Dec 24, 2020 7:46 AM in response to akosari

That has been a problem for several months, starting with Catalina. Updating the OS may help. You can also try this (which has reportedly worked for many):

Sign out of your Apple ID account:

System Preferences > Apple ID > Overview > Sign Out
Restarting your Mac
Sign back in to your account

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mulberry58

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Dec 24, 2020 7:34 AM in response to akosari

Sometimes, logging out of iCloud and then logging back in can solve the problem. I know it doesn’t work for everybody with this problem but it’s worth trying

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Owl-53

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Dec 24, 2020 8:04 AM in response to liquidmice

Agree with both of the previous Posting. Had that issue somewhere on Catalina 10.15.5 or.6 and was resolved by either of the two methods mentioned.

Good Luck

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accountsd takes a lot of memory usage

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