What are imagent and sociallayerd in macOS iCloud settings?

While setting up my new Mac, I noticed "imagent" and "sociallayerd" listed under "Apps that store documents and data in iCloud..." (under System Preferences > Apple ID > iCloud Drive options). What are these?

More Info:

I did not use migration assistant
I brought down documents and photos using iCloud
I have not installed any apps yet
Running macOS 12.0

Posted on Oct 30, 2021 4:19 PM

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RobSF Author

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Oct 30, 2021 5:02 PM in response to RobSF

Update

Upon updating from macOS 12.0 to 12.0.1 "imagent" and "sociallayerd" disappeared from the list.

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