While troubleshooting some other issue with Activity Monitor, this process "TGOnDeviceInferenceProviderService.appex" appeared at the top of the %CPU column. An internet search did not produce any clues as to what this process is. Is anyone familiar with it?
MacBook Pro (M1, 2020)
dinosoar wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I don't know if it makes any difference but I'm on a MacBook Pro M1, not an iMac, and I haven't really experienced any screen flicker. I just happened to see the TGO... process while I was using Activity Monitor to troubleshoot another issue, and wondered what it was about, as I had never seen it before.
I did no realize I was going to have to parse this out...it was a reference to your question "wondered what it was about"
it is macOS...
—look past the iMac part (does not apply)
—look past the screen flicker part (does not apply)
the important information in that post was simply
ref: < TGOnDeviceInferenceProviderService> integrated personal intelligence system ...
/System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/TGOnDeviceInferenceProviderService.appex/Contents/MacOS/TGOnDeviceInferencePro
it is part of your macOS System files and the macOS operating as intended.
ref: https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/introducing-apple-foundation-models
dinosoar wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I don't know if it makes any difference but I'm on a MacBook Pro M1, not an iMac, and I haven't really experienced any screen flicker. I just happened to see the TGO... process while I was using Activity Monitor to troubleshoot another issue, and wondered what it was about, as I had never seen it before.
I did no realize I was going to have to parse this out...it was a reference to your question "wondered what it was about"
it is macOS...
—look past the iMac part (does not apply)
—look past the screen flicker part (does not apply)
the important information in that post was simply
ref: < TGOnDeviceInferenceProviderService> integrated personal intelligence system ...
/System/Library/ExtensionKit/Extensions/TGOnDeviceInferenceProviderService.appex/Contents/MacOS/TGOnDeviceInferencePro
it is part of your macOS System files and the macOS operating as intended.
ref: https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/introducing-apple-foundation-models
DonaldJD wrote:
My M1 Mac Mini is doing the same thing. The memory is spiking. I normally monitor my memory usage since I only have 8GB. It is concerning, hope a rational explanation is provided. It is also TGOnDeviceInferenceProviderService.
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dinosoar wrote:
While troubleshooting some other issue with Activity Monitor, this process "TGOnDeviceInferenceProviderService.appex" appeared at the top of the %CPU column. An internet search did not produce any clues as to what this process is. Is anyone familiar with it?
re: "TGOnDeviceInferenceProviderService.appex"
macOS 15.3 Update Causing Screen Flickeri… - Apple Community
Thanks for the reply. I don't know if it makes any difference but I'm on a MacBook Pro M1, not an iMac, and I haven't really experienced any screen flicker. I just happened to see the TGO... process while I was using Activity Monitor to troubleshoot another issue, and wondered what it was about, as I had never seen it before.
My M1 Mac Mini is doing the same thing. The memory is spiking. I normally monitor my memory usage since I only have 8GB. It is concerning, hope a rational explanation is provided. It is also TGOnDeviceInferenceProviderService.
Are you using Xcode?
What is TGOnDeviceInferenceProviderService.appex?
