AlchemistGenerationTask - What are these? Can I delete them?

611 of these so far. Can I just delete them or will they keep multiplying?

iMac 24″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Apr 4, 2025 11:01 PM

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Posted on Apr 5, 2025 12:58 PM

Those files are normal. There is nothing wrong with your computer and yes they will continually be updated. They appear in your User Folder inside of com.photoanalysisd.com of a tmp folder. There are many and use very little storage space. Just leave them alone.


The exact location is at: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.photoanalysisd/Data/tmp.


All of the folders are empty and just identified by the UUID in the filename.

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Apr 5, 2025 12:58 PM in response to Geni25

Those files are normal. There is nothing wrong with your computer and yes they will continually be updated. They appear in your User Folder inside of com.photoanalysisd.com of a tmp folder. There are many and use very little storage space. Just leave them alone.


The exact location is at: ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.photoanalysisd/Data/tmp.


All of the folders are empty and just identified by the UUID in the filename.

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