I found a program called "cfprefsd" in task manager. What is it?
I was checking task manager because I was using 11/16g of ram and I found a program titled "cfprefsd". I was just wondering if it was safe?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.5
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alden260 wrote:
I was checking task manager because I was using 11/16g of ram and I found a program titled "cfprefsd". I was just wondering if it was safe?
I am not sure what is your "task manger"...(?)
Non-the -less it is part of the macOS yes, working as expected
cfprefsd is a daemon (background process) in macOS that manages preference files for the operating system and applications.
On my Intel machine with all Ai off— you still see the process:
you can see it as well from the Finder, copy and paste:
/usr/sbin/cfprefsd