what is 'fseventsd' when monitoring cpu in the activity monitor?

Question

what is 'fseventsd' when monitoring cpu in the activity monitor?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Apr 28, 2011 8:19 PM

Reply

Answer 1

leroydouglas

Level 10

201,492 points

Apr 28, 2011 8:30 PM in response to matt-mazatlan

The .fseventsd is the file system events storage location.

Since it writes file system event log files and since applications such as Time Machine use it, I would not stop its process.

Here is some background info.

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/7

Reply

Answer 2

Apr 29, 2011 5:22 AM in response to leroydouglas

Many thanks. It was just that my laptop was running real hot and it seemed to be down to the fact that 'fseventsd' was using up to 100 percent cpu activity. When I rebooted the computer it cooled down and 'fseventsd' kind of disappeared from the activity and all is well.

Many thanks for the quick answer.

Reply