alvarofromm
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Q: What is com.apple.IconServicesAgent?

Hi, after installing Mavericks there's a new process 'com.apple.IconServicesAgent' in Activity Monitor using 165Mb of RAM.

 

Anyone has any idea what it is?

 

Thanks in advance

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 12:54 PM

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Q: What is com.apple.IconServicesAgent?

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  • by MaximMn,

    MaximMn MaximMn Oct 11, 2015 3:04 PM in response to kriss13
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    Oct 11, 2015 3:04 PM in response to kriss13

    Thanks kriss13!

    I went into System Preferences, the Users & Groups, then the Login Items tab.

    I clicked the checkbox next Dropbox and then the minus sign below.

    Restarted and lo and behold iconservicesaagent is only using about 9 Mb or memory…before it was 151 Mb.

     

    I don't know if this will make any noticeable difference in how my Mac runs, but I'm glad to not have it tied to my tail!

     

    kriss13 wrote:

    "I can confirm tha Dropbox inflated the com.apple.IconServicesAgent to almost 200mb.

    Disabled the DB autostart and closed it, restarted and now com.apple.IconServicesAgent is max 15mb.

     

    No CPU spikes either.. all good now."

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