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Not responding processes in Actvity Monitor: callservicesd, coreaudiod, com.apple.geod, identityservicesd, and icloud helper

whenever I open Activity Monitor in Yosemite release version, there are three services that are maked red as not responding. They are callservicesd, coreaudiod, and com.apple.geod, icloud helper, and identityservicesd. I have yosemite on my system. It has been upgraded from Mavericks 10.9.5

calling from Mac via iPhone to another phone work fine. I can also log in to iCloud from System Preferences and manage my account. No other malfunction seen other than these not responding services in Activity Monitor
What are they? And what go wrong?
I have just filed BR and this problem is also reported here http://www.drwingnut.info/?p=13805
Any comment and fis please

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 25, 2014 11:47 PM

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Purd Author

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Dec 5, 2014 4:00 AM in response to Purd

Not responding processes come back again even after deleting com.apple.geo.plist and many midi device. Seems that Apple has to sort out this bugs for all of us. I will keep my finger cross.

my complain is every year Apple come up with new version of OSX and so many bugs and problems are there. Will Apple slow down and get to rock solid OSZ as before? Do we need a new OS version evert year for the sake of having one will full of bugs?

Dec 5, 2014 3:41 PM in response to rappeace

Thanks rappeace, this worked for me! 🙂

rappeace

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Dec 7, 2014 12:51 AM in response to inaimless

If you do not have sound I believe if you reinstall hear you should be fine. If problem comes back then Google plug ins for.mac and install those.

rappeace

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Dec 7, 2014 12:52 AM in response to Purd

You need to delete and reinstall your plug ins

Dec 9, 2014 2:45 AM in response to rappeace

HI, in my case was a plug-in of a little audio app : hear 1.1.6. I have deleted hear plugin in hal directory and now it's all right. I have tried to reinstall the app but it wont's open...I'm just waiting for a new version for yosemite and now i'm using boom app. Hope this can help :9

prueda

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Dec 9, 2014 3:15 PM in response to cubelibre

Cubelibre,

In my case, with yosemite 10.10.1, I disabled the iPhone Cellular Calls option in FaceTime Preferences on my iMac. This action eliminated the problems with callservicesd, coreaudiod, and identitysericesd not responding. The com.apple.geod is still not responding. I never had an issue with iCloud helper.

Perhaps someone can confirm that turning off iPhone Cellular Calls option in FaceTime Preferences solves the problem with the three daemons that I mentioned. I'm still trying to find an answer for the com.apple.geod daemon not responding.

Purd Author

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Dec 9, 2014 5:18 PM in response to prueda

I Have checked with the Dev of Hear app. The dev confirmed that Hear has nothing at all to do with these responding processes. Coreaudiod is support for bluetooth and AirPlay. So thiis problem must be fixed by Apple. I have filed bug report but not response from Apple yet.

Purd Author

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Dec 9, 2014 5:22 PM in response to Purd

It also seems that coreaudiod, identityservicesd, callservicesd run OK when you first boot up Mac. But as you sleep or hibernate it, the processes will be responding after Wakeup. Seems that problem is related to sleep and wake feature too

hope Apple get this fix soon.

Dec 10, 2014 3:25 AM in response to Purd

Maybe it's not a problem of the app but deleting hear I have no more problems 🙂

Dec 10, 2014 3:25 AM in response to prueda

sorry but I don't have Iphone 😐

ElPapa

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Dec 11, 2014 6:09 PM in response to nisalm

nisalm wrote:

Hi guys,

Read this blog post. This is how I solved the issue. http://nisalm21.wordpress.com

Hope this helps 🙂

I read this.. and it helped.. kind of. The blog posting: http://nisalm21.wordpress.com/2014/10/31/mac-os-x-yosemite-handy-tips/

Said to do the following:

Solution for heavy RAM usage and non-responding services

Find Digidesign CoreAudio.plugin in the following path : /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL
Delete the plug-in and remove it from the trash.
Reboot the system.

I didn't have a Digidesign CoreAudio plugin.. but I DID have a program called "Hear" installed.

http://www.prosofteng.com/products/hear.php

After uninstalling and restarting the computer coreaudiod was no longer in a "stopped responding" state.

The only OTHER process stuck in "Not Responding" is com.apple.geod - now I just have to figure out what's messing with that and remove it.

Suggestions?

Bigpics

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Dec 13, 2014 5:40 PM in response to casey-al

Same as Casey-al. com.apple.geod has shown up as not responding since Yosemite upgrade (day after I bought my refurbished Macbook Air).

Reboots, etc., don't solve the problem. No particularly abnormal behavior noticed, but if there's a fix - as I assume it exists to do something useful - I'd like to fix it....

rappeace

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Dec 15, 2014 3:05 AM in response to Purd

You need to delete and reinstall your plug ins

rappeace

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Dec 15, 2014 3:06 AM in response to Purd

The issue is not with hear its with what ever plug in you have on your computer. I didn't have hear I had digi-design.

rappeace

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Dec 15, 2014 3:10 AM in response to Bigpics

These instructions are good for what ever plugin you are using.

Solution for heavy RAM usage and non-responding services

Find Digidesign CoreAudio.plugin in the following path : /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL
Delete the plug-in and remove it from the trash.
Reboot the system.

I didn't have a Digidesign CoreAudio plugin.. but I DID have a program called "Hear" installed.

http://www.prosofteng.com/products/hear.php

After uninstalling and restarting the computer coreaudiod was no longer in a "stopped responding" state.

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