Jun 29, 2010

Are you looking in you Macintosh OS X Activity Monitor?  Do you see a process called hidd?  What is it?  Why is it consuming cpu and memory? Human Interface Device Daemon The hidd service is the Human Interface Device Daemon.  In fact, the hidd service is required for your Mac to operate properly as it is responsible for the operation of any human input...

Jan 9, 2010

If like me, you keep an eye on the Mac OSX Activity Monitor, you’ve likely noticed a process running called securityd and wondered what it is for?  Why is running? Securityd is the Macintosh OSX process that handles and maintains security contexts and arbitrates cryptographic operations and Security Authorizations.  I know I know, what does all that...

Jan 9, 2010

If like me, you keep an eye on the Mac OSX activity monitor, then you’ve likely seen ntpd and wonder what the heck it is. NTPD is the Unix (or in this case Macintosh OSX) Network Time Protocol Daemon.  NTPD is the service that your Macintosh computer uses to keep the time up to date (assuming you are using the system default setting – Set Date and Time...