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MacorNothing

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Hello, how are you ?

Don't worry or no ?
Rapport Etre Check :
2021-07-09 00:05:58 syspolicyd - Usage du processeur élevé
Exécutable : /usr/libexec/syspolicyd

However iMac is "work stoppage" at this time ?
 

HDFan

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syspolicyd was originally introduced in macOS 10.7.3 with the Gatekeeper feature. Its original purpose was to act as the centralized daemon for answering Gatekeeper questions. Today it still serves that purpose but its scope has greatly expanded. In addition to assessing applications before running, the daemon also handles authorizing the loading of KEXTs as well as tracking legacy applications that the user has run. In Mojave syspolicyd has expanded again and is responsible for handling software notarization checks as well. We’ll start with a very high level look at the daemon startup process and then dive deeper into each of syspolicyd’s subsystems.

Lots of posts about the process using lots of cpu. It becomes a continuing problem check to see which files the process has open. Using terminal

sudo lsof -c syspolicyd

 

MacorNothing

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hello thanks.

But what's ? I launched/send this : sudo lsof -c syspolicyd,

Capture d’écran 2021-07-12 à 10.45.54.png

So what's, please ?
 

HDFan

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should be worried ?

I'd say no. My system has been up for ~2 hours and syspolicyd has racked up 46 minutes of cpu time. If you start to have other system problems due to its heavy cpu use, if it doesn't eventually drop, then I'd talk with Apple support.
 
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MacorNothing

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Hello, I hope are you find ?

Since few week, I shut down my computer all evening and when I made a report, I have again using lot processors !
- mdsync
- syspolicyd

I don't understand what, should I be worried, about you ?
 
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