What is AirPlayXPCHelper on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Helps with AirPlay: streaming audio or video, or mirroring your screen to other devices.
AirPlayXPCHelper is a macOS helper used by AirPlay, the feature for streaming audio and video or mirroring your screen to an Apple TV, AirPlay speaker or another Mac. It's busier while AirPlay is active and quiet otherwise.
- Category
- macOS system
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as AirPlayXPCHelper
Why is AirPlayXPCHelper using so much CPU or memory?
- AirPlay streaming or screen mirroring in progress
- The Mac searching for AirPlay devices on a busy network
What to do
- 1Stop AirPlay or screen mirroring if you're not using it
- 2Restart your Mac if it stays busy
Safe to quit? With care.
It relaunches; any AirPlay stream will stop.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library