What is chronod on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Manages widgets, deciding when they refresh their content.
chronod is part of the system that runs widgets on your desktop and in Notification Center. It manages widget timelines, meaning when each widget should update its content. Lots of widgets that refresh often can make it busier.
- Category
- Apple service
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as chronod
Why is chronod using so much CPU or memory?
- Many widgets, especially ones that update often
- A widget that keeps failing and retrying
- Adding or removing widgets
What to do
- 1Remove widgets you don't use
- 2Update apps that provide widgets
- 3Restart your Mac
Safe to quit? With care.
macOS relaunches it; widgets may briefly show placeholders.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library