What is findmydeviced on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
The daemon for Find My Mac, so you can locate, lock or erase your Mac if it's lost.
findmydeviced runs Find My Mac. It lets you locate your Mac on a map, play a sound, lock it or erase it remotely if it's lost or stolen. It's normally idle.
- Category
- Apple service
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as findmydeviced
Why is findmydeviced using so much CPU or memory?
- Find My settings being changed
- Location being requested for your Mac
What to do
- 1Check Find My settings in System Settings > [your name] > iCloud
- 2Restart your Mac
Safe to quit? With care.
macOS relaunches it; keep Find My on to protect a lost Mac.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library