What is intelligencecontextd on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Gathers context about your device's state to help Apple Intelligence give relevant answers.
intelligencecontextd retrieves contextual information from various sources about you and your device's state, so intelligence features can respond more usefully. It's part of Apple Intelligence's plumbing and is normally light.
- Category
- Apple service
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as intelligencecontextd
Why is intelligencecontextd using so much CPU or memory?
- Using Siri or Apple Intelligence features
- After a macOS update
What to do
- 1Wait; activity is usually brief
- 2Review settings in System Settings > Apple Intelligence & Siri
- 3Restart your Mac
Safe to quit? With care.
macOS relaunches it.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library