What is intelligenceflowd on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Coordinates sessions between apps and Apple's intelligence services.
intelligenceflowd manages sessions, communication and state between clients and Apple's backend intelligence services. It's part of the plumbing behind Apple Intelligence and Siri features and is normally light.
- Category
- Apple service
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as intelligenceflowd
Why is intelligenceflowd using so much CPU or memory?
- Using Siri or Apple Intelligence features
- After enabling Apple Intelligence or a macOS update
What to do
- 1Wait for current requests to finish
- 2Restart your Mac if it stays busy
Safe to quit? With care.
macOS relaunches it; an AI request may fail.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library