What is Keychain Circle Notification on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Shows iCloud Keychain prompts, such as approving a new device or entering a device passcode.
Keychain Circle Notification shows notifications and prompts related to iCloud Keychain, for example asking you to approve a new device or enter the password of another device to keep your passwords syncing. It's idle unless such a prompt is needed.
- Category
- Apple service
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as Keychain Circle Notification
Why is Keychain Circle Notification using so much CPU or memory?
- A pending iCloud Keychain approval or sign-in prompt
- Changes to devices on your Apple Account
What to do
- 1Respond to any iCloud prompt in System Settings > [your name]
- 2Restart your Mac
Safe to quit? With care.
It relaunches; an open prompt will reappear later.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library