What is modelcatalogd on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Keeps the catalogue of machine-learning models available to the system.
modelcatalogd provides a catalogue of machine-learning models, adapters and tokenizers that system features can use. It's light and works alongside modelmanagerd.
- Category
- Apple service
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as modelcatalogd
Why is modelcatalogd using so much CPU or memory?
- New models being downloaded or registered after an update
- Turning on Apple Intelligence or other AI features for the first time
What to do
- 1Wait; activity is brief
- 2Restart your Mac if it stays busy
Safe to quit? With care.
macOS relaunches it.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library