What is notifyd on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
A tiny messaging service that lets system processes signal each other quickly.
notifyd is the server for the low-level notification system processes use to signal simple events to each other, such as 'the time zone changed'. It's not related to the notification banners you see. It starts at boot and is normally extremely light.
- Category
- macOS system
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- No
Shown in Activity Monitor as notifyd
Why is notifyd using so much CPU or memory?
- A process posting system events in a tight loop
- Many processes starting at once
What to do
- 1Look for another process that is also busy at the same time
- 2Restart your Mac
Safe to quit? No.
Don't quit it: many system processes depend on it.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library