What is Open and Save Panel Service on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Shows the Open and Save dialogs for apps, keeping your files private from sandboxed apps.
This service draws the Open and Save dialogs in apps. For sandboxed apps, it runs outside the app so you can pick any file while the app only gets access to the one you chose. It's active while a dialog is open.
- Category
- macOS system
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelService
Why is Open and Save Panel Service using so much CPU or memory?
- An Open or Save dialog browsing a huge folder or slow network drive
- Cloud folders loading in the dialog
What to do
- 1Close the dialog and reopen it
- 2Avoid starting in large or network folders
- 3Restart the app that opened the dialog
Safe to quit? With care.
The open dialog closes; the app may need restarting to show it again.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library