What is routined on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Learns places you visit often (Significant Locations) to offer location-based suggestions.
routined is a per-user daemon that learns your historical location patterns and predicts likely future visits, which powers Significant Locations and related suggestions. You can view or turn this off in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > System Services.
- Category
- Apple service
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as routined
Why is routined using so much CPU or memory?
- Processing location history
- After a macOS update
What to do
- 1Wait; it's usually brief
- 2Turn off Significant Locations in Location Services > System Services if you prefer
- 3Restart your Mac
Safe to quit? With care.
macOS relaunches it; there's no benefit in quitting it.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library