What is suggestd on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Finds contacts, events and other details in your content to power Siri Suggestions.
suggestd processes content from Spotlight, Mail, Messages and other apps to detect things like contacts, events and names. This powers features such as 'Found in Apps' suggestions and predictive typing. It's busiest after setting up mail or messages with a large history.
- Category
- Apple service
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as suggestd
Why is suggestd using so much CPU or memory?
- Processing a large mailbox or message history
- After a macOS update
- Many new emails or messages
What to do
- 1Let it finish; it settles once caught up
- 2Turn off Siri suggestions for specific apps in System Settings > Siri (Apple Intelligence & Siri)
- 3Restart your Mac
Safe to quit? With care.
macOS relaunches it later; suggestions may be missing briefly.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library