What is symptomsd on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Part of Apple's Symptoms framework, which watches network conditions to help diagnose problems.
symptomsd provides services for Apple's Symptoms framework, which keeps an eye on network behaviour and conditions so macOS can detect and work around connection problems. Apple documents it only briefly. It runs in the background and is normally light.
- Category
- macOS system
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as symptomsd
Why is symptomsd using so much CPU or memory?
- Lots of network activity or an unstable connection
- Network changes such as switching Wi-Fi networks or VPNs
What to do
- 1Check whether your connection keeps dropping
- 2Temporarily disconnect VPN software to compare
- 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