What is WiFiAgent on Mac?
By Junaid, maker of Taskglass · Last reviewed
Handles Wi-Fi tasks for you, like login pages and network prompts, on behalf of airportd.
WiFiAgent is the per-user Wi-Fi helper. It performs Wi-Fi tasks for the airportd daemon that need to happen in your login session, such as showing network prompts and captive portal login pages at hotels or cafés. It's normally idle.
- Category
- macOS system
- Made by
- Apple
- Safe to quit:
- With care
Shown in Activity Monitor as WiFiAgent
Why is WiFiAgent using so much CPU or memory?
- Joining a network with a login page
- Wi-Fi repeatedly connecting and disconnecting
What to do
- 1Finish or close any Wi-Fi login page
- 2Turn Wi-Fi off and on
- 3Restart your Mac
Safe to quit? With care.
It relaunches; Wi-Fi prompts may not appear until it does.
Related processes
Part of the Taskglass Process Library