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Jenny ZengSummary: "What is the tccd process on my Mac?" If you're asking yourself what tccd is, this article from iBoysoft gives you the answer. You'll also learn what to do when tccd uses high CPU.
Opening Activity Monitor, you may notice a process called tccd eating a significant amount of CPU resources on your Mac. What is it? If you're wondering its purpose and how to stop it from using high CPU, keep reading!
What is the Tccd process on Mac?
The tccd (Transparency, Consent, and Control Daemon) process on Mac is part of Apple's privacy framework. It manages permissions for apps that request access to sensitive user data, such as full disk access, location, camera, microphone, and more.
It maintains a database of app permissions, ensuring only authorized applications can access user data. When an app requests permission, tccd will display an alert, explaining why the app needs access.
All information of tccd is stored using SQLite databases, which are located in the following folders:
/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TC
~/Library/Application Support/com.apple.TCC
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How to fix Tccd process high CPU usage on Mac?
If tccd is causing a CPU spike on your Mac, try the following solutions to fix it.
Fix 1: Quit the culprit process
The best way to stop tccd high CPU usage on Mac is to find the culprit process and close it. This can be challenging but you can rule it out by deleting third-party processes in Activity Monitor one by one until the CPU usage of tccd drops. Here's how:
- Open Activity Monitor.
- Take a look at the running third-party processes.
- Select one and click the x icon to quit it.
- Confirm you want to kill the process.
The potential apps that are causing tccd to overload CPU could be Spotify, Kite Engine, etc.
Fix 2: Uninstall apps
If you notice the issue when running certain apps, uninstall them. There may be several apps running simultaneously when tccd goes on a rampage.
You can note down these apps, then reboot your Mac, and open one at a time while monitoring closely to see the changes of tccd. Close the app if it doesn't have any impact on tccd. If you find one app triggers tccd massively, fully remove it from your Mac with CleanMyApp if it's unnecessary. Or contact the app developer for help.
Fix 3: Update macOS
If tccd starts to consume more CPU after a macOS update, check if a new point release is available. If it is, install the update. It may have the fixes needed to stop tccd from hogging CPU.
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