Bibliothèque de processus et mises à jour de la bibliothèque
Gratuit
Des mots simples pour les noms que vous voyez dans Moniteur d’activité, actualisés environ une fois par semaine à partir d’une liste signée.
The problem
Activity Monitor is full of names like mds_stores, cloudd and coreaudiod. When one of them is busy, you cannot tell whether that is normal, whether it will settle, or whether there is anything you can do.
The process library gives each common name a plain explanation: what it is, when it gets busy and what you can do about it. It ships inside the app, so it works offline. Hedroom's detectors read the same list, so they do not raise an alarm for something that is busy for a good reason.
How it works
- Look up. Search for the name you saw in Activity Monitor, or open it from an app's row with "What's this process?".
- Read four things. What it is, when it gets busy, what you can do, and whether it is Apple's. Apple processes are explain-only: there is no button.
- Detectors use it. The same list marks processes that are normally busy, such as Spotlight indexing, and apps that are normally large, so Hedroom does not flag them.
- Stay current. About once a week Hedroom downloads a newer signed copy. It checks the signature and that the version is newer before using it, and keeps the old copy if anything fails.
- Admit gaps. A name it does not know reads "Hedroom doesn't know this one yet.", with a link to search Apple's support site. It never makes up an answer.
What you will see
A search box ("Search a name you saw in Activity Monitor") and a list of results. The detail view of an Apple process reads "Apple process" and the name, then a plain explanation, "When it gets busy" and "What you can do", with a footer saying Hedroom never pauses, slows or quits Apple processes. If nothing matches, it says so.
In Settings › Privacy you see when the library was last updated and its version, with a Check now button that reports up to date, updated, couldn't reach, or couldn't verify.
A worked example
Example, not real data
mds_stores after restoring a backup
Say you restored files from a backup and mds_stores sits near the top of Activity Monitor for half an hour. You search for it. The library says it is the Spotlight search index, which gets busy "After big file changes, macOS updates, restoring a backup or plugging in a large drive."
What you can do: "Let it finish. It usually settles within an hour. You can exclude folders in System Settings › Spotlight." Hedroom raises no CPU finding for it, because the library marks it as normally busy, and offers no pause or quit, because it is Apple's.
Details and limits
Ce qu’il fait
- Explique ce qu’est un processus ou une app, s’il est sans risque de le laisser tranquille, et que faire en cas de comportement anormal.
- Est intégrée à l’app et fonctionne donc hors ligne. Environ une fois par semaine, Hedroom télécharge une copie signée plus récente, et Réglages › Vérifier maintenant le fait à la demande.
- Vérifie la signature et la version avant d’utiliser une nouvelle copie. Si une vérification échoue, il garde l’ancienne et ne dit rien.
What it will not do
- Envoyer quoi que ce soit sur votre Mac pour obtenir une mise à jour. C’est un simple téléchargement, sans cookies ni identifiants.
- Utiliser une copie qui n’est pas signée par Hedroom.
- Vérifie automatiquement en cas de pression critique de la mémoire, en mode économie d’énergie ou quand la batterie est sous 20 %.
Limits
- La bibliothèque couvre les noms courants. Pour un nom qu’elle ne connaît pas, Hedroom dit « Hedroom ne connaît pas encore celui-ci. »
Gratuit ou Pro
Gratuit pour toujours.
Explaining a process changes nothing on your Mac, so it is free, forever.
Questions people ask
Does looking up a process send anything?
No. Lookups happen on your Mac. The weekly update is a plain download with no cookies or identifiers, and it sends nothing about your Mac.
Who wrote the explanations, and can I trust them?
Hedroom wrote them, in one file signed with an Ed25519 key. The app ignores a copy that is not signed by Hedroom or is not newer than the one it has. Each entry carries a reviewed flag, and a person has to review the text before a release ships.
Can I stop an Apple process from here?
No. Anything signed by Apple or in a system folder is explain-only.
Does it work offline?
Yes, the library ships inside the app. Updates are skipped at critical memory pressure, in Low Power Mode, or with the battery under 20%.