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  • macOS Process Mobileassetupdaterd Hogging CPU

    MarvinMarvin
    TerryE said:

    Three things left: bookmarks and browser profile, databasees for Davinci Resolve, Documents. Probably a lot of app tweaks as well. Documents is 600Gb so  I've backed up to an SSD AND a pair of HDD's I use for long term safety storage. 

    I'm not sure yet how to actually move Documents from one user to another, but dont' have room on my 1TB sys SSD for two versions. Got any ideas? Otherwise I will I have to delete Documents from first account and restore them from SSD to the second. Doable but uncomfortable. More than a decade of personal data, taxes, Photoshop, Davinci Resolve, scores of hand built client websites, tens of thousands of files.
    The contents of user folders can be moved to /Users/Shared and then moved into the other user. The root folders will try to duplicate but the contents will move without duplicating so if there's a file /Users/<user>/Documents/file, moving the file to /Users/Shared/Documents/file will be accessible from the other user.

    The bookmarks for Safari are in /Users/<user>/Library/Safari/Bookmarks.plist, that file can be copied over. The whole folder can probably be copied over.
    Da Vinci content will be in /Users/<user>/Library/Application Support/Blackmagic Design/, this folder should copy over.

    If it's a single-user computer, the /Users/Shared folder can be used to store some files and it makes it easier to switch to a new user, they wouldn't all have to be copied/moved back into another user folder.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • macOS Process Mobileassetupdaterd Hogging CPU

    MarvinMarvin
    TerryE said:
    A process named Mobileassetupdaterd owned by the user _accessoryupc, hogs 35% of CPU.

    It's associated with a file named MobileAssetUpdater at:

    /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileAssetUpdater.framework/MobileAssetUpdater

    Which is a 35 byte alias pointing to the executable at:

    /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileAccessoryUpdater.framework/Support/accessoryupdaterd

    Which is consistently relaunches using this Plist:

    /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.accessoryupdaterd.plist

    I tried unloading the process with this command others have suggested:

    sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.accessoryupdaterd.plist

    But I just get the error: Unload failed: 5: Input/output error

    So I'm just not a Terminal master.

    I've also tried exhaustive searches at Apple, here at StackOverflow, and online to find a solution, with no luck.

    I watch processes periodically, and it wasn't there until I Updated OS from Ventura to Sonoma 14.5.

    Anyone have thoughts?

    Running macOS Sonoma 14.5 on 2021 M1 MacBook Pro.

    Thanks!
    The CPU usage in the Activity Monitor is per core, if you have an 8-core Mac, it's 0.35 x 8 = 2.8% CPU. 800% = full CPU usage. It shouldn't be continually using that though.

    You won't be able to unload the system process without disabling system integrity protection but it's probably not a good idea to disable it.

    This process is described as being used for software updates for peripherals like Bluetooth devices. Maybe a peripheral is having connection/update issues. Check the Console log in /Applications/Utilities/Console to see if there are errors being logged for the accessory update.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/18bgp6n/constant_30_cpu_use_from_accessoryupdaterd/

    Check Bluetooth menu > Bluetooth Preferences for devices listed. Try disabling Bluetooth to see if the process stops.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple Music's best 100 albums list is done, and it's controversial

    MarvinMarvin
    kmarei said:
    another list not based on facts, but based on inclusiveness
    gotta check those boxes!

    lauryn hill at #1?
    seriously?
    There are always questionable choices in top lists but Lauryn Hill's album is in the best-selling list:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums

    A lot of the choices in Apple's list are best-selling albums. Some of the artists are popular on streaming services:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Spotify_streaming_records
    https://kworb.net/charts/apple_s/us.html

    A top 100 list could be generated by taking the top selling albums, albums from top streamed artists and shuffling them around.
    appleinsideruserAlex1Nbyronl

  • Mac Pro and Mac Studio refreshes may wait till 2025

    MarvinMarvin
    NYC362 said:
    By mid-2025, the Studio would be three generations behind as the M5 processor would almost certainly be out by then. 

    I still believe that we will see M4 Max and M4 Ultra Studios at WWDC in three weeks... and if not then, then in the fall when the next MacOS comes out. 
    M5 would likely use 2nm, this won't be available until late 2025 or early 2026:

    https://www.anandtech.com/show/21241/tsmc-2nm-update-two-fabs-in-construction-one-awaiting-government-approval

    It's very plausible that Apple would push the Ultra refresh into 2025 or it could be late 2024.

    Although the higher-end desktops are the most powerful Macs, they are the lowest unit volume Macs too and have longer upgrade cycles.

    Apple's high priority Macs are the Macbook Air and Pro and they can't upgrade the Air so soon because it just got updated in March.

    Given that 2nm is likely 2026, it's possible the M4 Air gets launched in early 2025. M4 Pro/Max in October 2024. M4 Ultra, mini, iMac in mid-2025.
    Alex1Ndewme9secondkox2williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • App Store emulator surge continues, this time for PlayStation Portable games

    MarvinMarvin
    MacPro said:
    When M-class Macs came out, one of the cool things was the ability to run iPad and iPhone apps on the Mac. Do these emulators work that way? 
    These emulators are closer to the iOS Simulator in Xcode running on Intel Macs. M-series Macs running iOS apps is native as it's the same chip architecture.

    When an emulator runs Playstation games, there's a software implementation of the Playstation CPU:

    https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/blob/master/Core/MIPS/MIPS.cpp#L180
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable_hardware#CPU

    Same as this old emulator:

    muthuk_vanalingamwatto_cobra