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Activity Monitor find App behind Process Name

Last updated on July 30, 2018 by Sal Ferrarello

When working on my Mac, sometimes I find a process in Activity Monitor and I want to know what application the process belongs to. I was introduced to this command to do just that.

Screenshot o Mac application Activity Monitor

In this case, I wanted to identify the Application associated with unfsd.

Find what process is behind Process Name unfsd in Activity Monitor on my Mac.

ps -aef | grep unfsd

The result was the Local by Flywheel app, that I use to run WordPress websites locally on my machine.

$ ps -aef | grep unfsd
502 36599 36500   0  8:31PM ??        68:04.46 /Applications/Local by Flywheel.app/Contents/Resources/extraResources/unfsd -s -u -X -p -d -l 192.168.94.1 -n 60983 -m 60983 -e /var/folders/rd/g5hl121d0mqf1jb0l611lyf00000gp/T/local-by-flywheel.exports
502 38465 36374   0  7:34AM ttys004    0:00.00 grep unfsd
Sal Ferrarello
Sal Ferrarello (@salcode)
Sal is a PHP developer with a focus on the WordPress platform. He is a conference speaker with a background including Piano Player, Radio DJ, Magician/Juggler, Beach Photographer, and High School Math Teacher. Sal can be found professionally at WebDevStudios, where he works as a senior backend engineer.

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