With UNIX having many tasks running simultaneously, through the years developers have incorporated several command-line tools that allow for live process management ...

In today's fourth OS X 10.10.4 beta, Apple made a significant behind-the-scenes change that could result in improved networking performance for some users -- the removal of the "discoveryd" process.

A quick adjustment of the timeout values for key processes can greatly speed up otherwise laggy shutdowns in OS X. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has ...

Apple's OS X "Yosemite" brought a lot to the table, and while almost all of it has been good, there has been a stick in the mud. That stick is called "discoveryd", and relates to how the OS handles ...

IPC is a method that allows processes to communicate and exchange data. There are different types of IPC facilities, including semaphores, message queues, shared memory, and pipes. IPCS is a ...

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