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What is Photoanalysisd? Why does it have high CPU Usage?

Last updated on November 24, 2021 By Abhijith V M Leave a Comment

If you are an Apple MacBook and iMac user, then you definitely have to face this term called Photoanalysisd. This is a system process that consumes a large amount of CPU and keeps running continuously. It came to our eyesight that some of the users don’t know about the term or some are very much confused about exactly what to do with this photoanalysisd.

So don’t worry at all, here we are with all your doubts. We will solve all the confusion you have in mind. Surf through the article below to get the idea on photoanalysisd.

Table of Contents

  • What is photoanalysisd?
  • Introduction to the device
  • Should you stop this photoanalysisd?
  • Photoanalysisd made your device unusable! Check this out!
    • Disabling the photoanalysisd

What is photoanalysisd?

Photoanalysisd is basically a system process in iMac and Apple MacBook. This system process helps to analyze the pictures in the photo gallery with the artificially in-built face detection features. This process uses photodetection to create a face-oriented album in the device.

This system process uses a high level of CPU like 77 to 80%. This process also runs in the background.

Introduction to the device

This system process was first published in 2016. The first device where it was introduced was in macOS Sierra. Eventually, it got incorporated into operating systems like macOS Catalina and many more.

So it is the basic idea about photoanalysisd. Now we will talk about the usage of photoanalysisd. We will explain whether you can use it or stop this process to save your CPU life. 

Should you stop this photoanalysisd?

Though Photoanalysisd is not a third-party application, it consumes the CPU’s maximum life. It starts to run in the background when you add more photos to your device. After you finish adding photos, it will run again when you add new photos to your device.

At the time of importing photos from other MacBooks or downloading the photos from the photo apps, you can check the Activity monitor to have a look at CPU usage. It will stay around 80%. 

This system comes in a packaged folder which is com.apple.photoanalysisd.background.analysis.

Also, there is one convenience while using the photo apps; this photoanalysisd stops automatically and gives a better user experience which helps you get the name of the faces of individuals. It will group up the photos which include the same faces in a single album. 

Photoanalysisd will not create any other issues like data loss or system breakdown, but battery life i.e., CPU life will be lesser. 

Photoanalysisd made your device unusable! Check this out!

Some MacBook users have complaints against this photoanalysisd. Let us clear one thing. When you have a lot of photos on your device, this system will take a long time, even a few days or a week. 

If you open the photos app, at that moment photoanalysisd will be paused. But if you close the photo app, then photoanalysisd will be started and it will be continued in the background till it finishes the face analysis program. 

We would love to suggest that if you are not facing any major issue within the device, then don’t force stop the photoanalysisd system. But if you think your phone is lagging too much while using it, then disable the photoanalysisd. Here is how to disable your photoanalysisd.

Disabling the photoanalysisd

  • Click on command and space together to open the spotlight search.
  • Type activity monitor and tap on it.
  • Click on the CPU on the top.
  • Type photoanalysisd in the search bar.
  • Click on Photoanalysisd then click the Stop button.
  • Click on the Force Quit button to disable the Photoanalysisd process.

So here’s the process to disable the Photoanalysisd app. Whenever you’re facing this problem, follow the methods to get rid of the lagging of the device. Hope you like the article and it’ll be helpful to you.

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About Abhijith V M

SEO by profession, blogger by passion and engineer by mistake. Have been playing around with gadgets, running on Android, Windows, and iOS for a while now. Loves writing helpful content that helps people fix their gadges and softtware systems. Follow me on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter

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