Mac app launches slowed by malware scan (2024)

Feedback Assistant Boycott Mac app launches slowed by malware scan February 14 2024 I've always attributed slow Xcode launches to Xcode simply sucking, but I've noticed that the FileMerge app frequently launches slowly too. When this happens, the app can take a dozen bounces in the Dock before finally opening. FileMerge resides in the folder Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/ within the Xcode bundle and can be opened from the Xcode main menu under the Open Developer Tool submenu. I actually keep FileMerge in my Dock for quick access, because I use FileMerge a lot for diffing files and folders. I finally got fed up with slow launches and decided to investigate by taking a spindump from Activity Monitor. Spindumps are a nice way to see what exactly is consuming resources on your Mac, because they show the "CPU Time" used by each process on your system and each thread in the process. From the spindump I discovered that the slow launches are caused by the syspolicyd process, specifically ... Read full article.