什么是“ dbfseventsd”，为什么它可以在Mac上运行？

Looking through Activity Monitor, you notice something named “dbfseventsd.” How do you even pronounce that? It’s running three times: twice by the root account, and once by you. What is it?

通过活动监视器 ，您会发现名为“ dbfseventsd”的内容。 你甚至怎么发音？ 它运行了三次，一次是由根帐户运行，另一次是由您运行。 它是什么？

This article is part of our ongoing series explaining various processes found in Activity Monitor, like kernel_task, hidd, mdsworker, installd, WindowServer, blued, launchd, and many others. Don’t know what those services are? Better start reading!

这篇文章是一部分我们正在进行一系列解释各种进程在活动监视器中发现，像kernel_task ， hidd ， mdsworker ， INSTALLD ， WindowServer ， 发蓝 ， launchd会 ，和其他许多人 。 不知道这些服务是什么？ 最好开始阅读！

This particular process, dbfseventsd, is part of Dropbox, the popular file syncing service. The process’ name stands for Dropbox file system events daemon. You know what Dropbox is, but what does the rest of that mean?

这个特定的过程dbfseventsd是流行的文件同步服务Dropbox的一部分。 进程的名字代表了d ROP牛B˚FILE 变体系的事件 d aemon。 您知道Dropbox是什么，但是其余的是什么意思？

Well, a “daemon” is a macOS process that runs in the background, and “file system” refers to the way folders and files are organized on your computer. The process called dbfseventsd runs in the background and watches your file system for any changes to your Dropbox folder.

好吧，“守护程序”是在后台运行的macOS进程，“文件系统”是指在计算机上组织文件夹和文件的方式。 名为dbfseventsd的进程在后台运行，并监视文件系统中对Dropbox文件夹的任何更改。

Without this daemon running, Dropbox wouldn’t know when to sync new files, or changes to your existing files. You need to leave the daemon running if you want to use Dropbox. In fact, if you try to force dbfseventsd to quit, Dropbox simply launches it again.

如果没有运行该守护程序，Dropbox将不知道何时同步新文件或更改现有文件。 如果要使用Dropbox，则需要使守护程序保持运行状态。 实际上，如果您尝试强制dbfseventsd退出，则Dropbox只需再次启动它即可。

If you really want to close dbfseventsd, you have to close Dropbox. Click the icon in your menu bar, then the gear icon on the window that pops up, and then click “Quit Dropbox.”

如果您确实要关闭dbfseventsd，则必须关闭Dropbox。 点击菜单栏中的图标，然后在弹出的窗口中点击齿轮图标，然后点击“退出Dropbox”。

You’ll notice that all three instances of dbfseventsd shut down, along with Dropbox.

您会注意到dbfseventsd的所有三个实例以及Dropbox都已关闭。

This daemon shouldn’t take up a lot of CPU power or memory, but if it does simply quitting Dropbox and starting it up again should help. If the problem persists, repairing your disk and file system might be a good idea.

该守护程序不应该占用大量CPU或内存，但是如果确实退出了Dropbox并再次启动它将很有帮助。 如果问题仍然存在，则修复磁盘和文件系统可能是一个好主意。

Photo Credit: Stanley Dai

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翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/320824/what-is-dbfseventsd-and-why-is-it-running-on-my-mac/