macOS Sierra: parsecd keyboardInputMode property not set, using <private>
Yesterday I (clean) installed macOS sierra and since then I'm having a particular error message in my console every few milliseconds, that I can't seem to find anywhere!
error 05:58:28.906530 +0300 parsecd keyboardInputMode property not set, using <private>
Every 10-20 instances of the above error, I also get the following ones
error 05:58:24.034105 +0300 parsecd network_config_has_proxies_configured network_config_has_proxies_configured is deprecated
error 05:58:24.034148 +0300 parsecd tcp_connection_get_remote API Misuse: Function must be called after tcp_connection_start
error 05:58:24.034242 +0300 parsecd tcp_connection_is_cellular API Misuse: Function must be called after tcp_connection_start
and occasionally I also get the one bellow
error 05:51:39.662197 +0300 parsecd Server endpoint not set, data can't be sent to server
I've tried creating a new user account, but the error appears there too. In my system I have two input sources (english and greek) - At some point I assumed it's related to the dictation service and/or siri (that I had both already disabled). So I reenabled them but no luck whatsoever.
I also get the following events that prompted me to think that this might be some keychain related issue - I wonder what that might be though (I didn't use keychain, and I have icloud keychain disabled)
default 06:16:15.444813 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (0 1 0 1)
default 06:16:15.444919 +0300 parsecd not switching as we're not in ~/Library/Keychains/: /Library/Keychains/System.keychain (0)
Anybody having some idea on how to solve this? Thank you!
a fragment of all the parsecd related events follow:
default 05:37:43.773971 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71af2ba90 free /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db buffer 0x10a60c000
default 05:37:43.774392 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ad4ba70 free /Library/Keychains/System.keychain buffer 0x7fb71b832600
default 05:37:45.487085 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:37:45.487296 +0300 parsecd subsystem: com.apple.securityd, category: kcnotify, enable_level: 0, persist_level: 0, default_ttl: 0, info_ttl: 0, debug_ttl: 0, generate_symptoms: 0, enable_oversize: 0, privacy_setting: 2, enable_private_data: 0
error 05:37:54.873887 +0300 parsecd keyboardInputMode property not set, using <private>
default 05:37:54.873950 +0300 parsecd session <private> performing query[9] <private>, reply <private>
error 05:37:54.952336 +0300 parsecd keyboardInputMode property not set, using <private>
default 05:37:54.952411 +0300 parsecd session <private> performing query[10] <private>, reply <private>
error 05:37:55.099456 +0300 parsecd keyboardInputMode property not set, using <private>
default 05:37:55.099509 +0300 parsecd session <private> performing query[11] <private>, reply <private>
error 05:37:55.199765 +0300 parsecd keyboardInputMode property not set, using <private>
default 05:37:55.199818 +0300 parsecd session <private> performing query[12] <private>, reply <private>
default 05:37:59.931671 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:38:08.374250 +0300 parsecd TIC TCP Conn Event [1:0x7fb71ac2b0b0]: 2 Err(0)
default 05:38:08.374313 +0300 parsecd TIC TCP Conn Cancel [1:0x7fb71ac2b0b0]
default 05:38:08.374397 +0300 parsecd TIC TCP Conn Destroyed [1:0x7fb71ac2b0b0]
default 05:38:30.621014 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:38:30.621187 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:38:30.635354 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:38:30.635518 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:38:30.646170 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:38:30.646330 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:22.391402 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:22.391613 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:22.407717 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:22.407870 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:22.418649 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:22.418812 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:27.235445 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:27.235726 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:52.581474 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:52.581638 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:52.596375 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:52.596526 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:52.607261 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:39:52.607421 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:40:22.760225 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:40:22.760396 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:40:22.774705 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:40:22.774850 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:40:22.785715 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:40:22.785906 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:40:52.845742 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:40:52.845911 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:40:52.861012 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:40:52.861172 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:40:52.871318 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:40:52.871475 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:41:23.097249 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:41:23.097465 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:41:23.111622 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:41:23.111779 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:41:23.122738 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:41:23.122884 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:41:53.295645 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:41:53.295870 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:41:53.312028 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:41:53.312170 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:41:53.323217 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:41:53.323383 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db (0 1 1 1)
default 05:42:06.251726 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (0 1 0 1)
default 05:42:06.251995 +0300 parsecd not switching as we're not in ~/Library/Keychains/: /Library/Keychains/System.keychain (0)
default 05:42:06.252950 +0300 parsecd DbOpen of /var/folders/k3/gn_tkxgd4pn3k_qw7xwc0w640000gn/C//mds/mdsObject.db
default 05:42:06.253051 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ac330f0 opened /var/folders/k3/gn_tkxgd4pn3k_qw7xwc0w640000gn/C//mds/mdsObject.db: 4636 bytes
default 05:42:06.253115 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ac330f0 allocated /var/folders/k3/gn_tkxgd4pn3k_qw7xwc0w640000gn/C//mds/mdsObject.db buffer 0x7fb71c021e00 size 4636
default 05:42:06.253181 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ac330f0 closed /var/folders/k3/gn_tkxgd4pn3k_qw7xwc0w640000gn/C//mds/mdsObject.db
default 05:42:06.253620 +0300 parsecd DbOpen of /var/folders/k3/gn_tkxgd4pn3k_qw7xwc0w640000gn/C//mds/mdsDirectory.db
default 05:42:06.253688 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ae4fde0 opened /var/folders/k3/gn_tkxgd4pn3k_qw7xwc0w640000gn/C//mds/mdsDirectory.db: 50744 bytes
default 05:42:06.253759 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ae4fde0 allocated /var/folders/k3/gn_tkxgd4pn3k_qw7xwc0w640000gn/C//mds/mdsDirectory.db buffer 0x7fb71c041000 size 4
default 05:42:06.253794 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ae4fde0 closed /var/folders/k3/gn_tkxgd4pn3k_qw7xwc0w640000gn/C//mds/mdsDirectory.db
default 05:42:06.253819 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ae4fde0 free /var/folders/k3/gn_tkxgd4pn3k_qw7xwc0w640000gn/C//mds/mdsDirectory.db buffer 0x7fb71c041000
default 05:42:06.253927 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ac330f0 free /var/folders/k3/gn_tkxgd4pn3k_qw7xwc0w640000gn/C//mds/mdsObject.db buffer 0x7fb71c021e00
default 05:42:06.254054 +0300 parsecd DbOpen of /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db
default 05:42:06.254154 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ae51120 opened /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db: 191880 bytes
default 05:42:06.254408 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ae51120 allocated /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db buffer 0x10a60c000 size 191880
default 05:42:06.254642 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ae51120 closed /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db
default 05:42:06.256503 +0300 parsecd loading /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db
default 05:42:06.259143 +0300 parsecd not attempting migration for /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db version 512 (1 1 0)
default 05:42:06.259251 +0300 parsecd DbOpen of /Library/Keychains/System.keychain
default 05:42:06.259355 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ae56740 opened /Library/Keychains/System.keychain: 35880 bytes
default 05:42:06.259426 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ae56740 allocated /Library/Keychains/System.keychain buffer 0x7fb71c036000 size 35880
default 05:42:06.259462 +0300 parsecd 0x7fb71ae56740 closed /Library/Keychains/System.keychain
default 05:42:06.260905 +0300 parsecd loading /Library/Keychains/System.keychain
default 05:42:06.263639 +0300 parsecd not attempting migration for /Library/Keychains/System.keychain version 256 (0 0 1)
default 05:42:06.263789 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (0 1 0 1)
default 05:42:06.263838 +0300 parsecd not switching as we're not in ~/Library/Keychains/: /Library/Keychains/System.keychain (0)
default 05:42:06.263960 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (0 1 0 1)
default 05:42:06.263998 +0300 parsecd not switching as we're not in ~/Library/Keychains/: /Library/Keychains/System.keychain (0)
default 05:42:06.264089 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (0 1 0 1)
default 05:42:06.264210 +0300 parsecd not switching as we're not in ~/Library/Keychains/: /Library/Keychains/System.keychain (0)
default 05:42:06.264346 +0300 parsecd switching to keychain-db: /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db from /Users/thisuser/Library/Keychains/login.keychain (0 1 0 1)
default 05:42:06.264382 +0300 parsecd not switching as we're not in ~/Library/Keychains/: /Library/Keychains/System.keychain (0)
error 05:42:06.264613 +0300 parsecd network_config_has_proxies_configured network_config_has_proxies_configured is deprecated
error 05:42:06.264675 +0300 parsecd tcp_connection_get_remote API Misuse: Function must be called after tcp_connection_start
default 05:42:06.264735 +0300 parsecd TIC Enabling TLS [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]
error 05:42:06.264765 +0300 parsecd tcp_connection_is_cellular API Misuse: Function must be called after tcp_connection_start
default 05:42:06.264791 +0300 parsecd TIC TCP Conn Start [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]
error 05:42:06.637066 +0300 parsecd keyboardInputMode property not set, using <private>
default 05:42:06.637121 +0300 parsecd session <private> performing query[14] <private>, reply <private>
error 05:42:06.793959 +0300 parsecd keyboardInputMode property not set, using <private>
default 05:42:06.794011 +0300 parsecd session <private> performing query[15] <private>, reply <private>
error 05:42:06.961645 +0300 parsecd keyboardInputMode property not set, using <private>
default 05:42:06.961698 +0300 parsecd session <private> performing query[16] <private>, reply <private>
error 05:42:07.017000 +0300 parsecd keyboardInputMode property not set, using <private>
default 05:42:07.017058 +0300 parsecd session <private> performing query[17] <private>, reply <private>
error 05:42:07.193562 +0300 parsecd keyboardInputMode property not set, using <private>
default 05:42:07.193621 +0300 parsecd session <private> performing query[18] <private>, reply <private>
error 05:42:07.332684 +0300 parsecd keyboardInputMode property not set, using <private>
default 05:42:07.332740 +0300 parsecd session <private> performing query[19] <private>, reply <private>
default 05:42:09.119223 +0300 parsecd TIC TLS Event [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]: 2, Pending(0)
default 05:42:09.120634 +0300 parsecd TIC TLS Event [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]: 11, Pending(0)
default 05:42:09.121393 +0300 parsecd TIC TLS Event [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]: 12, Pending(0)
default 05:42:09.121543 +0300 parsecd TIC TLS Event [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]: 14, Pending(0)
default 05:42:09.156583 +0300 parsecd TIC TLS Trust Result [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]: 0
default 05:42:09.821718 +0300 parsecd TIC TLS Event [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]: 4, Pending(0)
default 05:42:09.821824 +0300 parsecd TIC TLS Event [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]: 20, Pending(0)
default 05:42:09.822186 +0300 parsecd TIC TCP Conn Event [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]: 1 Err(0)
default 05:42:09.822210 +0300 parsecd TIC TCP Conn Connected [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]: Err(0)
default 05:42:09.822287 +0300 parsecd TIC TCP Conn Event [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]: 8 Err(0)
default 05:42:09.822315 +0300 parsecd TIC TLS Handshake Complete [2:0x7fb71ae71a10]
Solution 1:
I had never seen "parsecd" or "keyboardserviced" until the other day, when my keyboard seemed to be sticky and slow. I could type three or four characters (or keys) before any appeared on the Facebook page as part of a comment that I was writing. Then "parsecd" popped up for approval from my "Little Snitch" app. I allowed it after reading the details. Now, knock on wood, there does not seem to be any stickiness or delays with my keyboard. This may be part of a patch as a result of recent updates from the Apple App Store, including MacOS Sierra. I also started using "private browsing" around the same time. In retrospect, private browsing seems to be related to the sticky keys as well. In addition, I had been changing my login password and then found that I was blocked from "keychain access" I learned that the best way to prevent this blockage is to change my login password only through . As the administrator, it seems I can change the password of any other user on this same Mac. But when I change the passwords for other users, the "keychain access" password for that user does not change. To effectively change the login password for any user, that user must be logged in, and to change it through which then changes his "keychain access" password at the same time. This is only my opinion, which is offered as an observation. Any relationship to the actual problem may be purely coincidental. My keyboard keys are getting a little sticky again during the creation of thus message.
Solution 2:
This process helps sandbox and protect information and isn’t an indication that anything is wrong. Specifically, it manages the Siri data and access - so unless you have a specific problem with Siri not working, I would simply ignore those messages since they are debugging / status pointers and not something you need to take action on.
From the manual page:
parsecd manages access and data for Siri Suggestions
It also mentions that there are no configuration items and "Users should not run parsecd manually".