Should I remove Apple-programsupport?
What percent of users and experts removed it?
4% remove it96% keep it
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #4,775
United States Rank #26,730
Reach 0.1089%
Lifespan of installation (until removal)
< 20.28 days
598.14 days >
Average installed length: 314.28 days
Versions
| Version | Distribution |
| 3.1 |
14.90% |
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| 3.0.6 |
11.41% |
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| 3.0.5 |
3.17% |
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| 3.0.3 |
6.38% |
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| 3.0.1 |
8.71% |
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| 3.0 |
4.33% |
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| 2.3.6 |
24.83% |
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| 2.3.4 |
13.79% |
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| 2.3.3 |
5.40% |
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| 2.3.2 |
2.93% |
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| 2.3 |
2.10% |
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| 2.2.2 |
1.68% |
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| 2.0.1 |
0.37% |
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Typically installed together
Rankings
- #4,770 ThinkPad OneLink Dock by Lenovo
- #4,771 NXPProximityInstaller by NXP Semiconductor
- #4,772 WildTangent-Spiele
- #4,773 Samsung Link
- #4,774 Media Preview by BabelSoft
- #4,775 Apple-programsupport
- #4,776 Dell Data Protection | Access | Drivers
- #4,777 CorelDRAW Essentials X5 - Extra Content
- #4,778 ASUS PC Diagnostics
- #4,780 Bing Bureau by Microsoft
Apple-programsupport
What is Apple-programsupport?
Apple Application Support is required to run iTunes, QuickTime and other Apple installed products (do not remove this if you use any of these programs). If you remove this program you will need to reinstall it in order for iTunes to load. The program is also used to connect iTunes to the various iOS devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
Overview
The most common release is 2.3.6, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The setup package generally installs about 52 files and is usually about 61.01 MB (63,974,071 bytes).
Program details
URL: www.apple.com/no
Help link: www.apple.com/no/support
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\
Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{F5266D28-E0B2-4130-BFC5-EE155AD514DC}
(The Windows Installer is used for the installation, maintenance, and removal.)
Estimated size: 61.01 MB
Language: Norwegian, Bokmål (Norway)
Files installed by Apple-programsupport
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AppleVersions.dll - Apple Software Support Version Check (Apple Software Support Version Check Dynamic Link Library)
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VersionCheckMe.exe - VersionCheckMe Application
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SQLite3.dll
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AVFoundationCF.dll - AVFoundationCF
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CoreFoundation.dll - CoreFoundation
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CoreGraphics.dll - CoreGraphics (CoreGraphics DLL)
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CoreVideo.dll - CodeVideo.dll (CoreVideo)
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APSDaemon.exe - Apple Push
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Foundation.dll - Foundation
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QuartzCore.dll - QuartzCore (QuartzCore DLL)
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CoreAudioToolbox.dll - CoreAudio (CoreAudio-ressursfil)
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CoreMedia.dll - CoreMedia
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distnoted.exe - distnoted
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MediaToolbox.dll - MediaToolbox
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VideoToolbox.dll - VideoToolbox
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CoreLSKD.dll - CoreLSKD
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defaults.exe - defaults
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libcache.dll - libcache
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CoreADI.dll - CoreADI
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ApplePushService.dll - iCloud (ApplePushService)
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APSDaemon_main.dll - APS Daemon
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ASL.dll - WinASL (Apple System Logging)
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plutil.exe - plutil
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objc.dll - objc4 (Objective-C Runtime Library)
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CoreText.dll
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image_cache.exe
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JavaScriptCore.dll
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libtidy.dll
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MediaAccessibility.dll
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QTMovieWin.dll
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SafariTheme.dll
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WebKit.dll
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WebKit2WebProcess.exe
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WebKitQuartzCoreAdditions.dll
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YSCrashDump.dll
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YSUtilities.dll
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icudt46.dll (by The ICU Project) - International Components for Unicode (ICU Data DLL)
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icuin40.dll (by The ICU Project and Apple) - Apple ICU 4.0 Compatibility DLL
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icuuc40.dll (by The ICU Project and Apple)
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libicuin.dll (by The ICU Project) - ICU I18N DLL
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libicuuc.dll - ICU Common DLL
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pthreadVC2.dll (by Open Source Software community LGPL) - POSIX Threads for Windows LPGL (MS C)
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libxml2.dll - libxml2
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libxslt.dll - libxslt
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CFNetwork.dll - CFNetwork (CFNetwork)
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zlib1.dll - zlib (zlib data compression library)
Behaviors exhibited
Scheduled Task
- APSDaemon.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{4C7F8C2F-AF88-4A24-8A12-461EDFBD5ACF}' (runs on registration).
Scheduled Task (Boot/Login)
- APSDaemon.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 11.
Startup File (User Run)
- APSDaemon.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'APSDaemon' and executes as "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\APSDaemon.exe".
Startup File (All Users Run)
- APSDaemon.exe is loaded in the all users (HKLM) registry as a startup file name 'DivXUpdate' which loads as "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\APSDaemon.exe".
5 Windows Firewall Allowed Programs
- WebKit2WebProcess.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Gemeinsame Dateien\Apple\Apple Application Support\WebKit2WebProcess.exe'.
- APSDaemon.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\APSDaemon.exe'.
- distnoted.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Gemeinsame Dateien\Apple\Apple Application Support\distnoted.exe'.
- plutil.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\plutil.exe'.
- defaults.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\defaults.exe'.
Network connections
- APSDaemon.exe connects to 121.119.254.178 (port 80).
- APSDaemon.exe connects to 17.149.32.59 (port 5223).
- APSDaemon.exe connects to 17.149.36.143 (port 5223).
- APSDaemon.exe connects to 17.149.36.180 (port 5223).
- APSDaemon.exe connects to 17.172.232.102 (port 5223).
- APSDaemon.exe connects to 17.172.232.115 (port 5223).
- APSDaemon.exe connects to 17.172.232.133 (port 5223).
- APSDaemon.exe connects to 17.172.232.184 (port 5223).
- APSDaemon.exe connects to 17.172.232.207 (port 5223).
- APSDaemon.exe connects to 17.172.232.216 (port 5223).
Plus 41 more
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| APSDaemon.exe |
| Memory: | 6.15 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0009768336% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00049812% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00047871% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 169,278 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 1.13 KB | |
| I/O writes/min: | 35 Bytes | |
| distnoted.exe |
| Memory: | 1.23 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0002856759% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00021863% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00006705% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 1,702 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 28 Bytes | |
How do I remove Apple-programsupport?
You can uninstall Apple-programsupport from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Apple-programsupport, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Apple-programsupport.
HOW IT STARTS
Automatically starts? Yes
(Found in the run registry)
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 4%
Keep it 96%
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GLOBAL RANK
 #4,775
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
60.00% |
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| Windows 10 |
32.93% |
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| Windows Vista |
5.63% |
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| Windows XP |
1.44% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
37.80% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
14.82% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
10.23% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
7.46% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
6.66% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premiu... |
4.55% |
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Geography
93.46% of installs come from Norway
Which countries install it?
| Norway |
93.46% |
| United States |
2.83% |
| Sweden |
0.59% |
| DK |
0.44% |
| United Kingdom |
0.39% |
| Spain |
0.29% |
| France |
0.20% |
| Netherlands |
0.20% |
| UA |
0.20% |
| Australia |
0.10% |
| Italy |
0.10% |
| Austria |
0.10% |
| Belgium |
0.10% |
| BG |
0.10% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Acer |
25.70% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
25.56% |
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| ASUS |
16.39% |
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| Dell |
11.34% |
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| Samsung |
8.19% |
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| Toshiba |
5.60% |
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| Lenovo |
3.36% |
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| GIGABYTE |
2.80% |
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| MSI |
1.05% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
5.17% |
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| ASUS All Series |
4.10% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
2.74% |
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| Acer Aspire V3-571G |
2.58% |
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| MSI MS-7751 |
2.58% |
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| Acer Aspire 5738 |
2.43% |
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About Apple
Apple designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer programs, and personal computers.
Publisher URL: www.apple.com