Which system and AI cryptexes are loaded during macOS boot? Here are details of the 28 for AI in Tahoe 26.2, and which are new since Sequoia 15.5.
Creedence
A mystery volume mounts from nowhere, and its name starts with Creedence. This is a cryptex, also favoured in Apple’s Private Cloud Compute. Is it a ghost of the past, or harbinger of the future?
Apple silicon Macs (and iPhones and iPads) with AI enabled load 23 cryptexes to support that. This explains how that works, and how you might see an odd volume named Creedence….
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