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  1. M

    Air 15 inch M2 -- Crazy energy consumption Microsoft Word

    I'm having this issue where word is draining my new Macbook Air 15's battery like crazy. I'm attaching a screenshot of the activity monitor here but I'm not sure how to exactly read it? I just know that my battery drained from 86% to 72% in less than an hour. I'm just using word and don't have...
    • MrDuric
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    • activity monitor energy consumption word
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  2. B

    "Remoted" process - is this normal?

    Hi all, Never paid too much attention to the activity monitor but recently I noticed a process called “remoted” (Remote Service Discovery or something similar), under “Network”. Every few seconds it sends and receives small kB sized packets. Since I have disabled ALL sharing options, shouldn’t...
  3. MYZ

    My downgrade to Mojave experience on the 2019 macbook pro 15 (i9)

    (reposted from my blog) Older versions of macOS run much smoother, even when just idling ! My 2019 macbook pro 15 felt a bit sluggish with macOS 12.6.3 Monterey, and had overheating problems whenever it did something a bit more complex then browsing the internet. (Sometimes not even that...
    • MYZ
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    • activity monitor downgrade idle macbook pro mojave 10.14
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS Mojave (10.14)
  4. apple fan23

    RAM usage questions

    I am trying to figure out how much RAM I use, by looking at the activity monitor. I am on an i7 32GB MacBook. The activity monitor tells me I am using 20gb of ram and 14gb of app memory right now (and most of the time). There is no swap and pressure is green. As I am already at 14gb of app...
  5. filmgeek

    PMSet - out of control; launches, relaunches; Monterey Current - can't figure out how to diagnose

    MBP late 2018. i9 + eGPU.Monterey, 12.3.1 I'm stumped here. PMset (power management) is off the charts for the last 3+ months. At random times (and OFTEN) it's running at 90%+ of the CPU. It'll launch, run high, terminate and relaunch. I've removed everything, did an SMC and the PRAM resets...
  6. sjbeau

    Excessive data reads/writes

    Hi... I am new to this forum and definitely not a geek. However I watch my activity monitor consistently and have noticed the disc reads/writes are sooo fast, to the tune of 30GB+ in 36 hours. Is that normal? I can't find anyone whose iMac or MBP can go that fast. And for what reason? CPU usage...
    • sjbeau
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    • activity monitor disc utility hacking zombie
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: iOS 12
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    2017 27" kernel_task activity making iMac unusable

    Mac expert sleuths needed. I have a 2017 27" iMac with 24g RAM and 2tb fusion drive. The latest OS is installed, which is 11.5. About once or twice a year for three to four days, this machine slows down to the point it becomes unusable. Activity Monitor constantly shows high kernel_task...
    • Freedom1
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    • 2017 activity monitor fusion kernel kernel_task slow
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: iMac
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    M1 activity monitor showing different SSD write reading than system terminal... Apple is hiding something

    Check out this video I saw on YouTube
    • MohdZafar
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    • activity monitor apple code m1 mac macbook pro "13 2020 macos 11.3 ssd data written ssd swap ssd tbw terminal
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Apple Silicon (Arm) Macs
  9. Le0M

    Major Battery disappointment on MacBook Pro M1

    Hi guys. I bought a low-tier MacBook Pro M1. After a couple of days of indexing etc, I was expecting the battery to last way longer. Here's my setup and daily use: - It is connected to an external HD monitor through a usb-c -to-HDMI adaptor, as well as an external mouse via USB. - Laptop's...
    • Le0M
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    • activity monitor adobe apple silicon m1 background battery creative cloud drain macbook pro
    • Replies: 143
    • Forum: Apple Silicon (Arm) Macs
  10. 2

    Activity Monitor does not update process pane

    For several months now Activity Monitor Disk View, Network View and Memory View do not update the process list pane. CPU View updates as expected. I logged in as "guest" and noticed that Activity Monitor works as expected in all views. I'm wondering if I need to reset my SMC or nvram. I...
  11. stlow

    Apple Script to automatically force quit process?

    I hope someone can help me out with this. I have set up my photo library on an external drive that syncs to iCloud when I open the Photos app. Often times it doesn't start syncing by itself, so I found the very helpful tip to close Photos, quit certain processes in the Activity Monitor (see...
    • stlow
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    • activity monitor apple script icloud photos script terminal
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: macOS
  12. D

    Slow Start of Activity Monitor

    Greetings. Did a clean install of macOS Catalina on my Late 2017 27'' iMac and my Activity Monitor takes around four (4) seconds to launch. It was happening in 10.25.0 and still happening in 10.15.2. If I look in console I see this: default 21:12:36.586163+0300 Activity Monitor Synchronize...
  13. M

    Unknown CPU Process

    Had a quick question that I'm hoping someone can help me with. I'm not too skilled with macs, having primarily used PC's in the past. I was cleaning out some junk files using Dr. Cleaner and a cache folder came up labeled "Anomoean". I looked in the activity monitor, and saw a process labeled...
  14. supergaia

    excessive cpu consume of activity monitor , help

    hi i have noticed an excessive cpu consume of activity monitor the process "activity monitor" uses always at least 10% or 15% of my cpu , when my imac is idle sometime jump to 40% of my cpu outside activity monitor , all the processes are around 0.4% or 0.9% of cpu only i set refresh every 5...
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    Automatically recognize exercise?

    I switched to the Apple Watch from a Fitbit Blaze. The thing I miss most about my Fitbit is the way it automatically tracked and logged exercise by what I was doing. Walking outside, running on an elliptical, cycling etc are all automatically logged and counted towards your exercise goals. They...
    • melvynadam
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    • activity monitor activity tracker exercise fitness fitness app fitness apps tracking workout
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Apple Watch
  16. doctormelodious

    App Memory used at bootup is suddenly 3.5x as much

    Greetings, I am running the latest update of El Capitan (on a 500 GB SSD) on a Mac Mini Late 2009 with 8 GB RAM. El Cap is the end of the line for this machine. When I boot from yesterday morning's backup of my startup disk, at bootup the App Memory number in Activity Monitor is 1.02 GB with...
  17. N

    Activity Monitor Gone?

    My iMac has become extremely slow. It was suggested that I look at my Activity Monitor to see what's running in the background. Only problem is I can't find the Activity Monitor. I even used "spotlight search" and nothing was found. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
    • Newmacer2
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    • activity monitor slow imac
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iMac
  18. amdura

    Memory Pressure Running High

    Hello, When I run the activity monitor, my memory pressure seems to be running high. There are many "Google Chrome Helpers" running and I don't know what that means. After closing many tabs, my Macbook is not lagging nearly as much, but it is still in the yellow zone (as opposed to red, or...
  19. L

    iMac is consuming Monstrous Data

    Hi everyone! My home data consumption have went thru the roof for the past 2 months, and I have finally tracked down (using the Traffic Analyser from the Router) the culprit to be the additional iMac which was introduced to my home at about the same time. Its my first Mac OS - which I...
    • lordmj
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    • activity monitor data usage email email cache excessive mac sierra macos mail
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: macOS Sierra (10.12)
  20. Achiel

    MacBook Pro overheating

    MacBookPro 2009 model 8GB Ram fans have been cleaned and activity monitor looks alright (sometimes a peak, but not for long)- but still heat is by times (very) high what could be the problem?
    • Achiel
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    • activity monitor cpu fan cleaning heath
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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