On May 7, 5:19 pm, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > On May 7, 2013, at 2:56 PM, arichic...@gmail.com wrote: > > > G5 dual 1.8/10.5. Lately Activity Monitor shows pmTool to be running > > as high as 18% of CPU. I do use multiple browsers, and a few months > > ago I used Onyx to clear the Spotlight cache. But that was months ago. > > What can I do to get pmTool under control? > > Stop running Activity Monitor? :-) > > pmTool is the program Activity Monitor runs to enumerate processes: > > <http://www.westwind.com/reference/os-x/background-processes.html> > > It will be active in proportion to the number of processes you're running at > any given time multiplied by the Update frequency, sso if yiou have a lot of > processes, and you're updating very often it eats up CPU just trying to keep > up. (like when you run 'top' at the command line, it's usually right there > near the top of CPU usage…) > > If you set your Update Frequency to 'Less Often' it should drop down.
Much appreciation. I was concerned actually why pmTool would be so busy recently, since none of my usage patterns have changed. Other than using Stainless more and Firefoxy-stuff less. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
