25% cpu usage from sysmond process all the time
Hi,
I have a MacBook Pro Retina running Mountain Lion and my battery is running out very soon (under 2 hours) and the MacBook is getting very warm. I found the process sysmond running with at least 25% cpu usage all the time. I can't kill that beast and it justs ***** my battery. A reboot doesn't help. How can I fix that?
Regards,
Philip
Open Activity Monitor, Select 'sysmond', click on it and then click on the red octagon on the top of the widow. The process should stop.
Ciao.
There may be other reasons for the short battery run time.
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