Activity monitor at startup
I like to have the Activity Monitor running in the dock (icon only) to give me visual feedback on CPU loads. In Leopard, I just selected the option to start the app at startup and that was it, it worked great. Activity Monitor would automatically load in the icon-only mode.
However, since upgrading to Snow Leopard yesterday, I've noticed that the same option starts the activity monitor, but its always with the full window open, which is kind of annoying. I want the Activity Monitor to start in icon-only mode like it used to in Leopard... Anyone figured out how to get this done? I don't wanna have to close down the Monitor window every time I startup my iMac :P
Thanx for any input!
If it starts at login, it should be listed in System Preferences Accounts pane +Login Items+ tab.
Find it listed there and check the box for Hide. I think that will keep the Activity Monitor window from opening.
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Any ideas - help!Go step by step and test.
1. Start up in Safe Mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212
2. Empty Trash.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13806
3. Disk space / Time Machine ?/ Local Snapshots
Local backups
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4878
4. Delete old iOS Devices Backup.
iTunes > Preferences > Devices
Highlight the old Backups , press “Delete Backup” and then “OK”.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
5. Re-index Macintosh HD.
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System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409 -
How do I uninstall SyncMate Server, Activity Monitor shows it still there after appzapper uninstall of SyncMate app? Killing in AM proceeds with a SyncMate Server startup again??
Mavricks, MacbookPro, typical config of everything and standard business user, no heavy graphics, animation or media editing. MS Office, web apps, etc.
I have the same issue with Logmein, which I installed a trial, uninstalled with appzapper, which I thought does a good job of untangling the components of apps but for these 2 it doesn't. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thx,Usually applications like these have their own uninstallers, either build into the installer ( ! ) itself or as a separate uninstaller app. Check the site of the software provider for instructions.
Here's the instructions for SyncMate: http://wiki.eltima.com/user-guides/syncmate-mac-os/uninstall.html
And LogMeIn: http://help.logmein.com/SelfServiceKnowledgeRenderer?type=FAQ&id=kA030000000DGF1 CAO&kw= -
Activity Monitor crashes every time I launch it since Leopard upgrade.
Activity Monitor crashes every time I try to launch it. It's done this ever since I first upgraded from Tiger to Leopard. I can't seem to narrow down why it happens. It doesn't seem to matter what's running already. I had it startup automatically when I had Tiger and upon the very first boot up in to Leopard it crashed and I've never been able to get it to run.
I saw one other person that said he had the exact same problem with Activity Monitor and the only way he was able to resolve his issue was by copying the program from another Mac. Well, I've only got one Mac. I've run the software update and installed all the available q and I still have this persistent problem.
Is it somehow possible to expand the file off the Leopard or Tiger DVD? Anyone have any other possible solutions? Are there other programs out there that will do the same thing as Activity Monitor?
Thanks,
JeffDelete the com.apple.ActivityMonitor.plist file located in /Users/username/Library/Preferences/ and relaunch Activity Monitor. If that doesn't fix it, create a new admin user account, log into it, and see if the problem persists. If so, use Pacifist 2.5 to extract it from the install disk and replace the existing one and the plist file. If not, then you most likely have a conflicting or corrupted file somewhere in the old account. To fix that, delete the original account, selecting the save data option, recreate the old account using the same username/password combo, log out and back into the new account, open the saved data dmg file in /Users/Deleted Users/, and slowly replace stuff. Also, see the steps I posted for resolving conflicts/corrupt plists within an account at:
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Slow Mavericks and Activity Monitor Uselessness
The recent Mavericks update may have improved performance to some degree, but I'm still experiencing unusual slowness of apps often. One of the most irritating things is that the one app I except to help me shed light on the cause of the slowness, Activity Monitor, typically shows NO unusual heavy system load when I observe apps being slow.
For example, I click on + in Safari to create a new tab. I expect immediate response, an immediate new tab being open. Instead, it takes maybe 5 seconds, perhaps even 10 seconds. So, I immediately switch to the Activity Monitor window to see if I can identify what might have caused the slowness. I think that maybe the CPU become extremely overloaded during that brief period. But I see nothing in Activity Monitor to clue me in as to what the problem was.
To me, this means Activity Monitor is not monitoring relevant activities. I don't know why Safari is slow opening at tab, but whatever it is doing should be an activity that Activity Monitor monitors, since it obviously is something that takes the machine a lot of time to do.
Could a knowledgeable person in Apple's software department respond here and say something about why opening a new tab in Safari takes so long?
tedPlease read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, by a font conflict, or by corruption of the file system or of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards, if applicable. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled on some models, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, with limited graphics performance, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain models. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
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Is there a tutorial or something on using Activity Monitor?
For instance, I'd like to find out what processes are going on to prevent my G4 from shutting down at the scheduled time. (The shutdown deal has been ongoing since first going to OS X.)Hi, David.
1. What specific version of Mac OS X are you using? Your profile information simply states "10.4". See:• If 10.4.5 or earlier, see "Mac OS X's Shut Down schedule will only work when one user is logged in."
• If 10.4.6 or later, see Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later: Scheduled shut down occurs at Login window even if users are logged in."
2. Note that your Mac must be awake at the appointed time for scheduled shutdown to work. See "Mac OS X 10.3 and later: Computer must be awake for scheduled shutdown to occur."
3. You may want to trash the preferences related to scheduling Startup / Shutdown / Sleep:1. Quit (Command-Q) System Preferences if it is open.
2. There are two preferences files for power management / energy saver settings under Mac OS X 10.4:• If you want to reset the Scheduled Startup and Sleep/Shutdown preferences, trash the file:
com.apple.AutoWake.plist
located in the Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences > SystemConfiguration folder. You may be prompted for your Admin password when you trash this file.
• The Energy Saver preferences related to Computer, Display, and Hard Drive Sleep are saved in the file
com.apple.PowerManagement.plist
which is also located in the Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences > SystemConfiguration folder. As before, you may be prompted for your Admin password when you trash this file.3. Empty the Trash.
4. Launch System Preferences and reset the preferences accordingly.Note that some of the information above is from the "Sleep" and "Shutdown" chapters of my book, Troubleshooting Mac® OS X, Tiger Edition.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
Note: The information provided in the link(s) above is freely available. However, because I own The X Lab™, a commercial Web site to which some of these links point, the Apple Discussions Terms of Use require I include the following disclosure statement with this post:
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Anyone else having this problem? Activity monitor will simply not run. It starts, then crashes...every time.
Me, too! Since upgrading to SL & then immediately to 10.6.2 a couple days ago.
Well, it won't run - it didn't crash, it just hung on startup. I tried repairing permissions and, after finding this thread, removed the plist file suggested, but no luck. I just realized I should check the log (Console), and found it was putting out this, over and over again:
12/13/09 11:28:47 AM com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.ActivityMonitor[4828]) posix_spawn("/Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/activitymonitord", ...): No such file or directory
And exiting, then retrying every 10 seconds.
I opened the Activity Monitor package to confirm that activitymonitord is there, but upon rereading the message I realized it's telling me Activity Monitor needs to be in the utilities folder - and I had moved it into a subdirectory (to declutter my Utilities folder). It always worked there in previous systems, but apparently SL's Activity Monitor has a hard-coded address built in.
I moved AM back to where Apple wants it and it immediately opened. Don't know if this helps anyone else, but I thought I'd put this out there in case it does . . .
(Yes, I know you "should" leave programs where Apple puts them and keep your files in your user folder, but I just like to do things my way whenever I can get away with it.)
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Tips on managing Activity Monitor?
I'm getting a new MacBook Pro next week. Until then, I'm running my current machine off an external hard drive. However, it's very hard keeping it going. It sometimes works fine for a while, but it always freezes eventually, apparently a victim of insufficient memory.
I just wondered if anyone has any tips on key processes I can close in Activity Monitor to keep it going? I've freed up some memory by using Safari and TextWrangler instead of Chrome and Dreamweaver. In fact, the only programs I have open at the moment are Safari, TextWrangler, MAMP PRO, Activity Monitor and Finder.
Surprisingly, Finder appears to be another major memory hog; it freezes all the time (though not at the moment).
Thanks.I have a 1 TB hard drive, and it's just half full. Here are the results of the EtreCheck scan...
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
4 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
System Software:
OS X 10.9.2 (13C1021) - Uptime: 0 days 0:3:10
Disk Information:
TOSHIBA MK7559GSXF disk0 : (750.16 GB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /Volumes/Macintosh HD: 749.3 GB (173.47 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5970H
USB Information:
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
Seagate Backup+ Mac SL 1 TB
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Seagate Backup Plus Drive (disk1s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (500.02 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Configuration files:
/etc/hosts - Count: 41
Gatekeeper:
Mac App Store and identified developers
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
[loaded] com.barebones.textwrangler.plist Support
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist Support
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[running] com.adobe.AdobeCreativeCloud.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items:
iTunesHelper
Google Chrome
Internet Plug-ins:
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.201 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
AdobeAAMDetect: Version: AdobeAAMDetect 2.0.0.0 - SDK 10.7 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
Flash Player Support
Time Machine:
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
6% mds
5% Creative Cloud
3% WindowServer
2% Activity Monitor
1% mds_stores
Top Processes by Memory:
172 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
98 MB mds_stores
74 MB Creative Cloud
49 MB Finder
45 MB WindowServer
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1.15 GB Active RAM
273 MB Inactive RAM
994 MB Wired RAM
302 MB Page-ins
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The message displayed in the Force Quit Applications window says "Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory. The only applications that I have open are Safari and Finder and I am simply reading a discussion board.
It would appear that this error can be caused by an excessive system demand for swap space that exceeds the maximum allocation. Just try restarting the computer.
I found a possible solution for finding the cause of the error. Open Activity Monitor. Be sure you have the Real Memory column showing and the Processes dropdown menu set to All Processes. Select the Real Mem column and sort in descending order. Leave Activity Monitor open. The next time the error appears the application at the top of the column is the one causing the error. -
The application Activity Monitor quit unexpectedly
Activity Monitor refuses to startup since installing Leopard on this MacBook. Everything else seems to be working properly.
A search didn't turn up anyone else having this problem... anyone have a clue?
ThanksI also have the same problem. I follow the instructions above, however the problem persists.
Here is my system log:
[0x0-0x3d03d].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[358]: dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: __commpagedsmos
[0x0-0x3d03d].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[358]: Referenced from: /Applications/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/Activity Monitor
[0x0-0x3d03d].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[358]: Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
[0x0-0x3d03d].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[358]: dyld: Symbol not found: __commpagedsmos
ReportCrash[360]: Formulating crash report for process Activity Monitor[358]
([0x0-0x3d03d].com.apple.ActivityMonitor[358]): Exited abnormally: Trace/BPT trap
Here is the detailed crash log:
Process: Activity Monitor [358]
Path: /Applications/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/Activity Monitor
Identifier: com.apple.ActivityMonitor
Version: 1.5.3 (58)
Build Info: ActivityMonitor-580000~1
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [132]
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: __commpagedsmos
Referenced from: /Applications/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/Activity Monitor
Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib -
Activity Monitor reports incorrect amount of RAM
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I check my other Macs, all 4 display the correct amount in activity monitor. 3 of them running Snow Leopard and 1 G4 running Leopard. I called Apple support and the guy I talked to was unsure, but said that I should call Crucial. Called them, and the guy told me he was CERTAIN that the RAM was fine if it was up and running without crashing, which it is. He said it would either not startup, or it would be crashing regularly. I downloaded a RAM testing software, recommended by the crucial guy, called rember. Ran it, and all tests passed.
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I know that somewhere along the line, there was an update specifically for '09 Mini's that said something to the effect of... to correct an issue with certain Mac Mini's recognizing certain 3rd party RAM. It was a EFI update!?! maybe!?! or some type of ROM update, I think. I installed that update and got the "Successfully installed" dialog box after restart. I am not certain that the "bad" logic board (TDM firewire issue) had anything to do with the RAM, or even if the issue was present before the new logic board.
Would a replacement logic board be the cause? Maybe I had done the ROM update on the Mini's old logic board, but the new one needs to be updated? Does anyone else have these issues with a Mini or even another computer? Or is it a bug in activity monitor?You have to look at whether the specs state the GPU RAM is shared with main memory or not.
For example, for the latest Mac Minis, the spec states:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 128MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
or
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
Compare to the high end iMac which simply states:
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
All current Macs use integrated GPUs that use shared main memory RAM for graphics save for iMacs with an NVIDIA GT or ATI Radeon GPU, MacBook Pros with the NVIDIA 9600M GPU, and Mac Pros.
On shared machines Snow Leopard is just more honest by noting that memory used by the GPU is not actually available for use by the OS. -
I updated to Mavericks the day of the update, and I switched to Safari (from Firefox) immediately too (Safari now my default and Firefox having various other tabs open simultaneously).
For the first time ever, my Mac (2011 iMac) gets really slow - hangs, spinning wheel, unresponsiveness. This is often having one of the browsers open too long, with Safari in particular being a massive memory hog, and restarting them fixes it. But poking around activity monitor I've seen some peculiarities.
For instance, my used memory keeps going up, with nothing happening. This morning the computer was using 11.99gb of my 12gb memory, with swap increasing too. So I rebooted, telling it to NOT reopen windows on bootup. With nothing running, ram usage was 3gb, then 4gb, climbing continuously and it's now over 5 with just Firefox running to type this request. App memory is 1.75 and file cache 2.35, which from looking at other threads seem to be pretty high - this is less than 5 minutes after a total restart by the way.
Prior to rebooting I had a few 'not responding' items in AM, soagent and QTKit web content for Safari, no idea if they have any impact on the slowing down (their memory usage was tiny and the computer generally ran fine with them flagged red) but the reboot has got rid of them.
Here's a screenshot of AM taken as soon as the computer restarted, with Firefox the only open program.I'm afraid Steve is right, your memory is fine.
The symptoms you describe are not memory related (at least that isn't shown in those screenshots).
Here is a great article that shows how the 10.9 memory system has been changed…
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/17/#compressed-memory
See the 2 graphs, only the second one is showing signs that are bad - the thin red edge is indicating the increase in 'Swap used'.
You can witness this for yourself via a built in Apple commands…
Reboot to see the system in it's default state.
Open Activity Monitor & Terminal from /Applications/Utilities.
Select the Memory tab in Activity Monitor
In Terminal enter the following command
memory_pressure -l critical
# note that is a lowercase L
RAM usage will climb, compression will begin the VM will become way more than the system has installed.
Eventually the system will start swapping (look for RED) - Watch the 'memory pressure' & 'Swap used' as this happens.
In Terminal & hit ctrl+c to stop the process.
Watch the VM & memory pressure return to normal levels.
I'm afraid you will need to look at what is using CPU or disk IO (or both) to see what is causing your issues.
Also don't forget to test in Safe mode (hold shift after the chime until the spinning 'cog' appears). Ensure the login window says 'safe mode'.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455
It will disable all third party extensions & startup items.
If the Mac is better in safe mode it is time to get a system report and look at the third party items. Be aware that some features will be disabled like wifi on some models, graphics drivers will be in a reduced mode - this is normal in safe mode.
Reboot to go back to normal.
Use EtreCheck to see what is running in a normal boot & post it here if you want to look at the running software.
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What is the installer task in Activity Monitor
My computer on boot up has 8GB of free HD space, its a Macbook Air 2011. Sometimes, not all the time, i get startup disk almost full, I look at the Disk utility and the 8GB has gone down to MB and eventually reaches zero. Fan is going crazy and it slows down.
I noticed a task called INSTALLER in Activity Monitor.
The only thing I ve done recently is install Firefox.
How can i find out what that Installer process is?I recommend your first priority is to get at least 15% free disk space. Probably everything will be nice after that.
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Active monitoring logs randomly clearing after CU5
After performing the Exchange 2013 update to CU5, we have been noticing that some of the active monitoring logs are randomly clearing. Specifically the Throttling Config, Responder Definition, Monitor Definition, Probe Definition, and Maintenance
Definition logs. The only correlation I can find is in the Startup Notification logs I see an event every time the logs are cleared starting the Local endpoint manager. I looked back prior to CU5 and this event occurred infrequently, and accompanied by a handful
of other startup events, now it seems to be running by itself intermittently. It isn't happening at any consistent time or date range. Sometimes we will have 2 in one day, other times it will wait 2 or 3 days to clear. Default behavior even if the log
is full would be to overwrite old logs rather than perform a log clear, but I'm looking at the log and even after a full days worth there's barely 100 events in any given log. I reviewed the logs and there's no indication of trouble, no
errors or warnings. Is anyone else seeing this behavior on exchange?Hi Theantioch,
From the release notification of Exchange Server 2013 CU5, CU5 includes a Managed Availability probe configuration that is frequently restarting the Microsoft Exchange Shared Cache Service in some environments. The service is being added to provide
future performance improvements and is not used in Cumulative Update 5. More information is available in
KB2971467. As of Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 5, this notice and the frequent restarts of the managed availability process are
considered not to be a concern. Our issue could be related to the frequent restart. And we can safely ignore the problem. Thanks for your understanding.
Regards, Eric Zou -
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I'm on 10.4.9.
When i open activity monitor, i see that there are programs (or whatever they are) running, that are clearly not important, as most of them are related to various programs or devices that i've installed.
I find myself quitting them when i want to play games or use processor intensive programs (they do take up a little %CPU)... but after a certain amount of time they seem to come back, especially when i restart my computer.
Is there any way to keep them from loading?
Here are a couple examples:
MicrosoftMouseHelper (obvioiusly related to my optical mouse)
HP IO Classic Proxy (related to my printer, which i keep unplugged except for printing)
Print Daemon (see above)
HP Event Handler (see above)
iTunes Helper (iTunes related, and i don't need any help ;))
note that when i turn any of these off, i don't lose any functionality in anything they're linked to (my mouse works the same, as does iTunes and my printer)
thanks.
Mac OS X (10.4.9)Hi Max,
Check your startup items, as long as any of those items are in that list they will keep coming back.
System preferences > accounts > startup items.
I think you will find iTuneshelper and microsoftmouse helper there, take them off that list and they won't bug you again unless started by you or an app that needs them.
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