Checking Memory Usage via the Activity Monitor

In trying to find out why iPhoto is so slow, it was suggested that I check the activity monitor to see what applications are using the most memory. Here is what I saw (see below). Does anyone know what kernel_task is? It is using up the most memorr and I have no idea what it is. I would have asked this of the very generous person who has been helping me but I could not reply to his last post....thanks for any information.

Uninstall it. You don't need it.
Be sure to uninstall it properly - there will likely be files littered around the various LaunchAgent, LaunchDaemon folders.

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My Macbook 4,1 came with 1 GB of memory. Only 512MB shows up in the activity monitor. I just upgraded the memory to 4 GB. Although 2GB shows up in DIMM0 and DIMM1 it still only says I have 512MB of memory. Can someone help?

My Macbook 4,1 came with 1 GB of memory. Only 512MB shows up in the activity monitor. I just upgraded the memory to 4 GB. Although 2GB shows up in DIMM0 and DIMM1 it still only says I have 512MB of memory. Can someone help?

So when you go to  > About This Mac - How it should say how much ram there. Click on More Info - And click on Memory - What is in those fields?

Compressed memory showing 0% in activity monitor

On one of my Mac Mini's (late 2012), upgraded to 16GB RAM, I keep getting out of memory messages when running apps and on checking the activity monitor it is showing 0% for all running apps under the compressed memory column. I'm running OS-X 10.10.3.
Any ideas on what's going on here? I've tried resetting the NVRAM....

The system isn't compressing memory because is doesn't yet need to; 16GB is pretty generous. The 'Memory' column includes shared memory (system libraries) so there can be a lot of 'double counting' in the figures. You can control+click on the 'Memory' column headers to get other measures.
Try opening Safari and open a dozen tabs with different complicated pages in each one of them, e.g. some pages news.bbc.co.uk. I'm sure you'll be able to start compression eventually.
Meanwhile, your original issue is a bug, or corrupted file, associated with Solibri Model Viewer. You'll probably need to contact its developer for assistance as I doubt that enough users will be reading this forum for you to get an answer here.
C.

No data in the activity monitor

All of a sudden I don't have any data in the activity monitor. Here's what happened. I was using safari viewing online pictures. I kept getting the rolling ball between pictures and noticed that safari was using 100%+ in processor usage and safari seemed slow. So I rebooted and opened the activity monitor and no data shows up. I run a quick hardware test and all pass. I havn't gone back to the pictures yet but normal browsing seems to be fine. I watch a few 1080P trailers and they work fine too.
All ideas on why the monitor doesn't show data?
Ray

Hmm...let's try this:
Go to User/Library/Preferences and drag the com.apple.ActivityMonitor.plist file to your Desktop. Then try launching Activity Monitor again to see if that makes anything show up. If so, then it was a corrupted preferences file, and you can then trash the one on your Desktop.
If that doesn't solve the problem, the only thing I can suggest is to Trash the application and the preferences file, then reinstall it from your 10.4 DVDs.
Mulder

For the average person what really is the point of the activity monitor app when all you really want to know is whether your mac is running at its best?

I have had my imac for nearly 18 months now,
It's okay, is the best I can say about it.
It cost me around £800+
So recently (and foolishly!) I downloaded OS Mavericks when I was actually looking for a freebie word processor programme (I got Bean because it's simple like me.)
Now the point of all this is that Mavericks has new features like a redesigned Safari (But I ain't noticed any difference yet) and Imaps (Huh!) and Ibooks and Imovie or something.
So when you are oldish like me, you really don't want people to keep changing and introducing new stuff (most of which is pointless anyway) all the time; because it takes us old ***** a while to get used to the last "improvement."
So you try and get rid of all these new apps that you don't want and didn't ask for anyway,
and then you find out you can't, because they're an integral part of the new OS.
Brilliant!
Then you find that Mail has to redo itself and this thing no longer works properly etc. and you start wishing you hadn't got up that morning...
So you try and get it all back the way it was..
And you can't.
Because you don't have an external hard drive to use the Time machine back up facility.
So you get in touch with Apple Support and it's now nearly bedtime, but at least you feel like you might be gettin' somewhere.
You talk to the supportguy and suddenly you can't remember what the problem is and what your name is, and you're thinking you might as well order in a pizza seein' as you've drunk the last of the gin..."
Anyway the guy manages to keep his temper and you get some degree of order restored but the machine still seems "jumpy" so someone says to you
"Check out the Activity Monitor! That'll tell you if something's not working right."
So you do, but it doesn't.
Just a bunch of numbers and CPU stuff and User Idiot Input etc.
All you really want is some little box to pop up and say,
"Hey! yyyou've really ssscrewed things upppp-p here, old mmmmman!!. This programme is no longer functioning properly, that thing appears to frozen, and you just wiped half your saved photos of Aunt Jessie's 94th birthday celebration (the one's where she had her eyes open)..
Press here for a full maintenance overview and repair menu.."
By this time you are on the floor, your leg's got cramp and you really really need a pee.
But there ain't no maintenance programme, just an activity monitor app you can't make any sense out of, so you yank the **** power cord out of the socket and go to bed..
So you try and

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New Photos App take a very long time to upload 20 Pictures, while the Activity Monitor is showing much more data sent (MB) than these two pictues

The New photos app is taking a very long time to upload images. It stays a very long time at 20,104 for example. When I check the Activity Monitor (Network) it shows that the computer is actually uploading stuff. After about 2 hours, only 20 Pics&Videos are uploaded. The uploaded pics and videos are about 500MB while the data sent is around 1GB. I am positive that Photos is the only thing uploading data at the moment.
Anyone else facing this problem?

It can take days, even weeks.
Tell me 2 things and I will tell you the estimated upload time.
1 How big is your Library (in GB)
2 How fast is your upload speed.
Or you can just use the upload time calculator and do it yourself

Is there any Vi for getting the CPU and Memory usage of the Local as well as Remote System

Is there any Vi for getting the CPU and Memory usage of the Local as well as Remote System

Find the attachment(LV8.5) for local machines.
You can use shared variables to monitor the remote machine's usage.
Attachments:
Task Monitor 85.vi ‏25 KB

How to check Internet usage userwise in Active Directory ?

How to check Internet usage userwise in Active Directory ? Without third party software is it possible ?
Thanks & Regards, Amol . Amol Dhaygude

Hi,
Thanks for your comment.
The schema is the Active Directory component that defines all the objects and attributes that the directory service uses to store data.
Active Directory stores and retrieves information from a wide variety of applications and services. So that it can store and replicate data from a potentially infinite variety of sources, Active Directory standardizes how data is stored in the directory. By
standardizing how data is stored, the directory service can retrieve, update, and replicate data while ensuring that the integrity of the data is maintained.
The directory service uses objects as units of storage. All objects are defined in the schema. Each time that the directory handles data, the directory queries the schema for an appropriate object definition. Based on the object definition in the schema, the
directory creates the object and stores the data.
Object definitions control the types of data that the objects can store, as well as the syntax of the data. Using this information, the schema ensures that all objects conform to their standard definitions. As a result, Active Directory can store, retrieve,
and validate the data that it manages, regardless of the application that is the original source of the data. Only data that has an existing object definition in the schema can be stored in the directory. If a new type of data needs to be stored, a new object
definition for the data must first be created in the schema.
You can find more information from below article.
Active Directory Schema Technical Reference
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc759402(v=ws.10).aspx
What's New in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/library/hh831477.aspx
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Checking memory usage

Hi,
I am developing a plugin for a java program. I was wondering if it's possible to check the memory usage of the plugin itself and not the entire program + plugin. For a rough estimate I am checking windows task manager and observing java.exe but that is probably not very accurate. Are there better ways to measure memory usage?
Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, I'll take a look at that.
The problem with running my plugin in eclipse however is that my plugin works with large datasets. I used a map to store it all in memory. The program normally uses about 60mb(according to windows task manager) but goes up to 200-300mb after the datafiles have been loaded in. I think Eclipse has out of memory issues with such large datasets so I probably won't be able to try it out.

How do I know what programs I can quit in the activity monitor?

I use a macbook 13in and run lion. Last night, I checked out the actiivty monitor and there were programs/files(?) I didn't recognize. I understand that some of these are important and quitting them may cause problems. How do I know what programs I can quit? Thanks for the help!

HellO:
IMHO, you should not quit anything. In fact, looking at the activity monitor if nothing is wrong is, IMHO, a waste of time.
Barry

A process by the name of avgcmgr is loading the CPUs by up to 100 percent. At least 5 of them have appeared on the activity monitor. I've removed them with forced quit but they return! How do I permanently get rid of them? CPUA temp is now 194F.

A process by the name of avgcmgr is loading the CPUs by up to 100 percent. At least 5 of them have appeared on the activity monitor. I've removed them with forced quit but they return! How do I permanently get rid of them? Three of these processes has now driven the CPUA temp to 194F.
Ray

Hi Ray-
I'm having the exact same problem and have searched the web for hours looking for a solution (multiple spawned avgcmgr processes that consume cpu).
Did you find any solution?
Thanks so much!
Steve

I'm trying to get rid of logmein. I threw away the entire application but I can't remove it form my overhead menu bar and the activity monitor tells me it's still running.

I'm trying to get rid of logmein. I threw away the entire application but I can't remove it from my overhead menu bar and the activity monitor tells me it's still running. How do I get rid of it completely?

Install it again and use the developers uninstall instructions
How to uninstall/install software on your Mac

Selecting (and resizing, for example) a layer under the top layer via the Program Monitor

Hello all.
Using CS5
I am in the timeline and have selected layer 1 which is a video layer
Layer 2 is a title layer.
I want to manually resize layer 1, via the Program Monitor.
But when I go to the Program Monitor and select it Layer 2 (the title layer) becomes selected, preventing me from selecting and manually resizing/repositioning Layer 1.
The above example is a simplified version of what I usually find myself doing. Usually I have many layers above a layer that I want to resize or reposition (or do something else) but when I try to resize or repositon via the program monitor I am only able to manipulate the top layer.
Any suggestions, other than locking every layer other than what I want to resize etc .?
Thanks
Rowby

Hi Bill,
No they are separate orginal tracks.
Is there a way to "select" a layer below the top layer via the Progam Monitor -- and perform modifications on that lower level -- such a manually resizing on the Program Monitor. I find if I want to do it via the Program Monitor I have to temporarily lock the top layer.
And if I have lots of layers above the layer I want to manually resize, I have to lock all of the layers above that layer so I don't start moving around (for example a title layer which might be the top layer of the sequence) in order to manually resize via the Program Monitor.
I know (for example) in the case of scaling or repositioning a layer I could do it via the effects control panel, but I often want to do it via the Program Monitor.
Rowby

"Subject" area is missing in the activity monitor

Hi Gurus..
I'm have a problem... in crm_dno_monitor the Subject is missing.. , when open the message it is available, but not appear in monitor.
Verified the Note 807044 - "Subject" area is missing in the activity monitor, but is obsolete. My SP is : SAPKU50009 (BBPCRM 500 level 09)
Thank you for help..

Hey Claudenir,
This note will help you.
Remember subject profile consists of catalogue, codes and so on.
And it's this "codes" that is visible in the dropdown of subject field in transaction type SLFN.
Note 1058960 - Enhancing the monitor display: Catalog/Code, Installed Base.
Please do reward for usefull post.
Revert for any clarifications.
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Check In failed for the activity

Hi,
Here we have developed a Webdynpro application through JDI. We have created an activity for the application. The application is working fine, but we are facing the problem with the check in. It is saying check in failed for the activity. Below are the deatils about the exception occured while check in.
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Suresh

Hi,
Refer to the flwg link,
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