What is mandatory to keep in the Activity Monitor
In other words, what should I not delete? I want to free up this stuff as much as possible. Can I delete SyncServer? or Kernel_task?
VirusBarrier is an application which you must have downloaded. It's pretty useless and will certainly slow down your Mac. However, to get rid of it you need to use the uninstaller.
Another reason for slow performance is a full hard drive; how much free space do you have on your HD? It should tell you at the bottom of any Finder window.
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What is mdworker and mdworker32 in the activity monitor.
what is mdworker and mdworker32 in the activity monitor. my computer is running slower than normal and was wondering if a software issue may be the cause.
Please describe the problem in as much relevant detail as possible. The better your description, the better the chance of a solution.
For example, if the computer is slow, which specific actions are slow? Is it slow all the time, or only sometimes? What changes did you make, if any, just before it became slow? Have you seen any alerts or error messages? Have you done anything to try to fix it? Most importantly, do you have a current backup of all data? If the answer to the last question is "no," back up now. Ask if you need guidance. Do nothing else until you have a backup. -
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 -
What things can you close down in the activity monitor? Without messing something up.
Im just wondering what you can close down in the activity monitor without messing something up.
Basically, only the items which appear in the Dock. Quitting unfamiliar processes should only be done as a troubleshooting step and when instructed.
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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 andDVD-R media that is single layer has 4.3 GB formatted capacity.
DVD+R DL media has 7.8 GB formatted capacity.
DVD-R double sided has 4.3 GB on each side.
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What is 'fseventsd' when monitoring cpu in the activity monitor?
what is 'fseventsd' when monitoring cpu in the activity monitor?
The .fseventsd is the file system events storage location.
Since it writes file system event log files and since applications such as Time Machine use it, I would not stop its process.
Here is some background info.
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/7 -
I just tried updating my iPhone 5 to the new iOS7 and it keeps saying the activation server can not be reached...My phone has been down for almost an hour now. Can anyone help? thank you
Too many people are flooding Apple's servers, everyone is having this issue, try every so often, or wait until tomorrow.
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What happened to the "pie chart" on the Activity Monitor?
It's gone.
See -> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5890.
Clinton -
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?
RayHmm...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 -
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.
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Whenever i connect the hdmi cable to the tv and the power cord simultaneously on my MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion, the laptop overheats, i noticed in the activity monitor that Loginwindow was taking up to 80% of the cpu, any solutions?
Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode
I have tried installing a disc to try and reinstall the operating system.
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer. Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 and restart your computer.
If you did manage to reach the desktop after doing any of the above
my battery was dying after a few minutes so I was trying to kill the battery and recharge it to see if I couldn't get it back to a full charge.
Apple/About This Mac/More Info/Hardware/Power/Battery Information - copy and paste the information here. Do not include any serial numbers.
I noticed the computer running slow
How large is your hard drive and how much hard drive space do you have left?
Mac OS X (10.4.3)
Update to 10.4.11 using the combo update or Software Update along with all the other updates that goes along with it. -
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?
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As stated, the emails disappear even as I watch. I have no filters set to delete and also I thought deleted emails went into the trash but they are not.
''christ1 [[#answer-724471|said]]''
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The activity monitor shows they are deleted.
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What exactly does the Activity Monitor show?
Can you post a screenshot?
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem
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''Gnospen [[#answer-724436|said]]''
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In tools/account-settings/server-settings do you move or delete deleted mail immediately?
In account-settings/ junk settings what you do there?
In ''global junk preference'' (button) or ''tools/option/security/ junk'' do you '''move''' or''' delete''' marked junk?
You might need to reset your training data for adaptive junk
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''Gnospen [[#answer-724436|said]]''
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In tools/account-settings/server-settings do you move or delete deleted mail immediately?
In account-settings/ junk settings what you do there?
In ''global junk preference'' (button) or ''tools/option/security/ junk'' do you '''move''' or''' delete''' marked junk?
You might need to reset your training data for adaptive junk
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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.
RayHi 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!
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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
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