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Humbledoor
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Joined: 01 Feb 2008
Posts: 59
Location: Moved!
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Tue May 25, 2010 2:38 pm |
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Ok, I use Time Machine with a Lacie to back everything up, just in case!
My problem is that I hear something else working in the background that is, I believe, slowing things up, I know it's not my Lacie!
Is there a way that I can see and view exactly what is working in the background on my Mac?
That if there is anyone out there to answer my query
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gweeptish
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Joined: 12 Feb 2003
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Location: NYC (Queens)
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Tue May 25, 2010 5:41 pm |
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Have you tried running Activity Monitor? It will show everything active
It's included in the Utility Folder |
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Humbledoor
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Wed May 26, 2010 4:11 am |
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Thank you qweeptish, yes I have tried Activity Monitor but unsure of what the results are telling me. Is there a tutorial for newbies?
I have a kernel task indicated that seems to be very active it reads:
Parent process: kernel task (0)
Process Group : kernel_task (0)
%CPU 0.53
CPU time 27.08
Mach messages in and out seem huge.
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2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 ADRAM
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Bus Speed: 800 MHz |
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gweeptish
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Joined: 12 Feb 2003
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Location: NYC (Queens)
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Wed May 26, 2010 12:41 pm |
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Backups can slow things down depending on what is being backed up at that moment. Netflix streaming, quicktime and an Antivirus set for realtime scanning can cut speed markedly
If you open activity monitor and click the menubar Help/Activity Monitor Help you'll find many answers |
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