Re: something seems to be pulling on my Mac resources

Hi! You may also try resetting the smc and pram. > 11 apr. 2017 kl. 02:01 skrev Terje Strømberg : > > Try the app menu bar stat. Don’t remember if it is in app store. I have > posted about it before here in macvisionaries. Search the archive. > > Take care > > >> 10.

Re: something seems to be pulling on my Mac resources

Try the app menu bar stat. Don’t remember if it is in app store. I have posted about it before here in macvisionaries. Search the archive. Take care > 10. apr. 2017 kl. 11.12 skrev Ray Foret jr : > > Okay, > > Every once in a while, and just now too, my Mac’s fan goes

Re: something seems to be pulling on my Mac resources

Ray, I don't have the problem whare my imac's fan goes up but I do find that my mac becomes really slugush if left on for more than 1 day at a time. I there for try to poqweroff at night before i go to bed and the next day I find that it runs just fine. I would try rebooting to see if the

Re: something seems to be pulling on my Mac resources

Best way is to take the process that’s most using the resources and if you don’t know what it is google it. Youshould then learn what’s going on, also post to the list maybe one of us here would have heard of what’s using up your resources. > On Apr 10, 2017, at 11:42 AM, Ray Foret jr

Re: something seems to be pulling on my Mac resources

Okay, but, how can I use that table? I did give it a try and could make almost nothing of what it was telling me. Next time it happens, I’ll try again. I could make out that what ever it was, at least fiftey percent of my processor resources were being used. Sent from my Mac, The Only

Re: something seems to be pulling on my Mac resources

Hi Ray, When the fan seems to spin up, check Activity Monitor and the processor list table. That will show you what is actually eating resources best. I've used this a few times to find out that a specific app or process was cranking up and chewing up a lot of overhead. Take Care John D.

something seems to be pulling on my Mac resources

Okay, Every once in a while, and just now too, my Mac’s fan goes up to full speed, and I’m not doing anything demanding on it or anything. How can I use the actividty monitor to try to determin what could be pulling so hard on my Mac that my fan is going up to full speed and stop it? Sent