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CPU load w/apple Preferences
Authored by: kissedsmiley on Nov 24, '04 09:40:27PM

I don't know if it's related, but just today I had somewhat the opposite behavior. Using not too many apps, I had system preferences open to IKey and my system was slow and hoarding the RAM. I closed the preferences, and it subtracted 500MB from my usage! (g4 powerbook, 1G RAM, osx10.3.2)



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CPU load w/apple Preferences
Authored by: smithkennedy on Nov 25, '04 10:41:06AM

Don't get "System Preferences" confused with an app's preferences. And you are citing a third-party preference pane, which most likely has a bug if it is exhibiting that behavior. It is also quite possible it is not managing memory well, or improperly, if it is eating up that many resources! :-)



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CPU load w/apple Preferences
Authored by: sinjin on Nov 25, '04 12:26:33PM

Yes, "System Preferences" is what you are talking about, it is an application, so a bit different than preferences within an application.

Some of Apple's standard Pref Panes can really eat up the cpu as well. Try opening "Sound". My cpu hits about 90-100% seemingly while trying to render the little mic sound level meter.



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CPU load w/apple Preferences
Authored by: calroth on Nov 27, '04 08:57:04PM
My cpu hits about 90-100% seemingly while trying to render the little mic sound level meter.

Slightly off-topic... but that's how it should work!

Given the choice between being idle, and using spare processor cycles to make the meter update faster, I think it's smarter to use the cycles.

Of course, it should never get in the way of real processing, but if you're not doing any of that, it doesn't matter.



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