| Overactive pmTool [message #58035] |
Tue, 07 May 2013 17:56  |
arichicago@gmail.com
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G5 dual 1.8/10.5. Lately Activity Monitor shows pmTool to be running
as high as 18% of CPU. I do use multiple browsers, and a few months
ago I used Onyx to clear the Spotlight cache. But that was months ago.
What can I do to get pmTool under control?
Speaking of browsers, I've noticed lately that Google Reader seems to
crash them while I am loading subscriptions. Wonder if they are doing
this on purpose. The only browser seemingly stable with Reader is
Stainless, which has improved since I tried it a year ago. Stainless
now seems faster than Omniweb, which is waaay faster than Safari or
Webkit.
Anyone use The Old Reader with ppc?
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| Re: Overactive pmTool [message #58036 is a reply to message #58035] |
Tue, 07 May 2013 18:19  |
Bruce Johnson
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On May 7, 2013, at 2:56 PM, arichicago@gmail.com wrote:
> G5 dual 1.8/10.5. Lately Activity Monitor shows pmTool to be running
> as high as 18% of CPU. I do use multiple browsers, and a few months
> ago I used Onyx to clear the Spotlight cache. But that was months ago.
> What can I do to get pmTool under control?
Stop running Activity Monitor? :-)
pmTool is the program Activity Monitor runs to enumerate processes:
< http://www.westwind.com/reference/os-x/background-processes. html>
It will be active in proportion to the number of processes you're running at any given time multiplied by the Update frequency, sso if yiou have a lot of processes, and you're updating very often it eats up CPU just trying to keep up. (like when you run 'top' at the command line, it's usually right there near the top of CPU usage…)
If you set your Update Frequency to 'Less Often' it should drop down.
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| Re: Overactive pmTool [message #58055 is a reply to message #58035] |
Tue, 07 May 2013 18:26 |
Dan
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At 4:56 PM -0500 05/07/2013, arichicago@gmail.com wrote:
> Lately Activity Monitor shows pmTool to be running as high as 18% of
> CPU. I do use multiple browsers, and a few months ago I used Onyx to
> clear the Spotlight cache. But that was months ago. What can I do
> to get pmTool under control?
pmTool is the process that collects data on other processes, for
Activity Monitor! If you want it to use less cpu time, then set
Activity Monitor to only update every 5 sec.
> Speaking of browsers, I've noticed lately that Google Reader seems
> to crash them while I am loading subscriptions. Wonder if they are
> doing this on purpose.
Yes. Google has decided to screw millions by intentionally making
their product crash.
> The only browser seemingly stable with Reader is Stainless, which
> has improved since I tried it a year ago. Stainless now seems faster
> than Omniweb, which is waaay faster than Safari or Webkit.
Have you tried clearing caches?
> Anyone use The Old Reader with ppc?
I use NetNewsWire on Leopard/ppc.
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| Re: Overactive pmTool [message #58056 is a reply to message #58055] |
Tue, 07 May 2013 19:27 |
arichicago@gmail.com
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On May 7, 5:26 pm, Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> At 4:56 PM -0500 05/07/2013, arichic...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Speaking of browsers, I've noticed lately that Google Reader seems
>> to crash them while I am loading subscriptions. Wonder if they are
>> doing this on purpose.
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> Yes. Google has decided to screw millions by intentionally making
> their product crash.
Since Google announced they would be closing Reader, they have buried
it in their product directory and do not even list it at the top of
the search results for "Reader". So it would not surprise me if they
just were not actively fixing bugs in the hope that people will just
stop using it. Closing Reader is probably the dumbest thing I've seen
anybody do in 18+ years on the internet.
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| Re: Overactive pmTool [message #58057 is a reply to message #58036] |
Tue, 07 May 2013 19:32 |
arichicago@gmail.com
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On May 7, 5:19 pm, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:
> On May 7, 2013, at 2:56 PM, arichic...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> G5 dual 1.8/10.5. Lately Activity Monitor shows pmTool to be running
>> as high as 18% of CPU. I do use multiple browsers, and a few months
>> ago I used Onyx to clear the Spotlight cache. But that was months ago.
>> What can I do to get pmTool under control?
>
> Stop running Activity Monitor? :-)
>
> pmTool is the program Activity Monitor runs to enumerate processes:
>
> < http://www.westwind.com/reference/os-x/background-processes. html>
>
> It will be active in proportion to the number of processes you're running at any given time multiplied by the Update frequency, sso if yiou have a lot of processes, and you're updating very often it eats up CPU just trying to keep up. (like when you run 'top' at the command line, it's usually right there near the top of CPU usage…)
>
> If you set your Update Frequency to 'Less Often' it should drop down.
Much appreciation. I was concerned actually why pmTool would be so
busy recently, since none of my usage patterns have changed. Other
than using Stainless more and Firefoxy-stuff less.
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