Originally Posted By: kevs
Joe, If I opening activity monitor, it means there is a big problem. So that is a nice screenshot, but does it matter?

Sorry, I am not following your logic at all. Why is opening Activity Monitor a big problem?

You had said that LaunchAgents and LaunchDaemons used 90% of the CPU cycles. The screenshot was an attempt to show you how to correctly use/interpret Activity Monitor data, without going into a long detailed explanation.

The long version is this:
Given:
  • LaunchDaemon CPU usage in Activity Monitor = 90%
  • CPU Load (from the bottom of the Activity Monitor window = 4%
The LaunchDaemon is using 90% of the 4% CPU load or .04 x 0.9 = 3.6% of the available processing capacity. That means 96% of the available processing power is not being used. Therefore the 90% used by the LaunchDaemon is "no big deal."

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