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No process is taking too much memory. Still there are only 12 MB free?Â
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Does anyone know why "kernel_task" is taking up so much of my CPU? Is there a way to somehow "reset" the process to get it back to normal?
P.S. I attached a screenshot of the process in the Activity Monitor. You can view it here:
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