MacBook :: Find What Processes Are Running In The Background?
Apr 2, 2012How do I find what processes are running in the background?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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MacBook Air :: Background Processes Taking Up Huge CPU Resources?
May 13, 2012I recently reinstalled Lion on my Air to clean up a few issues, but it seems to have created new ones. This is what I see at the top of Activity Monitor pretty much constantly now.
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
IMac :: Computer Was Not Doing Anything Other Than Running Normal Processes?
Nov 8, 2009Safari locking up originally. I would get beach balls pretty often, and simple tasks like opening a new tab would take a long time. One day last week I noticed it took like 30 minutes to index in spotlight..just random weird things like that.Yesterday, I got home and the computer had the little loading icon on the middle of my desktop and was completely locked up. The computer wasnt doing anything other than running normal processes.
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.10)
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Applications :: Candybar Dock Background - Options Under Preview Background Are Grayed Out?
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MacBook Pro (17-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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MacBook
Pro
MacBook Pro :: Random Processes Appearing And Disappearing In Activity Monitor?
Jun 1, 2012My MacBook Pro continues to show random unexplainable processes in the Activity Monitor window. Nothing seems to be wrong with any aspect of the laptop and functions correctly?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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