OS X :: Kernel Task Is A RAM Hoarder?

Aug 15, 2009

Is there any specific reason Kernel_Task seems to think he owns the place? What gives? It's like I turn my MacBook on and he's all like "oh hai! Ize just a system task! 50mb of memory? That's cool that's cool" Then only 2 hours later he's all like "Nah man, I just needed some more room see, it's like 120mb ain't dat much, k?"

I know that OS X handles ram real good and all, by freeing memory when it's required for higher-priority tasks, but I also know that it takes a bit more time to clear that memory AND re-allocate it...

So, is this a memory leak? And while I'm at it what about iChat Agent and Colloquy that are battling out to be RAM champ?

OH, and I haz 2gb installed at the moment.

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MacBook Pro :: Kernel Task Uses 300% CPU

Aug 28, 2014

After installing Mavericks in  my 13" mid-2012 MacBook Pro, A proccess called kernel_task uses 300% CPU.

HD 500 GB
RAM 4 GB
Core i5
Mavericks OSX 10.9.4

I run  powermetrics

****  Interrupt distribution **** CPU 0:  Vector 0x46(SMC): 7.33 interrupts/sec  Vector 0x56(HDEF/EHC1): 2.97 interrupts/sec  Vector 0x72(IGPU): 323.07 interrupts/sec  Vector 0x73(XHC1): 9.51 interrupts/sec  Vector 0x76(SATA): 7.73 interrupts/sec  Vector 0x78(ARPT): 35.85 interrupts/sec  Vector 0xdd(TMR): 995.75

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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

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Feb 19, 2012

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Sep 2, 2014

I was working on my Mac but is coming very slow sometimes so I found the problem is the kernel task. 

Lex I already use the Clean My Mac and since the first time I delete a lot of things I don't even remember how many. Should I format my drive? 

About the iCleanMemory so the system will clear the RAM by it self or should I do something different or use another program? 

So here is the report: EtreCheck version: 1.9.15 (52)Report generated 2 de septiembre de 2014 16:58:23 GMT-4 Hardware Information: ?  MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013) (Verified)  MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro10,2  1 3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores  8 GB RAM Video Information: ?  Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: (null)  Color LCD 2560 x

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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

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Jun 4, 2014

Super slow macbook air and kernel task takes more than 300% CPU….

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I  have a 13inch MBP running Mavericks 10.9.4 with a 2.7 GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 500GB HD. I just recently had the machine Factory Reset. The only APP's I've added are PAGES, NUMBERS and KEYNOTE.  When I check the ACTIVITY MONITOR it indicates that out of 16GB of RAM MEMORY, 5.51GB is being used. Usually ACTIVITY MONITOR indicates that as much as 9GB RAM is being used. This MBP is 3 years old and I clearly upgraded the RAM from 4GB (I think) to 16GB. Since this MBP used to run with only 4GB of RAM total; it seems to me that the current amount of memory being used, from 5.51GB up to 9GB out of 16GB total RAM is unusually high. In addition, the above numbers were displayed when only Safari and Activity Monitor are running. Is this normal for Mavericks OSX?

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Jul 2, 2014

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Tried restarting, just starts up again after a couple of minutes.

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Aug 28, 2014

Product name: Macbook pro 13-inch
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In the memory tab in activity monitor, it shows kernel_task which takes up 440 MB. It takes a huge amount of my memory. Also, my macbook pro is running down. I believe that one of the reason for this is kernel task. How do I fix this? 

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When I open Activity Monitor, kernel_task is using approx 240 MB of real memory, and 67 of virtual. All I have open is Safari (and Activity Monitor)Seems like alot of real memory for one process.

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Jul 20, 2010

A few hours ago, I noticed my MBP start hanging and generally processing very slow. Apps would freeze at random times, and generally a lot of odd behavior.

I checked the activity monitor to see what might be causing this. It turns out, the process "kernel_task" is using almost 100% of my CPU. It has stayed within the 70-100% range, and has yet to go down. I tried many things, including restarting my Mac many times, but it remains the same.

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:

EDIT: I just want to add that I think the "kernel_task" might have started eating CPU when I stopped a RAR program in the middle of extracting an archive. I'm not 100% sure though that this is when the problem started.

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Aug 13, 2009

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I don't want a million threads about how this will not effect the running of 64 bit apps, etc. because it will. Your 64-bit app will run but it will not be able to address more than 4Gb of RAM.

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i am running a macbookpro 13" corei5 early 2011.i am having a issue form last 20 days , that kernal-task boost up to 300%.i changed OS up to 10.7 lion but with same result , my laptop is not working normally , speed is slow , fan speed is fast , i changed Ram , Hard disk but still same problem , i also reset the SMC but no result .pls tell me that

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Mar 20, 2010

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