OS X Mavericks :: Kernel Task Absorbing Too Much RAM On IMac

Sep 10, 2014

The kernel task is taking up too much ram on my iMac is there a clear solution to resolving the issue or do i need to do a clean install?

Bootup is slow, applications open slowly and sometime hang.

Info:
iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.5)

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OS X Mavericks :: Kernel Task Is Using Many Resources On Mac

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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I'm not getting a massive CPU usage (10-15%). 

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

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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?

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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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My computer keeps freezing and applications keep shutting down unexpectantly. So when  I went into the activity monitor I saw that Kernal_task and inkjet1 seem to be taking up the most CPU, threads, and memory. What are they? How can I make my computer more efficient? Are these processess causing my computer to be so slow and freezy?

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Apr 19, 2012

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Info:
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Jun 4, 2014

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

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Aug 28, 2014

Product name: Macbook pro 13-inch
Processor speed: 2.5 GHz
Memory: 4 GB
Storage capacity: 500 GB
Software: OS X 10.9.4  

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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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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Dec 6, 2014

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This is pretty bare bones. Not much intsalled since "downgraded"to Mavericks. Log below 

Anonymous UUID:       70839E70-ABD9-96BC-44B9-DB2EFDE0782F 
Sat Dec  6 21:10:13 2014
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff800acc63e7): "pmap_page_protect() " "pmap=0xffffff802969f728 pn=0x284577 vaddr=0x10b881000
"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2422.115.4/osfmk/i386/pmap_x86_common .c:1336

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Panics Since Last Report: 5

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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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Jul 14, 2009

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