Sounds about right. Unix processes don't take much overhead and are
often coded to 'block' and take no CPU until a particular event happens.
So many of those processes are adding no load to the CPU. Likewise unix
systems like OSX swap out to disk any allocated memory that hasn't been
used for a while when needed. So a blocked unused process will
eventually be swapped out and will only create enough of a footprint to
keep track of it in case it needs woken up sometime.
CB
On 4/26/14, 12:03 PM, Traci Duncan wrote:
I can only answer one of your questions. :)
I just took a look and I have 149 processes going.
Traci
On Apr 25, 2014, at 9:00 AM, Jim Gatteys <jgatt...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all!
I thought my computer was running a bit slow so took a look at Activity Monitor
under Utilities. It says I have 158 processes going. Is that about normal for
you all? Is there a list of most common processes to see if I need all of them
or if I can kill some of the processes?
I don't remember that many going under Windows but it has been a while so
perhaps I have forgotten.
Thanks,
Jim
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