I am new to macOS. I recently purchased a 2019 iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5 inch).
.OMMMMo OS: macOS 10.15.1 19B88 x86_64
OMMM0, Host: iMac19,2
.;loddo:' loolloddol;. Kernel: 19.0.0
cKMMMMMMMMMMNWMMMMMMMMMM0: Uptime: 18 mins
.KMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWd. Packages: 28 (brew)
XMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMX. Shell: bash 3.2.57
;MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM: Resolution: 2048x1152
:MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM: DE: Aqua
.MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMX. WM: Quartz Compositor
kMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMWd. WM Theme: Blue (Dark)
.XMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMk Terminal: Apple_Terminal
.XMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMK. Terminal Font: SFMono-Regular
kMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMd CPU: Intel i3-8100 (4) @ 3.60GHz
;KMMMMMMMWXXWMMMMMMMk. GPU: Radeon Pro 555X
.cooc,. .,coo:. Memory: 4009MiB / 8192MiB
I have noticed that the Acivity Monitor reports the CPU utilization at around 75% -- even when I have all programs closed. About 65% reports as "System" usage, 10% "User", and 25% "Idle".
When I sort the processes by "% CPU" the kernal_task
process is using the vast majority of the CPU (~250%).
Is this typical, or is it something to be concerned about?
Edit: added screenshot of Activity Monitor
Edit 2: added screenshot of Activity Monitor and output from ps -al
command after booting into Safe Mode (see below)
kernel_task
.