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Seemingly random CPU throttling
My 2018 macbook pro with i9 processor running Catalina version 10.15.6 seems to randomly throttle the CPU frequency even with low CPU utilization and lowish temperatures:
I am using a docking station ...
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2017 MBP has started to degrade in performance - dreaded kernel_task
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My normally stable mbp 2017 has started slowing down with kernel_thread dominating the CPU in recent weeks. This condition persists across reboots. My primary concern is that the machine is ...
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High CPU and energy usage in Safari
Energy impact of Safari is extremely high on my Macbook Air Mid 2013 El Captian 10.11.2. It lead to high usage of CPU (Temperature ~65.0°C) and the CPU fan is running in full speed (6500.0 RPM) ...
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Monitor GPU performance on OSX
Is there an application or tool that can monitor GPU performance on OS X? Specifically I would like to see the current speed/utilization and temperature of the integrated NVIDIA chip.
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OSX able to throttle down CPU on heavy usage?
I have a company macbook with a 4 core 2,8Ghz i7 (to much power for a "laptop" if you ask me, whatever). Sadly the cooler seems not to be able to handle 100% cpu usage. Sometimes filevault stresses ...