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Angels & Daemons....and kernel_tasks.... (pic) - Jerry® - 09-08-2011
Why is a kernel_task taking up nearly a gig of RAM? Same with "Safari Web content?" I have 3 tabs open and NO flash content running. And what is the purpose of "daemons?" Because I've noticed even if the app associated with on is not running it will spike to 100% of CPU then of back down to 1%...?
Re: Angels & Daemons....and kernel_tasks.... (pic) - Seacrest - 09-08-2011
Daemons run in the background.
They are generally monitoring for some kind of event at a timed interval, and fire off some instruction if some condition is met.
Re: Angels & Daemons....and kernel_tasks.... (pic) - Panopticon - 09-09-2011
yep, daemons are background services. That CleanApp daemon is logging any
app install performed & tracking where relevant files are placed. That lets CleanApp
completely eliminate the app later when you choose to do so.
PID 0: kernel_task is OS X's primary memory manager on top of the Mach Kernel. It's also a dynamic image of the microkernel. One of the design protocols for OS X was to reduce the daemon count [bloat], which was achieved with kernel_task.
It uses nearly a gig of RAM because it is the OS and is managing real & virtual memory.
Re: Angels & Daemons....and kernel_tasks.... (pic) - Article Accelerator - 09-09-2011
Jerry® wrote:
Why is a kernel_task taking up nearly a gig of RAM? Same with "Safari Web content?" I have 3 tabs open and NO flash content running.
Because they need it?
And what is the purpose of "daemons?"
They're automatic background processes.
Uninstall CleanApp.
Re: Angels & Daemons....and kernel_tasks.... (pic) - Jerry® - 09-09-2011
Article Accelerator wrote:
[quote=Jerry®]
Why is a kernel_task taking up nearly a gig of RAM? Same with "Safari Web content?" I have 3 tabs open and NO flash content running.
Because they need it?
And what is the purpose of "daemons?"
They're automatic background processes.
Uninstall CleanApp.
Because they need it?? That's your explanation? Scroll up and see how Panopticon explained it.
Unistall CleanApp - because? You said so? No need to be so patronizing.
Re: Angels & Daemons....and kernel_tasks.... (pic) - Jerry® - 09-09-2011
Panopticon wrote:
yep, daemons are background services. That CleanApp daemon is logging any
app install performed & tracking where relevant files are placed. That lets CleanApp
completely eliminate the app later when you choose to do so.
PID 0: kernel_task is OS X's primary memory manager on top of the Mach Kernel. It's also a dynamic image of the microkernel. One of the design protocols for OS X was to reduce the daemon count [bloat], which was achieved with kernel_task.
It uses nearly a gig of RAM because it is the OS and is managing real & virtual memory.
Thank you for your explanation - this helps a lot!
Re: Angels & Daemons....and kernel_tasks.... (pic) - Article Accelerator - 09-09-2011
Jerry® wrote: Because they need it?? That's your explanation? Scroll up and see how Panopticon explained it.
Not everyone can be as smart as Panopticon, Jerry. Sheesh!
Unistall CleanApp - because? You said so? No need to be so patronizing.
I thought you were concerned about memory usage...and daemons.