Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

GAmoore@... <GAmoore@...> wrote:
: > And apps don't eat cycles to check if the
: > computer is idle, they GET cycles when it is. (Unix-based system have this
: > neat thing called "nice-levels" and any "expert" should know what that
: > means).
: > 
: 
: There are some shareware and terminal commands which show the processes 
: running and how much CPU they are taking. I was shocked to find 40 things running 
: at one time - all kinds of hidden processes. And I was also shocked to find out 
: the Photoshop was taking a huge hit on my CPU even when totally idle.

This would indicate a problem specific to Photoshop to me.

FWIW, on my system now I see the following processes all using 0.00 % of
CPU:

Dock
Alerts Daemon
Microsoft AU Daemon
Safari
iTunes Helper
iCalAlarmScheduler
Database Daemon
Finder

They're all using a little bit of memory, sure, but an idle program should
NOT consume CPU when it's just sitting there unless it's poorly designed.
Are you sure that Photoshop wasn't doing anything?

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 agreenbu @ nyx . net                             andrew michael greenburg