Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

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Hint: if you hit apple or command + 5 you will get a vertical mini monitor, and in VIEW 
menu, set it to "show CPU monitors on top of other windows" and you'll always know 
what your cpu is doing. Say your computer gets sluggish, have a glance, click on the 
monitor and peek at what's hogging your CPU. I had a favorite widget that was sucking 
the life out of my CPU. I replaced it with a more efficient one.>>

I second this post whole hardedly! I opened up the Activity Monitor and couldn't believe the driver apps that were running and/or 
constantly popping on and off.
Now I disable all the things listed by Man and it certainly helps!

Charlie



      

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> << 
> Hint: if you hit apple or command + 5 you will get a vertical mini monitor, and 
> in VIEW 
> menu, set it to "show CPU monitors on top of other windows" and you'll always 
> know 
> what your cpu is doing. Say your computer gets sluggish, have a glance, click on 
> the 
> monitor and peek at what's hogging your CPU. I had a favorite widget that was 
> sucking 
> the life out of my CPU. I replaced it with a more efficient one.>> 
> 
> I second this post whole hardedly! I opened up the Activity Monitor and couldn't 
> believe the driver apps that were running and/or 
> constantly popping on and off. 
> Now I disable all the things listed by Man and it certainly helps! 
> 
> Charlie 
> 
> 


I think I may have deleted Man's list of apps to check and how to do that. Would it be possible to post that again? Thanks 

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but i think the system is running a number of little apps behind the scenes too - so it might not be a good idea to kill everything running.

-----Original Message-----
From: charlie eisenhardt <c_eisenhardt@...>
To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:12 pm
Subject: [Logic_Cafe] Re: CPU Power Drain Advice / Re: Gearslutz Link to Logic CPU Test [Man P






<<
Hint: if you hit apple or command + 5 you will get a vertical mini monitor, and in VIEW 
menu, set it to "show CPU monitors on top of other windows" and you'll always know 
what your cpu is doing. Say your computer gets sluggish, have a glance, click on the 
monitor and peek at what's hogging your CPU. I had a favorite widget that was sucking 
the life out of my CPU. I replaced it with a more efficient one.>>

I second this post whole hardedly! I opened up the Activity Monitor and couldn't believe the driver apps that were running and/or 
constantly popping on and off.
Now I disable all the things listed by Man and it certainly helps!

Charlie

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--- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, GAmoore@... wrote:
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> but i think the system is running a number of little apps behind the scenes too - so it 
might not be a good idea to kill everything running.


I restrict my "App Killing" to Airport, Printer Drivers and anything that looks superfluous (like 
my copy of Snapper, an audio playing app that always runs in the back-ground.)
I do agree with you about not getting too "de-activation crazy" though!
I never de-activate drivers that I cannot identify... Only the type described above.
And I terminated my widgets completely cause they're just a waste of my G4 PowerBook's 
CPU anyway.
 
Charlie