A CPU is at the heart of all the various processes running on your Mac. As such, the higher the number of tasks and instructions running simultaneously on your Mac, the higher its CPU usage. Although ...

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Excessive processor usage, potential fix Some readers are reporting significant system slowdown while iMovie 6.0 is running, due to spiking of processor usage from the mds process. The mds process is ...

MacFixIt reader Stephen Saklad is one of a handful of users who reports excessive processor usage from the "System Events" application -- part of Mac OS X 's GUI scripting architecture. He writes: "I ...