macOS is hot
You can do something to make macOS less hot and the battery more durable. (Pun unintended.)
sudo fs_usage -w -f filesys <Process Here>
mds_store
: ignore those directories (mostly caches). On my MacBook,mds_store
normally takes only 0.1% of CPU now.kernelmanagerd
: uninstall those kexts. The offender here was Karabiner Elements.
For WindowServer
, use log
:
sudo log stream --predicate '(process == "WindowServer")' --debug # or --info
Update on WindowServer
WindowServer
also handles user input. There's clearly a CPU usage spike when you move your finger over the touchpad. But I saw quite a lot of "surface is not detached, CoreDisplay is detached". This seems to be a problem with external monitors. Well, but I don't have an external monitor connected at this time! So I don't know what to do now. I will update this post again when I have access and see what I can do then.
Quick-tip: thanks to Ишуай Ли's comment (see below), charging from the right side will reduce CPU usage by kernel_task
.
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