Using 60% RAM? WHAT IS THIS!

Iglio · Jul 23, 2008, 09:59 PM

so theres this thing in istatmenus and in activity monitor called kernel_task and WTF is this its driving me crazy...i'm going to upgrade my ram to 4gb but until then i rly wanna know how i can fix this plz help

Eidorian · Jul 23, 2008, 10:01 PM

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=504123

Kernel task is OS X's kernel.

alphaod · Jul 23, 2008, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iglio

so theres this thing in istatmenus and in activity monitor called kernel_task and WTF is this its driving me crazy...i'm going to upgrade my ram to 4gb but until then i rly wanna know how i can fix this plz help

You should Force Quit it.

Seriously, just restart your computer.

richard.mac · Jul 23, 2008, 10:13 PM

my suggestion is to not worry about the way OS X and its system processes utilise RAM. just check out this thread, read this article and only show "My Processes" in Activity Monitor.

EmptyCalm · Jul 24, 2008, 05:02 AM

just forget about it. Your sh$%s running fine then be happy.

Jul 23, 2008, 09:59 PM	#1
Iglio macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: CT	Using 60% RAM? WHAT IS THIS! so theres this thing in istatmenus and in activity monitor called kernel_task and WTF is this its driving me crazy...i'm going to upgrade my ram to 4gb but until then i rly wanna know how i can fix this plz help
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Jul 23, 2008, 10:01 PM	#2
Eidorian macrumors Penryn Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Indiana	http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=504123 Kernel task is OS X's kernel. __________________ Core i5 750 / 16 GB RAM / SSD / HD 7950 / Windows 8 MRoogle it!
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richard.mac macrumors 603 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: 51.50024, -0.12662	my suggestion is to not worry about the way OS X and its system processes utilise RAM. just check out this thread, read this article and only show "My Processes" in Activity Monitor. __________________ http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4894/haxe.png If you can't innovate, I guess you just imitate, but it's never quite as good as the original.
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EmptyCalm macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: earth	just forget about it. Your sh$%s running fine then be happy.
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