Is there any way to check what is causing high kernel task CPU usage. Often times, when not doing anything, my kernel task CPU usage will jump to 40+%. Then my MBP starts feeling very sluggish - i.e. animations are choppy, moving the cursor lags, and everything feels slower. This just happened to me 5 minutes ago. My MBP was asleep, I came back to it and woke it up, just had 2 tabs of Safari and powerpoint open in the background, and I noticed everything was sluggish/laggy. I checked activity monitor CPU usage and saw that kernel task was over 40% and windowserver was at 20%...
I'm wondering if there is any software that can let me see what the root cause of this kernel task usage is. I feel like I'm on a wild goose chase trying to figure it out. I'd like to avoid reformatting my MBP to see if it potentially goes away...lol
I'm wondering if there is any software that can let me see what the root cause of this kernel task usage is. I feel like I'm on a wild goose chase trying to figure it out. I'd like to avoid reformatting my MBP to see if it potentially goes away...lol