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PeterQC

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Jun 30, 2008
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I've made some research on this forum and on google but couldn't find help anywhere, so I'm asking here.

there's a process in Mac OS X called "windowserver" which is responsible for drawing the ui, from what I've read. Strangely this process is having is not acting well and is actually slowing down my system. It's taking alone about 50% of a processor every 2 to 3 seconds. During this time it goes down at around 3% but after it goes up and use half a processor, for nothing. I can actually sense it when I'm working under Photoshop or simply using my tablet, which is REALLY annoying. I can't solve it by rebooting. Does anyone has the same issue? Any answer to my problem?
 
Is this independent of whatever applications you may be running at the time? Open Activity Monitor as soon as you boot and see what it has to say...
 
Restarted, and it is the same. The only apps open was Finder (obliviously) and activity monitor.
 
I did, and it was normal.

But now I did found the problem. I modified the wallpapers setting recently, making them change every 5 secs. Look like Mac OS X don't like it.

Problem solved :)
 
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