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high cpu usage?

i am seeing high cpu usage maybe twice a month. when i check the activity monitor, the two processes that are causing this are no longer in the list. everything else in the etre check report seems good. is this something i should be worried about? or is this normal?


iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 26, 2020 9:47 AM

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Posted on Aug 27, 2020 12:32 PM

update:

i was able to find one of the processes. here's what i found:

2020-04-27 15:27:54 signpost_reporter High CPU Use

Executable: /usr/libexec/signpost_reporter


This process reports high network use activity, could be from running some network process like Speedtest. I wouldn't worry about it, unless you are having problems with your Mac. 


as far as this:

 2020-08-20 23:03:04 syspolicyd - High CPU Use

        Executable: /usr/libexec/syspolicyd

i couldn't find anything that matches that process. i'm hoping this can be ignored too?

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Aug 27, 2020 12:32 PM in response to jeffreythefrog

update:

i was able to find one of the processes. here's what i found:

2020-04-27 15:27:54 signpost_reporter High CPU Use

Executable: /usr/libexec/signpost_reporter


This process reports high network use activity, could be from running some network process like Speedtest. I wouldn't worry about it, unless you are having problems with your Mac. 


as far as this:

 2020-08-20 23:03:04 syspolicyd - High CPU Use

        Executable: /usr/libexec/syspolicyd

i couldn't find anything that matches that process. i'm hoping this can be ignored too?

high cpu usage?

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