macOS mojave

In the Activity Monitor, what do "% CPU" and "CPU Time" measure exactly ?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Nov 4, 2020 1:27 PM

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Kappy

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Nov 4, 2020 1:34 PM in response to fornallaza

Using Activity Monitor

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