"Deleted" in the system monitoring

hello! I ran into one problem with my Macbook air 13 M4 today, I noticed that the System Monitoring application has some kind of "deleted" processor that eats up 96.2% of my CPU, I'm attaching a photo, can you tell me how to fix it?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.5

Posted on Dec 31, 2025 2:49 AM

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Posted on Dec 31, 2025 9:19 PM

Sounds like macOS is just cleaning up the system after you deleted some files (or an app deleted some files during normal use & processing). Just give it some time. It is only maxing out a single core of your multiple core CPU (10 to be specific...4 high performance, and 6 efficiency cores) so this is not a problem.


If your system is experiencing some specific problem, then please provide exact details on the main issue your computer is having.

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Dec 31, 2025 9:19 PM in response to kk_rui

Sounds like macOS is just cleaning up the system after you deleted some files (or an app deleted some files during normal use & processing). Just give it some time. It is only maxing out a single core of your multiple core CPU (10 to be specific...4 high performance, and 6 efficiency cores) so this is not a problem.


If your system is experiencing some specific problem, then please provide exact details on the main issue your computer is having.

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"Deleted" in the system monitoring

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