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Ask HN: Should macOS bring process to alert users about memory/CPU hogging apps?

1 pointsby bprasannaover 4 years ago
Last week i got 2020 Macbook Pro (intel) 32G RAM version from office. To my surprise i experienced the following issues, which i never imagined given the hype i had received when i was using Windows.<p>1. Slack is still hogging CPU (through Slack renderer helper) - Found old thread from 2017, which seemed still relevant: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=14087899 - One more from reddit: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;Slack&#x2F;comments&#x2F;jvxx0m&#x2F;anyone_else_experience_high_cpu_usage_on_mac&#x2F;<p>2. Zoom call with all videos ON made the MacBook Pro&#x27;s fans go crazy! Literally i was hearing the sound of fan in full volume! (this i never seen in Windows with 16G RAM)<p>3. McAfee Endpoint Security in kext mode is draining battery at a faster pace! its like 1% drop in every 1&#x2F;2 minutes! Found a link on switching to kext-less mode: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.mcafee.com&#x2F;bundle&#x2F;endpoint-security-10.6.0-installation-guide-macOS&#x2F;page&#x2F;GUID-74D9510B-A542-4811-AF36-78EA5949128A.html<p>These are some sample issues from 2 days of usage for my first time into Mac world. Given the user friendliness focus from Apple, shouldn&#x27;t they take care of such issues which makes the user feel bad? Because, user can&#x27;t run around each app developer to optimize the app not to drain the resource&#x2F;memory of Mac OS.<p>Given the fact the MacBook Pro is premium segment, these kind of issues are not supposed to be faced&#x2F;handled by user.

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Someoneover 4 years ago
So, what do you propose they do, apart from giving you an easy way to find the culprits (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;osxdaily.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;19&#x2F;find-app-using-battery-mac&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;osxdaily.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;02&#x2F;19&#x2F;find-app-using-battery-mac&#x2F;</a>)?