Geek Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mac-process-renice.jpg" alt="mac-process-renice" title="mac-process-renice" width="620" height="167" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-13040" /></p> <p>As most modern OS’s go, <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> is generally pretty intelligent with how it prioritizes processes. That said, if you want to give any running task an extra kick in the pants, you can use a free tool called Process Renicer. Launching the app gives you a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/08/15/mac-task-manager/">task manager</a> of sorts where you can double-click on any running process and then adjust it’s “nice” value to increase it’s CPU priority. The app is basically just a GUI frontend to the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/command-line/">command line</a> tool ‘renice’ which is generally for advanced users.</p> <p>Giving any task a lower nice value will up it’s priority, and giving it a higher nice value will lower it’s CPU priority. This sounds paradoxical, but that’s just the way it works.</p> <p>Most users won’t need an app like this, but if you want to push along a <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/18/free-video-to-iphone-converter/">video conversion for your iPhone</a> or something similar, you can do so. Remember that if you adjust the nice process downward dramatically, your CPU load is going to go through the roof and ignite your fans. </p> <p>ProcessRenicer is a free download <a href="http://www.eosgarden.com/en/freeware/process-renicer/overview/">from developer EOSGarden.com</a></p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uyGkjOSX8ghaJJfD5GgpSNQ9vIU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uyGkjOSX8ghaJJfD5GgpSNQ9vIU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uyGkjOSX8ghaJJfD5GgpSNQ9vIU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uyGkjOSX8ghaJJfD5GgpSNQ9vIU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=5wYkTT12UKU:Wcol0uSOCQ0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=5wYkTT12UKU:Wcol0uSOCQ0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=5wYkTT12UKU:Wcol0uSOCQ0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=5wYkTT12UKU:Wcol0uSOCQ0:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=5wYkTT12UKU:Wcol0uSOCQ0:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=5wYkTT12UKU:Wcol0uSOCQ0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=5wYkTT12UKU:Wcol0uSOCQ0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/5wYkTT12UKU" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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