Subject: Re: [Time Sink Talk] High CPU usage with Time Sink

From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 06:13:12 -0800

On Dec 14, 2012, at 5:20 AM, Jakob Lehner wrote:

> I´d like to know what the Timer update frequency is when I put it on often or seldom. Is often twice a second and seldom twice a minute?

From Time Sink's help file:

>> Timer update frequency
>> 
>> This slider controls how often Time Sink polls the windows it knows about to determine a change in state (foreground, background, closed, etc.). The default is "Often," which translates to something around twice every second. The other extreme, "Seldom," polls the window list roughly once every five seconds.

regards,
-rob.

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From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:55:19 -0600

On Jun 25, 2012, at 6:29 AM, Andreas Zeitler wrote:

> I have noticed a constant high CPU usage when Time Sink is running. On my MBP i7 2.8 GHz it's about 10-15%.  
> There's nothing in the logs, but it's far higher than I would anticipate. 
> Is this a bug or a known issue or normal, even?

It's normal, depending on a variety of factors. It's covered in Time Sink's help (see the section on setting the timer update frequency), as well as in an article written for our knowledge base:

<http://www.manytricks.com/support/index.php?act=article&code=view&id=23>

That offers a number of tips for lowering the CPU usage, beyond changing the update frequency slider.

regards,
-rob.