App tamer 10.6 mac#

There can be times when you’d like to limit an app or a specific process from taking too much CPU because you’re doing something else demanding, such as recording or broadcasting video.

Let’s say your apps aren’t misbehaving and your hardware is brand-spanking new. A common answer to questions regarding battery drain on tech support shows is, “are you using Chrome?” I haven’t independently verified this by personal testing, but Chrome is known to have memory leaks and not work as efficiently on Macs as Safari which is tailored for Apple-specific hardware. Sure we can add more RAM and we can throw in an SSD and dramatically increase the speed, but a demanding app can burn through an aging battery pretty quickly.Įven if you have a newer machine, misbehaving apps can burn through a new battery and chew up your processors, bringing your system to a crawl. I bring this all up because as the demands on our machines increase, we need ways to limit the power required to keep them running well. That means a machine a decade old is still a great machine. As of right now, macOS High Sierra is still supported with security updates, and you can run High Sierra on Macs back to 2009 or 2010 depending on the model.

App tamer 10.6 mac#

I hear stories about people using Core 2 Duo machines that are 12 years old! I’m not a big fan of recommending letting a Mac that’s not able to run a currently supported operating system get on the Internet, but luckily Apple supports machines pretty darn far back.

One of the coolest things about being a Mac owner is how long your computer will remain useful.