Is kernel_task using 850–900MB of memory bad?
The kernel_task process is OS X’s kernel, the heart of the system. It calls on memory as it needs it, and typically requires more than 800MB of it, and sometimes over 1GB.
The kernel_task process is OS X’s kernel, the heart of the system. It calls on memory as it needs it, and typically requires more than 800MB of it, and sometimes over 1GB.