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Appriority is an easy-to-use tool for Mac OS X that simply makes the app you're working in go faster by allowing you to optimize the CPU load on your computer. Once fully configured, Appriority works by suspending and resuming applications as you switch among them. Inactive applications can be set for suspension which will eliminate their CPU usage until you switch back to them. The benefits of this are improved performance in the application you currently have active, less battery power used while mobile, and less heat produced by your computer.
The Free Market edition of
The Free Market edition of
What's New
Version 1.1.5:
- Adds menu commands to the Appriority Dock icon.
- Adds auto configuration for new users.
- Compatible with Mountain Lion
- This release makes minor optimizations and improvements.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 or later
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Appriority is an easy-to-use tool for Mac OS X that simply makes the app you're working in go faster by allowing you to optimize the CPU load on your computer. Once fully configured, Appriority works by suspending and resuming applications as you switch among them. Inactive applications can be set for suspension which will eliminate their CPU usage until you switch back to them. The benefits of this are improved performance in the application you currently have active, less battery power used while mobile, and less heat produced by your computer.
The Free Market edition of Appriority also uses the renice command to put the highest priority on the active application you are currently working in. Open applications that are inactive will automatically be reniced to a lower priority. Renicing is done automatically as you switch among your open applications. (This feature is not available in the Mac App Store edition).
Appriority tells you what applications are using the most cpu resources and makes it easy to bring their usage to a halt. It reports your average CPU load and more.
Appriority is designed to be easy to use and makes no permanent changes to your system. Simply launch it to turn it on, and quit it to return all of your applications to normal.
Features:
The Free Market edition of Appriority also uses the renice command to put the highest priority on the active application you are currently working in. Open applications that are inactive will automatically be reniced to a lower priority. Renicing is done automatically as you switch among your open applications. (This feature is not available in the Mac App Store edition).
Appriority tells you what applications are using the most cpu resources and makes it easy to bring their usage to a halt. It reports your average CPU load and more.
Appriority is designed to be easy to use and makes no permanent changes to your system. Simply launch it to turn it on, and quit it to return all of your applications to normal.
Features:
- Reports the top 10 CPU users
- Reports CPU load
- Reports idle time
- Reports currently suspended apps
- Automatically suspend inactive applications as you switch between apps
- Automatically shift cpu priority of open applications
- Manually suspend apps if desired
- Manually resume apps if desired
- Universal Binary for PPC or Intel Macs (Free Market edition only)
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GianMarco-Tavazzani reviewed on 03 May 2012
I could make examples of confusing statement about what is suspended in a window and not in another one, what should work but is not.
But then... a good guide for the most popular and CPU sucking apps should be there (Chrome helpers, renders and other long lists of mysterious processes, most of them for sure 'suspendable' but not without risks of bad behaviours like toggling between applications
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mittgingrich reviewed on 31 Jan 2012
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Teryzx reviewed on 03 Jan 2012
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VictorPrijker reviewed on 17 Oct 2011
Although I remenber buying this for my old Powerbook G4, I think it's pretty useless in modern operating systems with Intel hardware.
I mean, what's the point to save 5% usage in a X-core CPU?
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Appriority works by suspending applications that are in the background and activating them when you switch back to them. It does this automatically as you switch among your apps while you work.
Saving 5% usage in a X-core CPU may not seem like a major boost, but if you save 5% with one app and 5% with numerous other apps, it adds up and it is obviously going to make a big difference.
You will have more CPU power in your frontmost app. Your CPU will run cooler, and you will hear the fan less often. You will enjoy increased battery life. These are great benefits whether you are using modern intel hardware, or an old Powerbook G4.
Download Appriority and try it out. It is free to try, and it is fully functional. Test it with Activity Monitor and watch how it works. It's pretty cool.
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Avileibo reviewed on 25 Aug 2011
Considering also the low price, i really recommend trying this software.
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Say Mail, Skype, but many other background applications, should be never totally stopped in background.
Probably two enhancements would be useful: a % ony reduction of the activity, an upper limit of it (means: stay active in background but not more than… say 1% of the CPU) with a kind of 'stop and go', without that the activity of Appriority becomes itself too high.
Even a good help about which apps should not be stopped to not regret to have done it.
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Masterminter rated on 29 Mar 2012
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Fabio Milocco rated on 28 Mar 2012