Activity Monitor>CPU: What is "Nice"?

sonofsylvanussonofsylvanus
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
In Activity Monitor, in the CPU button, there are 4 things listed: User, System, "Nice" and Idle. Only when using a distributed computing app does there seem to be any CPU usage by "Nice". What is "Nice"?

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  • Reply 1 of 2
    dobbydobby Posts: 797member
    Nice processes are processes that have had their default priority changed with the nice command.



    Dobby.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    silentechoessilentechoes Posts: 288member
    It should probably be said that a processes nice level is its priority level.



    A tasks "Nice" level can be changed with the renice command.



    Man nice and man renice.
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