Is Apple HIDING something? 😯
January 12, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Is Apple HIDING something? 😯
ok the bad news is that WindowServer crashed twice during ULTRACODE time
the other bad news is Fable chose to spawn 14 Fable agents and the Fable limit crept up on us real quick
the good news is WindowServer crashed because of one of *my* apps. so.
the other bad news is Fable chose to spawn 14 Fable agents and the Fable limit crept up on us real quick
the good news is WindowServer crashed because of one of *my* apps. so.
August 4, 2026 at 7:58 AM
ok the bad news is that WindowServer crashed twice during ULTRACODE time
the other bad news is Fable chose to spawn 14 Fable agents and the Fable limit crept up on us real quick
the good news is WindowServer crashed because of one of *my* apps. so.
the other bad news is Fable chose to spawn 14 Fable agents and the Fable limit crept up on us real quick
the good news is WindowServer crashed because of one of *my* apps. so.
my laptop is fucking burning wtf is WindowServer doing
July 25, 2026 at 8:37 PM
my laptop is fucking burning wtf is WindowServer doing
Your Activity Monitor Wrapped for 2025:
#10: launchservicesd
#9: distnoted
#8: loginwindow
#7: mdworker
#6: hidd
#5: docker
#4: mds_stores
#3: kernel_task
#2: Discord
#1: 🎉WindowServer 🥳
#10: launchservicesd
#9: distnoted
#8: loginwindow
#7: mdworker
#6: hidd
#5: docker
#4: mds_stores
#3: kernel_task
#2: Discord
#1: 🎉WindowServer 🥳
December 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Your Activity Monitor Wrapped for 2025:
#10: launchservicesd
#9: distnoted
#8: loginwindow
#7: mdworker
#6: hidd
#5: docker
#4: mds_stores
#3: kernel_task
#2: Discord
#1: 🎉WindowServer 🥳
#10: launchservicesd
#9: distnoted
#8: loginwindow
#7: mdworker
#6: hidd
#5: docker
#4: mds_stores
#3: kernel_task
#2: Discord
#1: 🎉WindowServer 🥳
update: in fairness, I was incorrect in my analysis of bsky dot app as the groinal warming function
macos heads know and will be finishing this sentence before I write it: it was windowserver
macos heads know and will be finishing this sentence before I write it: it was windowserver
October 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
update: in fairness, I was incorrect in my analysis of bsky dot app as the groinal warming function
macos heads know and will be finishing this sentence before I write it: it was windowserver
macos heads know and will be finishing this sentence before I write it: it was windowserver
urgh... right in the WindowServer...
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
urgh... right in the WindowServer...
Working on a new blog post about local LLMs today! While running one of the tasks against llama 3.1 on my blazing fast M1 Max, I took a mactop snapshot. It's interesting to see the energy and GPU usage.
March 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Working on a new blog post about local LLMs today! While running one of the tasks against llama 3.1 on my blazing fast M1 Max, I took a mactop snapshot. It's interesting to see the energy and GPU usage.
i love the internet
April 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
i love the internet
i kind of figured out why my mac keeps both running out of disk space and randomly crashing, while also just being plain slow
i think the windowserver and replayd just swap until they oom??
no idea why this happens though
i think the windowserver and replayd just swap until they oom??
no idea why this happens though
August 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
i kind of figured out why my mac keeps both running out of disk space and randomly crashing, while also just being plain slow
i think the windowserver and replayd just swap until they oom??
no idea why this happens though
i think the windowserver and replayd just swap until they oom??
no idea why this happens though
I've noticed on Macos 26 any third party menu bar program I install will cause the console application to fill with logs with
"WindowServer _CGXPackagesSetWindowConstraints: Invalid window"
seems to be thrown from somewhere deep inside MacOS' windowserver.
#macos #apple #mac
"WindowServer _CGXPackagesSetWindowConstraints: Invalid window"
seems to be thrown from somewhere deep inside MacOS' windowserver.
#macos #apple #mac
April 19, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Dear vibe coders, I got a question for you...
Codex is currently using 300% of my CPU.
Is it okay?
Damn... I don't even have that many cores 😅
Codex is currently using 300% of my CPU.
Is it okay?
Damn... I don't even have that many cores 😅
March 25, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Dear vibe coders, I got a question for you...
Codex is currently using 300% of my CPU.
Is it okay?
Damn... I don't even have that many cores 😅
Codex is currently using 300% of my CPU.
Is it okay?
Damn... I don't even have that many cores 😅
Bugger this
Chrome just squatting on all the CPU
This is the biggest Intel Mac Mini Apple made, Chrome manages to make it slower than a PPC 6100
Chrome just squatting on all the CPU
This is the biggest Intel Mac Mini Apple made, Chrome manages to make it slower than a PPC 6100
October 10, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Bugger this
Chrome just squatting on all the CPU
This is the biggest Intel Mac Mini Apple made, Chrome manages to make it slower than a PPC 6100
Chrome just squatting on all the CPU
This is the biggest Intel Mac Mini Apple made, Chrome manages to make it slower than a PPC 6100
STOP FUCKING RELOADING! FUCK! JUST LOAD AND THEN FUCKING STOP! FUCK!!!!
Chome is using 15% CPU, and WindowServer is using 25% CPU, and both are using a bunch of GPU... TO DO FUCKING NOTHING!
I have some browser windows open and displaying *STATIC* text and images. NOTHING IS CHANGING!
Chome is using 15% CPU, and WindowServer is using 25% CPU, and both are using a bunch of GPU... TO DO FUCKING NOTHING!
I have some browser windows open and displaying *STATIC* text and images. NOTHING IS CHANGING!
August 28, 2026 at 5:49 AM
STOP FUCKING RELOADING! FUCK! JUST LOAD AND THEN FUCKING STOP! FUCK!!!!
Chome is using 15% CPU, and WindowServer is using 25% CPU, and both are using a bunch of GPU... TO DO FUCKING NOTHING!
I have some browser windows open and displaying *STATIC* text and images. NOTHING IS CHANGING!
Chome is using 15% CPU, and WindowServer is using 25% CPU, and both are using a bunch of GPU... TO DO FUCKING NOTHING!
I have some browser windows open and displaying *STATIC* text and images. NOTHING IS CHANGING!
The bad part: the reboot ate a whole bunch of my Terminal tabs ༼ಠ益ಠ༽
The good part: things run much faster when WindowServer isn't using 10 GB of your 8 GB of RAM…
The good part: things run much faster when WindowServer isn't using 10 GB of your 8 GB of RAM…
November 26, 2024 at 12:33 AM
The bad part: the reboot ate a whole bunch of my Terminal tabs ༼ಠ益ಠ༽
The good part: things run much faster when WindowServer isn't using 10 GB of your 8 GB of RAM…
The good part: things run much faster when WindowServer isn't using 10 GB of your 8 GB of RAM…
WindowServer in macOS has nothing to do with Microsoft Windows. WindowServer is the central graphics compositor in macOS
Understanding WindowServer on macOS: What It Is, How It Works, and Why Electron Apps Can Overload It
After the release of macOS 26, I noticed a flood of user reports about anomalous CPU and RAM usage by the WindowServer process. It turned out that the issue wasn’t a bug in macOS itself, but rather in...
andreafortuna.org
June 4, 2026 at 3:38 PM
WindowServer in macOS has nothing to do with Microsoft Windows. WindowServer is the central graphics compositor in macOS
it’s using about 25% of my M2 Air’s GPU for just WindowServer…
June 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
it’s using about 25% of my M2 Air’s GPU for just WindowServer…
It's cool that Apple spent billions of dollars creating the most energy-efficient and fastest laptop CPU in history and then for free they give you an operating system where completely undocumented and undiagnosable shit like "IMAgent" and "WindowServer" eats all of that extra battery capacity.
March 4, 2024 at 6:17 PM
It's cool that Apple spent billions of dollars creating the most energy-efficient and fastest laptop CPU in history and then for free they give you an operating system where completely undocumented and undiagnosable shit like "IMAgent" and "WindowServer" eats all of that extra battery capacity.
now i know how my swap is at 43GB.
microsoft edge what are you doing man 😭
microsoft edge what are you doing man 😭
February 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
now i know how my swap is at 43GB.
microsoft edge what are you doing man 😭
microsoft edge what are you doing man 😭
Thank you to that ONE commenter on reddit buried several posts down under a post specifically about high WindowServer CPU usage after screensharing (never suspected screenshare as a trigger, but my WindowServer was constantly at 100+% CPU)
July 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Thank you to that ONE commenter on reddit buried several posts down under a post specifically about high WindowServer CPU usage after screensharing (never suspected screenshare as a trigger, but my WindowServer was constantly at 100+% CPU)
WHY EVERYTHING PREVENTING SLEEP
January 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
WHY EVERYTHING PREVENTING SLEEP
nah windowserver is using like 4 or 5% on my M2 air and that’s with probably hundreds of managed windows because i never close anything
June 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
nah windowserver is using like 4 or 5% on my M2 air and that’s with probably hundreds of managed windows because i never close anything
windowserver keeps giving my macbook seizures. why did they have to call it that
November 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
windowserver keeps giving my macbook seizures. why did they have to call it that
deleted a fuckton of windowserver plist files and everything finally works again. what a miserable experience lol
August 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
deleted a fuckton of windowserver plist files and everything finally works again. what a miserable experience lol
I messed with my phone so much it booted into macOS recovery
August 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I messed with my phone so much it booted into macOS recovery