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Mac Forum / General / General / June 2008"kernel task" ?!
Hi Guys, What exactly is a ³kernel task²? Every once in a while one pops up on my screen and I get the feeling that if I didn't allow it I'd be dead in the water. Are there times when I should NOT allow it? Thanks > Hi Guys, > What exactly is a ³kernel task²? Every once in a while one pops up > on my screen and I get the feeling that if I didn't allow it I'd be > dead in the water. Are there times when I should NOT allow it? Thanks A kernel task is a lower level task of the operating system. For example, communication between an application and a printer. Since these are the guts of the system, so to speak, in general you *should* always allow them. In the years of my using OS X, I have never had a kernel task "pop up" on my screen, so I would say that this might be behavior to be concerned about. Unfortunately I am not sure what to do about it. Perhaps another reader might be more knowledgeable. StephenC > > Hi Guys, > > What exactly is a ³kernel task²? Every once in a while one pops up [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > StephenC Hi StephenC, I guess they don't really pop up, or down, they just sort of *BOING!* into the center of the screen. :-) Levity - I shall reform myself Somehow I'm connected to AOL here. That's when they appear. It's usually during a search for something. Maybe that computer needs to connect to my computer at that gut level somehow? I think I'v seen some doing a search with Safari too, but I'm not certain. I didn't log them. I'll make a note of when they show up from now on. But it sounds like I've little to fear from them and that's what I was concerned about. Thank you StephenC for easing my mind. Leslie >>> Hi Guys, >>> What exactly is a ³kernel task²? Every once in a while one pops up [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > But it sounds like I've little to fear from them and that's what I > was concerned about. Thank you StephenC for easing my mind. Leslie I don't think that you have anything to fear from them exactly. But since I don't consider this normal behavior for the Mac OS, it is something that I would be concerned about. StephenC |
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