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Prevent important OS X process being swapped out, without code change?
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Mar 15, 2026200 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I want hotkey-based utilities like Quicksilver or Zooom to respond immediately. But if they have been idle for a while, they (I guess) get swapped out, and respond slowly, sometimes not even responding to the first few keystrokes I wanted to send to them. How can I encourage such processes (i.e. ch…
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I do not think you can change memory management policy on userland easily. Your best bet is to raise the priority of the process.
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