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  1. pythoninthegrass revised this gist Jun 26, 2023. 2 changed files with 22 additions and 34 deletions.
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    ### To see current swap usage
    ```
    sysctl -a | grep swap
    ```

    ### Use only when when your system is in a very bad shape

    ```
    $ sudo pkill -HUP -u _windowserver
    ```

    ### To monitor, what's creating/updating these swap files, run:

    ```
    $ sudo fs_usage | grep swapfile
    ```

    ### Or for page ins/outs, run:

    ```
    $ sudo fs_usage | grep PAGE_
    ```

    ### To see what WindowServer process is doing exactly, run:

    ```
    $ sudo spindump -reveal $(pgrep WindowServer)
    ```

    ### or for kernel_task, run:

    ```
    $ sudo spindump -reveal 0
    ```
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    #!/usr/bin/env bash

    # To see current swap usage
    sysctl -a | grep swap

    # Monitor swap usage
    vm_stat 60

    # Use only when when your system is in a very bad shape
    sudo pkill -HUP -u _windowserver

    # To monitor, what's creating/updating these swap files
    sudo fs_usage | grep swapfile

    # Or for page ins/outs
    sudo fs_usage | grep PAGE_

    # To see what WindowServer process is doing exactly
    sudo spindump -reveal $(pgrep WindowServer)

    # or for kernel_task
    sudo spindump -reveal 0
  2. @anildigital anildigital revised this gist Apr 27, 2020. 1 changed file with 5 additions and 0 deletions.
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    ### To see current swap usage
    ```
    sysctl -a | grep swap
    ```

    ### Use only when when your system is in a very bad shape

    ```
  3. @anildigital anildigital created this gist Apr 27, 2020.
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    ### Use only when when your system is in a very bad shape

    ```
    $ sudo pkill -HUP -u _windowserver
    ```

    ### To monitor, what's creating/updating these swap files, run:

    ```
    $ sudo fs_usage | grep swapfile
    ```

    ### Or for page ins/outs, run:

    ```
    $ sudo fs_usage | grep PAGE_
    ```

    ### To see what WindowServer process is doing exactly, run:

    ```
    $ sudo spindump -reveal $(pgrep WindowServer)
    ```

    ### or for kernel_task, run:

    ```
    $ sudo spindump -reveal 0
    ```