Phil Bull philbull@gmail.com 2011 Michael Hill mdhillca@gmail.com 2011, 2014 Refresh the information shown in the System Monitor with a longer or shorter interval. Make the information update faster or slower Phil Bull

Explain how to make the info update faster (see Preferences dialog). Explain that faster updates mean that the System Monitor will use more CPU.

To change the information refresh speed:

Click System MonitorPreferences.

Click the desired tab (Processes, Resources or File Systems).

Enter a value for Update interval in seconds.

Setting the Update interval to a lower value will cause System Monitor itself to use more of the CPU.