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Re:If a MacBook Pro runs hot or shows high kernel CPU, try c... by fwip on Thursday April 23, 2020 @04:13PM (#22960668)
I use https://www.rugarciap.com/turbo-boost-switcher-for-os-x/ to disable Turbo Boost - it requires some weird permissions, but seems to work alright.
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Re:If a MacBook Pro runs hot or shows high kernel CPU, try c... by sulam on Thursday April 23, 2020 @06:57PM (#22962546)
"it requires some weird permissions" -- https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/04/when-in-doubt-hang-up-lo...

Corollary: when in doubt, don't.

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Re:If a MacBook Pro runs hot or shows high kernel CPU, try c... by zitterbewegung on Thursday April 23, 2020 @11:42PM (#22964414)
If you want to interact with the cpu directly it needs to be a ktext which is part of the kernel.

This ability will be removed in 10.16

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