Remove Video Files From The Mac Desktop To Free UP CPU Usage [OS X Tips]

Cult of Mac
By Rob LeFebvreNov 13, 2012, 6:00 am157 pts
You might notice that your hard disk is constantly spinning on your Mac. If you check Activity Monitor, you might find out that the CPU is also being used up by the Finder, which typically doesn’t use a lot of CPU. Turns out that the culprit could, in fact, be video files on your desktop. As you may know, OS X…

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