Oh ! So completely OT ......( All about CPU allocation !)

[Colin Holgate]

In the Unix world you would be talking about renice. It works for Mac OS too:

http://www.andrewhazelden.com/blog/2011/03/using-renice-to-control-cpu-usage/ <http://www.andrewhazelden.com/blog/2011/03/using-renice-to-control-cpu-usage/>