Relative to the cpu priority... is there a similar tip for OS X that others have gotten to work?

Using the unix "nice" command to "renice" the process doesn't seem to do it... unless I'm missing something...

...although actually, I should say, I was trying to use this technique primarily to boost Queue Manager CPU utilisation above 200% (out of the 800% available on my quad core i7) rather than reduce the cpu usage.

No matter what I do, QM seems to hit a glass ceiling at 200%... (i.e. one core / two threads)

Has anyone else found this to be the case on a mac, by any chance??

Oh yeah, I should mention I quite happily get the full 800% utilisation, if I go for it, using the render in background option... so I tend to just use that over local QM.

:huh:

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it is totally trivial to make Poser use 100% of the CPU if you aren't using it?
I render full blast and work all day writing and testing software, browsing for info, etc. Poser doesn't slow my machine down at all.
All you gotta do is lower its process priority.What this does is lets Poser have all the cores it wants, except when you use any other program. Then it is briefly interrupted. It's totally seamless and I don't even notice that Poser is hogging my computer.
This can be done with Task Manager, but I found it easier to just create a new short cut that launches Poser with lower priority.
Make a copy of the shortcut you use now, just in case you screw this up. Then open its properties.
In the target, put this:
C:WINDOWSsystem32cmd.exe /c start "runbelownormal" /belownormal "C:Program FilesSmith MicroPoser 8Poser.exe"
The bold part is what needs to be added. It's simple and very effective. There's no need to run with one less thread than cores either, as so many people suggest.