https://github.com/AppPolice/AppPolice

MacOS app for quickly limiting CPU usage by running applications
https://github.com/AppPolice/AppPolice

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MacOS app for quickly limiting CPU usage by running applications

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/AppPolice/AppPolice
• Owner: AppPolice
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2013-11-28T13:05:34.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-09-06T14:05:39.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-27T18:11:16.412Z (18 days ago)
• Language: Objective-C
• Homepage:
• Size: 11.1 MB
• Stars: 1,109
• Watchers: 32
• Forks: 90
• Open Issues: 34
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
AppPolice

=========

An app for Mac OS X with a minimalistic UI which lets you quickly throttle down the CPU usage of any running  process.

![Main](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1557716/12860549/fdffd054-cc65-11e5-8405-cc224ea4ab3b.png)

![Main 2](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1557716/12860551/ffff72d8-cc65-11e5-9304-4f1341657b5a.png)

On initial run you will be presented with the following notification:

![Warning](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1557716/12860557/118f5fcc-cc66-11e5-8822-dc85cbe7bbb9.png)

Simply right click and choose "Open". You'll have to do it just once:

![Open](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1557716/12860558/11908a78-cc66-11e5-9998-b4bec11dbfeb.png)

![Open](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1557716/12860559/1193fe42-cc66-11e5-9d4f-8b8af842ea72.png)

## Build

The project requires a dependancy [ChromeMenu.Framework](https://github.com/fuyu/ChromeMenu). Clone both ``AppPolice`` and ``ChromeMenu`` into the same directory.

## Requirements

An app requires OS X Lion 10.7 and up.

## Download

Go to [Releases](https://github.com/fuyu/AppPolice/releases) to get the latest .dmg file.