On 5/13/03 17:10, "Chris Owens" wrote: >>> I figured out what was making iTunes choppy. I opened Terminal after >>> a fresh reboot and typed in "top" to see what was running and how >>> much of the CPU was being used. I have a Widget that said my CPU >>> never went below 70% usage (meaning something was constantly hogging >>> my CPU). Well I killed Transport, and now I'm at 15% usage (much >>> better). Well this may be my problem, iTunes is using 30 to 50% of the CPU with Visualiser on, so the CPU is pinned at 100%. Is is supposed to use that much? -- Roger