High CPU usage notification activation

Hi everyone! On my iMac, I occasionally used to get a system notification from the Activity Monitor app about high CPU usage, which allowed me to realize it and decide what app close from Activity Monitor. Unfortunately, I accidentally clicked “ignore forever” and now I can’t reactivate it. I tried looking under Notifications but nothing — the app doesn’t appear in the list. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this? Thank you!!

iMac (M3, 2023)

Posted on Sep 26, 2025 2:25 PM

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Sep 29, 2025 11:05 AM in response to Arisstide

Please download and run Etrecheck.  The free version is sufficient.


Copy and paste the results into your reply. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that was developed by one of the most respected users here in the ASC and recommended by Apple Support  to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the more obvious culprits that can adversely affect a Mac's performance.


Copy the report



and after clicking on the Reply button use the Additional Text button to paste the report in your reply.



Check Etrecheck's Privacy settings and make sure the checkbox for full disk access before running:



Then we can examine the report and see if we can determine the cause of the problem.


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High CPU usage notification activation

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