Phil Bull
philbull@gmail.com 2011
Michael Hill
mdhillca@gmail.com 2011, 2014
Refresh the information shown in the System Monitor with a longer or shorter interval.

# Make the information update faster or slower

To change the information refresh speed:

Click System MonitorPreferences.

Click the desired tab (Processes, Resources or File Systems).

Enter a value for Update interval in seconds.

Setting the Update interval to a lower value will cause System Monitor itself to use more of the CPU.