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@nil957 nil957 commented Apr 7, 2026

Adds a tldr page for powermetrics, a macOS utility for displaying CPU usage, power consumption, and other system metrics.

Closes #21876

About powermetrics

powermetrics is a pre-installed macOS utility that provides power-related measurements including:

  • CPU usage statistics (user mode and supervisor mode)
  • Timer and interrupt wakeup frequency
  • Package C-state statistics
  • Estimated power consumption by SoC subsystems (CPU, GPU, ANE)
  • Per-process energy impact

Examples included

  • Display power metrics with default settings
  • Sample at a specific interval
  • Take a specific number of samples
  • Show per-process energy impact
  • Output in plist format for machine parsing
  • Save output to a file
  • Use specific samplers
  • Display all available information

More information: https://www.unix.com/man_page/osx/1/powermetrics/

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