App Tamer
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
0warn against
Jan 16, 2026first mention
Oct 18, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“figured App Tamer was still the more mature option.”
“I also highly recommend App Tamer (no affiliation). It lets you jail background apps at 10% cpu or whatever.”
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“rogue" system processes, like Spotlight Indexer / Engine, that randomly demanded and hogged 100% of the CPU is now a thing of the past for me”
macOS useron “Can you slim macOS down?”
“So I highly recommend App Tamer by St. Clair Software (no affiliation)”
macOS user on an older versionon “Can You Disable Spotlight and Siri in macOS Tahoe?”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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All comments 4
“figured App Tamer was still the more mature option.”
“I also highly recommend App Tamer (no affiliation). It lets you jail background apps at 10% cpu or whatever.”
“rogue" system processes, like Spotlight Indexer / Engine, that randomly demanded and hogged 100% of the CPU is now a thing of the past for me”
“So I highly recommend App Tamer by St. Clair Software (no affiliation)”