---
id: performance-battery.does-tuhi-use-resources-when-i-am-not-asking
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/does-tuhi-use-resources-when-i-am-not-asking
category: "Performance & battery"
subcategory: "When your Mac feels slow"
question: "Does Tuhi keep using my Mac's resources when I'm not asking it anything?"
alt_questions:
  - "Does the assistant run in the background?"
  - "Is Apple Intelligence running all the time in Storage Studio?"
  - "Tuhi CPU usage"
  - "Does Tuhi monitor my Mac constantly?"
short_answer: "No. Tuhi reads your Mac's memory, processor, temperature and Low Power Mode once, only when you ask a question, and uses Apple Intelligence on-device just while it writes the answer. Nothing runs continuously."
tags: ["tuhi", "apple intelligence", "resources"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/performance-battery/can-tuhi-tell-me-why-my-mac-is-slow"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Does Tuhi keep using my Mac's resources when I'm not asking it anything?

No. Tuhi's look at your Mac's live resources — memory, processor load, temperature and Low Power Mode — is a single quick reading taken when you ask a question. It isn't polled in the background, so it adds no ongoing load.

Writing an answer uses Apple Intelligence on your Mac for a moment while it composes the reply, then stops. Nothing is sent off your device.

More in [Tuhi assistant](https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/).