You can easily keep tabs on what's running on your Mac and get things running smoothly by using Apple's Activity Monitor. Here's how to get started. Most applications running on UNIX-based systems are ...
No matter what you use your Mac for, there may come a time when Command + Q just doesn't cut it. For closing out those persistently frozen apps that just won't go away, there are a couple of ways to ...
A sluggish Mac is usually not a sign that the hardware has suddenly given up, but that cached data and other temporary files have quietly piled up in the background. Clearing those caches is one of ...
If you’re a command line enthusiast and you’re the type of Mac user who likes to keep an eye on your system resources and ...
A CPU is at the heart of all the various processes running on your Mac. As such, the higher the number of tasks and instructions running simultaneously on your Mac, the higher its CPU usage. Although ...
With UNIX having many tasks running simultaneously, through the years developers have incorporated several command-line tools that allow for live process management ...
We’ve covered a number of Gems for keeping an eye on your Mac’s performance and activity, including MenuMeters, iPulse, and MemoryStick. I recently came across another useful option, MiniUsage, which ...
Here’s an amazingly simple Tuesday tip concerning Activity Monitor (in the Applications -> Utilities folder). As you may know, you can use Activity Monitor to quit a stuck application, examine CPU ...