Comments on: The Mac Task Manager

By: A Quick Fix for “No Batteries Available” & Fans Running Constantly on a MacBook Air

Wed, 08 May 2013 04:39:23 +0000

[...] or not the Mac will often have fans running at full speed despite nothing unusual showing up in Activity Monitor. To top it off, the MagSafe charger light typically is not lighting up, and the computer [...]

By: Frost

Frost — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 06:41:22 +0000

use the force quit cant froce quit some hidden process

By: Kill All Processes Belonging to a User with pkill

Kill All Processes Belonging to a User with pkill — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 22:01:47 +0000

[...] all processes belonging to a single user account, you know it can be a frustrating task. Though Activity Monitor allows you to sort “Other User Processes” and select multiple processes, it does not [...]

By: Kill Processes Using Wildcards with pkill in OS X

Kill Processes Using Wildcards with pkill in OS X — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 18:35:45 +0000

[...] page for pkill for more uses and flags, and remember that average Mac users will be better served managing tasks with Activity Monitor instead. pkill is not available to OS X prior to Mountain Lion. stLight.options({ [...]

By: Stress Test a Mac by Maxing Out CPU

Stress Test a Mac by Maxing Out CPU — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:47:04 +0000

[...] begin, launch Terminal, and you may want to watch the UI-based task manager Activity Monitor so you can easily observe the CPU load and system [...]

By: randy

randy — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 04:41:03 +0000

Thanks for this!

By: Bryon

Bryon — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:51:17 +0000

Thanks!

By: Make Your Mac Keyboard Sound Like a Typewriter with Noisey Typer

Make Your Mac Keyboard Sound Like a Typewriter with Noisey Typer — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:16:17 +0000

[...] the background so you’ll have to quit it by typing “qaz123″ or by finding it in Activity Monitor and killing the [...]

By: How to Quit Multitask Apps on the iPhone

How to Quit Multitask Apps on the iPhone — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:54:15 +0000

[...] can quit these multitasked apps by double-clicking the Home button to bring up a task manager of sorts, and then tapping and holding your finger on an apps icon. You’ll then see a red [...]

By: 14 Must-Know Tips & Tricks for Mac OS X

14 Must-Know Tips & Tricks for Mac OS X — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:27:32 +0000

[...] currently active application without any confirmation dialog, and without having to kill it through activity monitor or the Force Quit menu. Just note there is no warning the app quits immediately without saving [...]

By: Disable Automatic Termination of Apps in Mac OS X Lion & Mountain Lion

Disable Automatic Termination of Apps in Mac OS X Lion & Mountain Lion — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:58:25 +0000

[...] they need to, letting Mac OS X manage processes and resources for them without quitting apps or manual interaction through Activity [...]

By: See What Files & Ports an Application is Using with Activity Monitor

See What Files & Ports an Application is Using with Activity Monitor — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:17:35 +0000

[...] OS X task management tool Activity Monitor includes an excellent and little known feature that lets you see precisely what files, ports, and [...]

By: VineetNeo

VineetNeo — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:40:27 +0000

Thanks Man love this got rid and getting used to mac. Thanks

By: Free Up Inactive Memory in Mac OS X with Purge Command

Free Up Inactive Memory in Mac OS X with Purge Command — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:42:40 +0000

[...] Activity Monitor to see the before and after results yourself, you’ll find dramatic changes at the [...]

By: Watch System Activity and CPU Usage from the Mac OS X Dock

Watch System Activity and CPU Usage from the Mac OS X Dock — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:42:52 +0000

[...] Activity Monitor can be used for more than just managing tasks and killing processes, it can also turn the Mac OS X Dock into a live system monitor where you can keep an eye on processor usage, CPU history, network activity, disk activity, or RAM use. [...]