To force quit an application or process through Activity Monitor, simply click on the application you would like to force quit and then click on the x button, located at the top left side of your screen (See image below) Similarly, clicking on the CPU tab will show you the amount of CPU being used by each of these Apps and Processes running on your Mac.ĥ. To view more info about a specific Process or Application, simply click on the Application/Process and then click on the i icon button located at the top left Corner of the screen (See image below).Ħ. Once Activity Monitor opens, you will be able see a list of All the Processes or Applications currently running on your Mac (See image below)Īs you can see in the above image, there are 5 different tabs in the Activity Monitor -> CPU, Memory, Energy, Disk and Network.Ĭlicking on each tab will show you more details, for example, clicking on the Memory Tab will show you how much memory each process is using. In the Utilities folder, click on Activity Monitor which should be the first item in Utilities Folder (See image below)Ĥ. Click on the Finder icon located in the left corner of the Dock (See image below)Ģ. On the next screen, click on Applications in the left sidebar menu and then click on the Utilities folder.ģ. The Activity Monitor provides a very good view of the App and processes running on your Mac and the amount of resources being uses by these Apps and Processes.ġ. Show All Running Apps and Processes On Mac Using the Activity Monitor on MacĪctivity Monitor can be described as the Mac equivalent of a Task Manager in a Windows computer. In general, the purpose of taking a look at All the Running Apps and Programs on your Mac is to get an idea of which programs are actively running on your Mac, what resources they are using and also to rule out the possibility of any unnecessary programs running in the background and using up resources on your computer.
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