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| | name = Activity Monitor | |||
| ⚫ | | logo = ActivityMonitor.png | ||
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| ⚫ | | screenshot = Activity Monitor Screenshot.png | ||
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| ⚫ | | caption = Activity Monitor on Mac OS X v10.5 | ||
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| ⚫ | | caption = Activity Monitor on Mac OS X v10.5 | ||
| | latest_release_version = 10.9.0 (950) | |||
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| | latest_release_date = {{Start date and age|2013|10|22}} | |||
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| | latest preview version = 10.8.0 | |||
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| | latest preview date = June 11, 2012 | |||
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Revision as of 03:05, 18 May 2014
Not to be confused with Activity tracker.Activity Monitor is a system monitor for the OS X operating system, which also incorporates task manager functionality. Some of its functions include:
- Quitting or "killing" a computer process
- Viewing the computer's CPU load
- Checking the amount of random access memory in use or swapped out
- Checking the amount of hard disk read-ins and write-outs
- Checking the capacity of storage devices
- Monitoring the computer's network usage
- Inspecting running computer processes
- Viewing a process identifier number
- Viewing information about a particular process
The Activity Monitor appeared in Mac OS X v10.3, when it subsumed the functionality of the programs Process Viewer (a task manager) and CPU Monitor found in the previous version of OS X.
In OS X 10.9 the Activity Monitor was significantly revamped and gained a 5th tab for "energy" (in addition to CPU, memory, disk, and network).
See also
References
- "Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used". Apple. February 21, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- Chung, Jackson (September 10, 2008). "Macnifying OS X: Learning To Utilize Activity Monitor on Mac". MakeUseOf. MakeUseOf. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- Brad Miser (2004). Special Edition Using Mac OS X, V10.3 Panther. Que Publishing. p. 926. ISBN 978-0-7897-3075-6.
- http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57609748-263/activity-monitor-in-os-x-mavericks-brings-significant-changes/
External links
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