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Revision as of 02:50, 18 November 2014
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| File:Activity Monitor Screenshot.pngActivity Monitor on Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite | |
| Developer(s) | Apple Inc. |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 10.10 / October 16, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-10-16) |
| Operating system | OS X |
| Type | System monitor |
| License | Proprietary |
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
- "OS X 10.10 Yosemite release date". Retrieved November 16, 2014.
- "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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