Activity Monitor

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Activity Monitor
Activity Monitor
Activity Monitor Screenshot.png
Developer(s) Apple Computer
Stable release 10.7.3 / February 1, 2012
Preview release 10.8.0 / June 11, 2012
Operating system Mac OS X
Type Utility
License Proprietary
Website Mac OS X Website

Activity Monitor is a task manager, a utility for performing different tasks to a computer processes, in the OS X operating system.[1][2] Some of its functions include:

Prior to Mac OS X v10.3, the Activity Monitor was named the Process Viewer.[3]

See also [edit]

Activity Monitor is the Mac OS X counterpart of Microsoft's Windows Task Manager for Windows. However, some aspects of quitting stalled applications are divided between Apple Menu Force Quit and Activity Monitor.

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used". Apple. February 21, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012. 
  2. ^ Chung, Jackson (September 10, 2008). "Macnifying OS X: Learning To Utilize Activity Monitor on Mac". MakeUseOf. MakeUseOf. Retrieved April 17, 2012. 
  3. ^ "Mac OS X: How to Find Background Applications". Apple. February 17, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012. 

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