You can easily keep tabs on what's running on your Mac and get things running smoothly by using Apple's Activity Monitor. Here's how to get started. Most applications running on UNIX-based systems are ...

As with any personal computer, your Mac can occasionally have programs that have problems or glitches. Here's how to force ...

No matter what you use your Mac for, there may come a time when Command + Q just doesn't cut it. For closing out those persistently frozen apps that just won't go away, there are a couple of ways to ...

A CPU is at the heart of all the various processes running on your Mac. As such, the higher the number of tasks and instructions running simultaneously on your Mac, the higher its CPU usage. Although ...

With UNIX having many tasks running simultaneously, through the years developers have incorporated several command-line tools that allow for live process management ...

Here’s an amazingly simple Tuesday tip concerning Activity Monitor (in the Applications -> Utilities folder). As you may know, you can use Activity Monitor to quit a stuck application, examine CPU ...

We’ve covered a number of Gems for keeping an eye on your Mac’s performance and activity, including MenuMeters, iPulse, and MemoryStick. I recently came across another useful option, MiniUsage, which ...