Nearly 25% of Windows users are switching to Mac. And let me guess, you’re one of them, right? This article is useful for your Mac journey, especially in using your macOS task manager equivalent. 

If you are a previous Windows user, I bet you are familiar with the task manager for stopping applications or forcing applications to close. It’s been a practice for Windows users to hit Ctrl + Alt + Delete when something went wrong with their application.

On the other hand, the Mac OS computer has its equivalent to Task Manager of Windows, called the Activity Monitor. These two have the same functions. Familiarize Activity Monitor of Mac, and you’re good to go.

Don’t worry, and it’s easy to use to manage applications and end processes of your CPU. And this article provided a complete guide on using the activity monitor of your Mac OS.

Let us define what a task manager is for an Apple computer.

Defining Task Manager for Mac

As I have mentioned, a task manager is equivalent to an activity monitor. But what is the meaning of an activity monitor? Is it just for closing and ending processes? Or what?

Let us be clear that activity monitor is a system monitoring program for MacOS operating systems. It can provide information about the general performance, running applications, and other internal processes of your computer.

It also has the function to terminate, prioritize processes and show the process history of your applications.

Why is the MacOS Task Manager Important?

Many people say that Apple computers are running smoother and better than others, and there’s no need for an activity monitor to improve their performance.

Whether this is true or not, there will be cases that you need to force stop a Mac application process from maintaining the performance of your computer.

What are the Mac Features of the Activity Monitor?

Let’s get to know the features of the activity monitor. To find the Activity Monitor on you, Mac follows these steps:

Step 1: Go to the Applications folder 

Step 2: Select and Click the Utilities folder, 

Step 3: Lastly, double-click Activity Monitor.

Once you already have the activity monitor window, you can see the features or tabs in it. Let’s discuss them one by one.

Features of the Apple Activity Monitor:

• CPU Tab

This tab tells you which applications are working the hardest. On the off chance that, for instance, the fan on your Mac turns out to be noisy, or you see the battery on your PC draining rapidly, check the CPU tab to see which applications are burdening the processor. At times, these might be runaway applications that are trapped.

When you discover an application that is not running effectively—or one of the apps shows in red, with the words “Not Responding” after it—click that application’s then, on the toolbar, click the X button.

Activity Monitor will confirm whether you are sure to stop this process. If you click Quit, it will stop the application. But if it doesn’t work, click Force Quit. 

• System Memory Tab

There are RAM-hungry apps, which can result in slowing down the performance of your Mac computer. You can quit them on this tab. It can also help you decide to change the apps for better ones.

• Energy Tab

This tab can show you which apps utilize the most power of your Mac. If you are having a low battery problem, this tab is useful to find the suspect.

The Energy Impact segment refreshes continuously, and it shows the current power use, yet this shifts an extraordinary arrangement depending on which apps you use. 

The 12 hours Power is the most important column here as it shows the apps which use the most power in the past 12 hours. Even if your Mac Pc is sleeping, it counts the hours. In that way, you can point out which applications are causing your Apple PC fast to low battery.

• Disk Usage Tab

Most Mac users don’t have to stress over the Disk tab. This shows how much information is being written to and read from your Mac’s drives. 

This tab is also useful in detecting the data activity, as it can be a suspect of slowing down your battery life. If you are using iCloud, the downloading activity may be one reason.

• Network Tab

This tab shows how much information is entering and leaving your Mac over the network for running applications. It is useful to sort by: 

• Sent Bytes 
• Rcvd Bytes
• Sent Packets
• Rcvd Packets

If you are getting trouble accessing the internet, there are different reasons. One reason may be your internet connection. But mind you, that the data entering and leaving your Mac can be a possible cause.

Don’t focus on the sent bytes and the rcvd bytes, and they only show the totality since you launched your apps. Instead, look at the bottom right data, data received/sec, and on the data sent/sec. This way, you will see if there is a lot of data you are receiving and sending 

Monitor the total by apps to check if it increased.

Is The Task Manager On MacOS Has A Shortcut?

Unfortunately, there is no keyboard shortcut to show the activity monitor of Mac.

But wait! have you encountered when using an app it hangs or stops responding? Force quitting in Mac has two simple ways.

1. Using the Keyboard Shortcut Control-Alt-Delete.

2. Using the Apple Menu>Click on the Force Quit

And the application you force quit has now stopped its process.

Do You Need Expert Help On Task Manager On Mac!

Have more questions about the MacOS Task Manager in your mind?

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