Activity Monitor
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Activity Monitor
A form of virus detection software which monitors the running of a computer and reports any suspicious activities, such as an attempt to alter basic operating system information like a password file . The term is sometimes used to describe software which is used to monitor any unusual activity on a computer system that could indicate a possible intrusion: for example, a day user attempting to log-in after midnight.
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Activity Monitor
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| Developer(s) | Apple Computer |
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| Stable release | 10.7.3 / February 1, 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:
- 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
Prior to Mac OS X v10.3, the Activity Monitor was named the Process Viewer.[3]
See also
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.
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References
- ^ "Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used". Apple. February 21, 2012. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1342. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- ^ Chung, Jackson (September 10, 2008). "Macnifying OS X: Learning To Utilize Activity Monitor on Mac". MakeUseOf. MakeUseOf. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/macnifying-os-x-learning-to-utilize-activity-monitor/. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- ^ "Mac OS X: How to Find Background Applications". Apple. February 17, 2012. http://support.apple.com/kb/TA21167. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
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