Looking for a free system monitoring tool
I’m looking for a system monitoring tool, preferably a free one. I don’t care if it’s an actual app or sits in my terminal. Activity Monitor doesn’t give me all the information I want at once. iStat...
View ArticleiPhone & pro filming, Using iPhone as a monitor
Can I use my iPhone as an external monitor for my camcorder, when the camera is mounted onto a jib?
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Does anyone know of an alternative to CPULED that is not connected to the...
Just want something similar (UI/ease of use) that is a freeware. I can make a copy of the app that is installed in Applications but when I install it in another Mac, it wants me to login to the...
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activity monitor – “0 bytes” swap used always reported
Whenever my system gets slow, I open Activity Monitor to check my RAM usage and close any apps that are consuming a lot of memory, but that I don’t absolutely need to be running. RAM usage is always...
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Processes owned by other users on Mavericks
When looking through Activity Monitor, I’m expecting to see my own processes in addition to some owned by “root” and other more exotic users (_windowserver, _coreaudiod, …). But I see processes owned...
View ArticleActivity Monitor suddenly showing all cores in Dock icon
After upgrading my MBP from Mavericks to Yosemite, the “CPU History” option of the Activity Monitor only showed one aggregate graph. After reinstalling Yosemite from scratch, I suddenly have 8 tiny...
View ArticleSkype is using 60% to 80% CPU
I have a Mid-2014 15″ MacBook Pro with an Nvidia graphics card. Skype uses around 60% – 80% CPU on my computer when I make a call (doesn’t matter if it is video or voice call). I tried doing SMC and...
View ArticleSuper high network usage OS X Yosemite
I’ve been monitoring Activity Monitor on my Macbook air running Yosemite for a month or two now and I’ve noticed my network data usage is pretty high (this is what I think). I usually reboot my...
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Why is Activity Monitor Login blank, and what is that process doing?
I observe regularly occurring User processes (User Process = 1) connecting from load-balanced application servers to a database server (see Environment Details below) on the same internal network,...
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OSX Yosemite uses over 500mb daily, without me using it. And only the total...
Almost every day, about 560mb of data is received and I’m not downloading anything. When I check in the Activity Monitor, it shows the 560mb usage, but in the list of processes, there is hardly any...
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My external monitor doesn't work at full resolution with my MacBook
I’ve got a MacBook Pro (Early 2015, OS 10.11.2) and I’ve also got a Dell 2209WAf monitor, which I’m using with a VGA cable and this adaptor...
View ArticleParameters in Activity Monitor
To view “recent expensive queries” I use Activity Monitor. Some of the queries there are with parameters. Is there a way to know the values?
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