JANUARY 2022 MACWORLD 75To switch views, simply click one of Activity Monitor’s tabs.
You can stop apps from running from within Activity Monitor.too much data between physical memory
and your hard drive’s swap file, a sign that
you might need more RAM.
The Energy screen is of value on a
laptop as it reveals which apps are
consuming the most juice from your
battery. The bottom of the screen displays
the overall energy impact as well as the
battery charge.
The screen
for Disk tells you
how much disk
activity an app is
generating in
terms of the data
that’s written to
and read from
the disk.
The screen
for Network
reveals how much network
bandwidth an app is using.TROUBLESHOOTING
PERFORMANCE
For troubleshooting slow or
unstable apps, the screens
for CPU and Memory are
generally the most helpful. If
an app is using so many
resources that it’s slowing
down your computer, try
closing it to see if your Mac
bounces back.
If the app refuses to shut down the
normal way within the app, select it in
Activity Monitor and click the Stop button
(the octagon with an X) at the top. Then in
the pop-up that appears, click Quit to see
if the app shuts down without any fuss. If
not, click the Force Quit button to force the
app to close. ■