Task Manager Mac solution: tips and tricks

What do you need Task Manager on Mac for

Most users, after moving from Windows to Mac OS, are wondering how to get Task Manager on Mac? Well, Activity Monitor is the Mac Task Manager equivalent of Windows and is the most powerful utility for managing applications and processes in the OS X. It displays not only all running and active applications but also all active and inactive processes. In other words, Activity Monitor shows almost everything that works on a Mac, including the aforementioned window applications, background applications, menu bar items, system-level processes, other user processes, inactive processes, service daemons — or almost everything that works as a process. Activity Monitor offers many tools and options, it is the most advanced way to view extended information on all active processes without having to use the Command Line. This utility allows you to forcibly end task on Mac and close applications, sort processes by name, by PID, by the user, by CPU usage, etc. Moreover, Activity Monitor will also provide you with general statistics on CPU usage, memory, disk and network activity, which is necessary when solving various problems, ranging from identifying the causes of inadequate use of system memory to the concept of causes of system slowdowns.

What is a keyboard shortcut for Task Manager for Mac computer

By default, there is no Ctrl + Alt + Del Mac keyboard shortcut to start monitoring the system, nevertheless, it is possible to create it. There are several ways to assign a combination of Mac Task Manager hotkeys to start monitoring the system in Mac OS. Below we will consider one of the possible variants.

1. Launch Automator (you can find it in Applications or through a Spotlight search). In the window that opens, click "New Document".
2. Select "Quick Action" and click the "Select" button.
3. In the second column, double-click "Launch Applications".
4. Select Activity Monitor (you will need to click the Other button at the end of the list and specify the path in Applications - Utilities - Activity Monitor).
5. In the menu, select “File” - “Save” and specify the name of the quick action, for example, “Launch Activity Monitor”.
6. Go to the System Preferences - Keyboard - Shortcuts.

Bonus

If you are a fan of well-organized documentation on your Mac and want to have everything within reach, try Commander One, an excellent Mac Task Manager alternative. Besides a huge variety of useful and necessary features (Terminal emulator, cloud storage integration, mounting and managing iOS, Android and other devices supporting MPT protocol, root access, archiver, etc.) presented in this powerful file manager, the app allows you to view and manage all the running processes on your computer and if it is required to kill the process simply by pressing Del button. All running processes are presented in the alphabetic order with detailed information about them (the process name, PID, used memory, the date and the time of launch, etc.).