Mac Geek Gab #42: Monitoring your Mac with Activity Monitor and More

John and Dave talk through the various bits of information presented in Mac OS X’s Activity Monitor, which information matters, which doesn’t, and how to make sense of it all. Discussions include managing your Mac’s memory, virtual memory, hard drives, and processor utilization.

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John and Dave talk through the various bits of information presented in Mac OS X’s Activity Monitor, which information matters, which doesn’t, and how to make sense of it all. Discussions include managing your Mac’s memory, virtual memory, hard drives, and processor utilization.

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