Activity Monitor: Mac Task Manager

If you are a Mac beginner who recently switched from Windows then you very well aware of the importance of task Manager, it helps us find the list of running processes, System performance, Resource usages etc. Also, it is one of the way of force closing an unresponsive Mac applications.

Activity Monitor

To open Activity Monitor, Open Finder ❯ Applications ❯ Utilities ❯ Activity Monitor. Alternatively, you can use spotlight search to open Activity Monitor, press Command + Space, type Activity Monitor and hit return. This will open up the Activity Monitor app.

It will show you the list of processes currently running and other system related vital info. If you wish to force close an app or process then select it from the list and click the cross button located at the top left corner of activity monitor window, select Force Quit.
Activity Monitor Mac Task Manager