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What is the Mac Activity Monitor and how do you use it?

Energy Tab Activity Monitor

The Activity Monitor on your Mac is one of those tools that you should become familiar with. You by no means need be an expert on it, but you should know the basics. Why, you ask? Because the Activity Monitors shows all the processes running on your Mac. It’s like a task manager, so you can see how those processes affect your Mac and close any if needed.

Whether you’re new to Mac or simply new to the Activity Monitor, we’ll walk you through the basics you need to know.

Apple updates the MacBook Air with scissor keys, 2x speed boost and more, now only $999

Apple today refreshed its MacBook Air notebook line with several hardware improvements, such as two times faster CPU performance and 80 percent faster graphics than the previous generation, in addition to double the storage and the reliable scissor mechanism keyboard that previously launched on the 16-inch MacBook Pro. Most importantly, the popular notebook now has a lower price of $999 while education customers can get it for $899.