Knowing which Apps or Processes are running on your Mac is important, because some of these Apps could be slowing down your Mac. You will find below 4 different ways to show All the Running Apps and Processes on your Mac.

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Why to See All Running Apps and Processes on Mac

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In case you are coming from a Windows computer, you must be used to opening the Task Manager on your Windows computer, in order to take a look at all the running apps and processes on your computer.

In the case of a Mac, there are multiple ways to see all the Running Apps and Programs, ranging from the simple option of using the Dock to using the Terminal command.

In general, the purpose of taking a look at All the Running Apps and Programs on your Mac is to get an idea of which programs are actively running on your Mac, what resources they are using and also to rule out the possibility of any unnecessary programs running in the background and using up resources on your computer.

Show All Running Apps On Mac Using Force Quit Applications Manager. Another method to check all the Running apps and programs on your Mac is through the Force Quit applications manager on Mac. Click on the Apple icon in the top menu bar of your Mac and then click on Force Quit Application in the drop-down menu (See image below). Things is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The most popular Windows alternative is Trello, which is free.If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Things and loads of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement.

Show All Running Apps and Processes On Mac Using the Activity Monitor on Mac

Activity Monitor can be described as the Mac equivalent of a Task Manager in a Windows computer. The Activity Monitor provides a very good view of the App and processes running on your Mac and the amount of resources being uses by these Apps and Processes.

1. Click on the Finder icon located in the left corner of the Dock (See image below)

2. On the next screen, click on Applications in the left sidebar menu and then click on the Utilities folder.

3. In the Utilities folder, click on Activity Monitor which should be the first item in Utilities Folder (See image below)

4. Once Activity Monitor opens, you will be able see a list of All the Processes or Applications currently running on your Mac (See image below)

As you can see in the above image, there are 5 different tabs in the Activity Monitor -> CPU, Memory, Energy, Disk and Network.

Clicking on each tab will show you more details, for example, clicking on the Memory Tab will show you how much memory each process is using. Similarly, clicking on the CPU tab will show you the amount of CPU being used by each of these Apps and Processes running on your Mac.

5. To view more info about a specific Process or Application, simply click on the Application/Process and then click on the i icon button located at the top left Corner of the screen (See image below).

6. To force quit an application or process through Activity Monitor, simply click on the application you would like to force quit and then click on the x button, located at the top left side of your screen (See image below)

Show All Running Apps On Mac Using Force Quit Applications Manager

Another method to check all the Running apps and programs on your Mac is through the Force Quit applications manager on Mac.

1. Click on the Apple icon in the top menu bar of your Mac and then click on Force Quit Application in the drop-down menu (See image below).

2. This will open the Force Quit Applications manager which will show you all running apps on your Mac

3. To force quit one of these applications, simply click on the application from the list and click on the Force Quit button.

Show Running Apps and Processes On Mac using the Terminal Command

The Terminal also shows you a detailed view of which applications and processes are running on your Mac, along with the percentage of CPU used by each of these applications/processes.

1. To open Terminal on your Mac, do a spotlight search for the Terminal by pressing the Command + Space keys on your Mac keyboard and searching for Terminal in Spotlight Search. (See image below)

2. Next double click on the Terminal option or press the enter key on your Mac’s keyboard to open up Terminal

3. In the terminal type in top –o cpu and press the enter key on your keyboard

This will show you a list of all running apps and processes with the apps consuming the most CPU at the top of the list.

4. To reorganize this list close the Terminal and reopen it. Once Terminal reopens type in top –o rsize and press the enter key on your keyboard.

Now applications or processes which are using the most memory will be listed at the top of the list and the application or processes using the least memory will be listed at the bottom of the list.

Show Running Apps Through Dock

The easiest way to view running apps on your Mac is by simply taking a look at your dock.

All running applications will have a black dot underneath the applications icon (See image below)

While this method is easy to follow, it sometimes will not show you all apps running in the background and does not even show you which processes are running in the background.

This method also does not give you much detail, like how much memory each application is using or how much CPU is being used by each application.

Things is a task management app for macOS, iPadOS, iOS, and watchOS made by Cultured Code, a software startup based in Stuttgart, Germany. It first released for Mac as an alpha that went out in late 2007 to 12,000 people^[1] and quickly gained popularity. The following July, when the App Store launched, it was among the first 552 apps available for iPhone.^[2] It was then released alongside the iPad in 2010,^[3] and became one of the first apps available for Apple Watch in 2015.^[4]

In December 2013, Cultured Code announced that they had sold one million copies of the software to date,^[5] and in December 2014 the company announced that downloads had increased by an additional three million.^[6]

Awards[edit]

Things has won multiple awards over the years. It first won the MacLife Editors' Choice Award in 2008, and then in 2009 it went on to win the Apple Design Award,^[7] the Macworld Editors' Choice Award,^[8] and the Macworld Best of Show Award.^[9] In 2012, after the release of Things 2, Apple selected it as Editors' Choice, named it among the App Store Best of 2012, and inducted it into the App Store Hall of Fame. Things won the Apple Design Award again with the release of Things 3 in 2017.^[10] In 2018, thanks to its innovative implementation of external keyboard support, Things for iPad won the MacStories Selects Award for Best App Update of the year.^[11]

Features[edit]

Main features[edit]

Things allows to-dos to be subdivided into several sections, which roughly correspond to parts of the Getting Things Done methodology:

Collect[edit]

• Inbox is used to temporarily collect to-dos which have not been filed into a specific list yet.

Organize[edit]

• Projects are collections of to-dos that contribute to the completion of a larger goal (e.g., 'Plan Holiday'). A project can be subdivided with headings. Once the project is finished, the user marks it complete and it moves to the Logbook with all the to-dos it contains.
• Areas can be used to group together projects and to-dos which correspond to the same, ongoing theme (e.g., 'Work' or 'Family'). Unlike projects, areas are perpetual, do not have a checkbox, and are never completed.

Schedule[edit]

• Today automatically collects to-dos which are due, or scheduled to begin, from all the user's lists into one centralized place; they are the user's priorities for the current day.
  • This Evening is a separate section at the bottom of Today where the user can set aside to-dos they don't plan to do until later in the evening.
• Upcoming contains to-dos and projects that have been postponed to a specific date, as well as to-dos that are automatically generated based on repeating patterns chosen by the user.
• Anytime is an overview of active to-dos from across all of the user's projects and areas (i.e., to-dos not scheduled for a later date, or postponed in Someday).
• Someday is used to store to-dos which need to be done, but are not time critical (or are on hold).

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Additional features[edit]

• Calendar integration allows the user to see their calendar events alongside their to-dos in the Today and Upcoming lists.
• Reminders integration allows the user to import to-dos from Apple's Reminders app into their Things inbox.
• Quick Entry is an extension on the Mac that allows the user to create to-dos while working in other apps. Activated by a global keyboard shortcut, it invokes a small pop-up window which can automatically include links to files or websites.
• Add to Things is an extension on iPhone and iPad that, like Quick Entry, allows the user to send to-dos to Things from other apps. The new to-do is saved to Things' inbox in the background.
• Siri integration allows the user to speak to-dos to their iPad, iPhone, or Apple Watch and have them automatically appear in Things without having to type.
• Siri Shortcuts integration on iOS & iPadOS allows the user to automate common tasks by tapping Siri suggestions, recording a spoken phrase, or by adding shortcuts to Apple's Shortcuts app.
• Repeating To-Dos are automatically generated by the app based on flexible recurrence rules, such as the last day of every month, every other Thursday, or two weeks after the last one was completed, etc. – whatever the user chooses.
• Tags allow the user to further describe to-dos using the popular tagging organisation paradigm; lists can then be filtered by these tags to search for and focus on specific types of tasks.
• Mail to Things is a cloud service that allows the user to send (or forward) emails to a private address and have the email automatically converted into a to-do in their Things inbox.
• Widgets allow the user to quickly access specific lists from their device's Home Screen or Notification Center on Mac, iPad, and iPhone.
• Things URLs is a URL scheme that allows the user to construct special links for doing such things as creating to-dos or projects based on predefined values, invoking searches, or filtering lists.
• Type Travel is a unique method for navigating the app on the user's Mac (or iPad with external keyboard) by simply typing where in the app they want to go: a project, area, to-do, or tag.
• Quick Find allows the user to search through all their to-dos across projects, areas, and the Logbook.
• Logbook is where projects and to-dos are stored for future reference after they've been completed.

Things Cloud[edit]

Things Cloud is a sync service that stores the user's to-dos and automatically keeps them updated across all their Apple devices. It was developed to replace the app's original sync technology, which only worked over a local network. The company began alpha testing the new service in 2011 and, after an extended beta period, launched it publicly on August 9, 2012 with the release of Things 2.^[12] A user can create a free Things Cloud account from within the apps' settings.

In 2015, the company announced 'Nimbus'^[13] – an update to Things Cloud's architecture which introduced push sync through the cloud. The main benefit of the new push technology is that it delivers sync to iOS & iPadOS devices when the app isn't actively running, by utilizing APNs.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Blanc, Shawn (29 January 2009). 'A Review of Two Things: One For the Mac and One For iPhone'. Shawn Blanc. Shawn Blanc. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
2. ^Arrington, Michael. 'iPhone App Store Has Launched'. TechCrunch. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
3. ^Viticci, Federico. 'Things for iPad, Reviewed'. MacStories. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
4. ^'Apple begins releasing the first set of third-party Apple Watch apps'. 9to5Mac. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
5. ^'Cultured Code Sells 1 Million Copies of Things'. iClarified. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
6. ^''Free App of the Week' Brings Things 3 Million Downloads'. iPhoneBlog. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
7. ^'Apple Design Awards ceremony celebrates great iPhone, Mac apps'. Macworld. 9 June 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
8. ^'25th annual Editors' Choice Awards: the complete list'. Macworld. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
9. ^'Macworld Best of Show 2009 awards'. Ars Technica. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
10. ^'Apple Design Awards - Apple Developer'. Apple. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
11. ^'Introducing MacStories Selects: The Best New Apps, App Updates, and iOS Games of 2018'. MacStories. MacStories. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
12. ^Blanc, Shawn (9 August 2012). 'Things and Cloud Sync'. Shawn Blanc. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
13. ^Hall, Zac (19 August 2015). 'Productivity app Things adds push sync feature to keep task lists auto updated across devices'. 9to5Mac. Retrieved 9 October 2016.

External links[edit]

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• Things – official site

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