Reading off and understanding Activity Monitor.

[diadem9]

Would anyone know if there is a simple, and I do mean simple, way of learning how to read off and understand the implications of the figures that feature in the Activity Monitor pane. I am not too bright with technical matters and need the right guidance. My nearest Apple genius bar is 50 miles away ... and it would take more than a 20 minute time slot to even get started.

My grateful thanks to anyone who can oblige.

 

[miles01110]

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2005/10/04/activity-monitor.html

 

[spinnerlys]

Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor

Making The Most of Activity Monitor

all via "apple understand activity monitor"

Do you look for something specific?

 

[gr8tfly]

I would suggest starting with Activity Monitor > Help > Activity Monitor Help. It has an overview of what Activity Monitor displays.

If you're interesting in system memory usage, this has more details on the subject: Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor

 

[diadem9]

Reading off and understanding Activity Monitor.

Hello, miles 01110, spinnerlys and gr8tfly,

Between the three of you, just what I wanted. I'm not lazy, honest, but when I tried to Google the question I couldn't have asked it as clearly as I did here.

I don't believe I have a problem as of now but I certainly know which Forum will produce the goods if that were to change.

Big THANK YOU to you all.

diadem9