Every Monday, we'll show you how to do something new and simple with Apple's built-in command line application. You don't need any fancy software, or a knowledge of coding to do any of these. All you need is a keyboard to type 'em out!
Activity Monitor is one of OS X's many helpful built-in tools to help you figure out what applications are over-utilizing your Mac's processing power. It also gives you a glimpse into what applications are doing in the background and which ones are hogging up all of the resources. Today, we'll teach you how to do this in Terminal. And once you've mastered today's command, consider enabling SSH to remotely monitor your Mac's activity.
