Mac Activity Monitor/ Chrome Task Manager

My computer is running slow! What applications are taking up resources?

When your system is acting sluggish or simply not responding, an app or process may be the source of the problem. You can use Activity Monitor to locate the troublesome app or process and force it to quit.

You can also find out how much energy your Mac is using, and see which apps or processes are using the most energy.

On your Mac, click the Spotlight icon

(if shown) in the menu bar, or press Command-Space bar. This allows you to see what is running. Under the CPU tab (if you sort by CPU) you'll see everything that is running.

It should look like this:

Quit an app or process in Activity Monitor on Mac

Click the Stop button in the upper-left corner of the Activity Monitor window.
Choose one of the following options:
- Quit: This is the same as choosing File > Quit within an app. The process quits when it’s safe to do so. If quitting the process could cause data loss or interfere with another app, the process doesn’t quit.
- Force Quit: The process quits immediately. If the process has files open, you may lose data. If the process is used by other apps or processes, those apps or processes could experience problems.

Chrome Task Manager

Generally when Chrome is running, that will be the program taking up the most resources. You can see what is running within Chrome by checking the Task Manager. To open Chrome’s Task Manager, click the “More” button (three dots), hover over “More Tools,” and then click on “Task Manager.”

It should look like this:

From there, you should be able to see what resources you are using when you sort by the CPU column.

End any Processes that may be not responding or web pages using a lot of CPU and Memory.

If any other abnormal behavior occurs, please submit a ticket so we can further assist you.