On Mac OS X how can I see how much memory is being used by what programs?
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related: http://superuser.com/questions/43157/see-all-information-about-all-processes-daemons-etc-running-on-mac-os-x – cregox Apr 13 '11 at 15:57
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You can use the Activity Monitor application. It is located in /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app. And here is a screenshot with the columns for memory usage highlighted:
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2+1 - short, sweet, and correct. Including a screenshot might enhance your answer though! – nhinkle Jan 28 '11 at 05:59
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Thanks for suggesting to add the 'Virtual Mem' column. Could you add a short explanation of the differences between the two? – benregn Jul 30 '13 at 14:48
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MacOS is a UNIX. Thus, it has lots of standard unix tools, in your case, the top program, which you can execute in a terminal.
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