How to Keep Track of Your Mac's CPU Usage

How to Keep Track of Your Mac’s CPU Usage

The Mac/MacBook is an extremely powerful machine, and users of all kinds tend to take advantage of it by multitasking to the point of insanity. The Mac doesn’t complain; in fact, it seems to enjoy it, as you can observe when switching between applications with no lag. If you’re a techie, you might be interested in seeing how the CPU allocates resources to various apps, and happily, Apple has included a tool in the macOS package to enable you to do so.

Using this tool, you can see the CPU usage, memory usage, RAM utilization, and even the energy consumption per process. While this information may not look like much to the general user, the enthusiasts or analysts will definitely find it worth recording.

Step 1. Unlock the Mac or MacBook to reveal the Home Screen.

 

How to Keep Track of Your Mac's CPU Usage