January 2003
Intermediate to advanced
832 pages
32h 40m
English
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- Find out how much memory I have?
→ About This Mac
- Find out what version of Mac OS X I’m running?
→ About This Mac
→ About This Mac → click on the version number (e.g., 10.2.3) to reveal the build number (e.g., 6G30).
Finder → Applications → Utilities → Apple System Profiler → System Profile panel; look in the System overview section to see the exact build of Mac OS X.
- Find out what processor my Mac has?
→ About This Mac
Finder → Applications → Utilities → Apple System Profiler → System Profile → Hardware Overview
- What type of cache do I have and how big is it?
Applications → Utilities → Apple System Profiler → System Profile → Memory Overview
- Find out what programs (or processes) are running?
Finder → Applications → Utilities → Process Viewer
From the command line, using the ps -aux command.
From the command line, using the top command.
- Display the status of the computer’s used and free memory?
From the command line, using the
topcommand. Thetopcommand gives you a real-time view of the processes running on your system, as well as processor and memory ...
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