One of the only features some of us here like about Windows is that you can alt-ctrl-del and look at the open tasks and programs running at any given time.It's nice to know what's sucking up all of your memory (pr0n) and what's bogging down your processor (DVD burning).
Sloth for Mac OS X shows us exactly what's running, Windows style.
You can see which application is running which process, reveal the directory it's running out of, and kill it off if you want. If you're super geeky and/or bored you can even look at the IP and Unix sockets to see what application is connecting to the interwebs at any given time.
This is a really handy dandy tool, and the source is available too for monkeying...er, slothing around.
One of the better parts about Sloth is that it's a Cocoa app, and runs nice and slick on your Mac.
[via chris pirillo]
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7-02-2008 @ 1:49PM
Josh said...
Or you could avoid installing another app and do a quick CMD+Space+"ACT"+Enter. Simple stuff, really.
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7-02-2008 @ 2:00PM
julian said...
besides the IP what is the difference between sloth and activity monitor?
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7-02-2008 @ 2:37PM
joem said...
If I'm not mistaken, Sloth is essentially a Cocoa frontend for "lsof," which lists open files. I'm not in front of my macbook right now, so I can't check, but I think activity monitor is closer to a frontend for "top," which lists running processes.
7-02-2008 @ 2:13PM
Michael said...
From a windows perspective... You can save a step and use "Ctrl+Shift+Esc." which brings up the Task Manager directly as opposed to "Ctrl+Alt+Del" and then choosing the TaskManager option.
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7-02-2008 @ 3:13PM
James said...
You only get the NT-style ctrl-alt-del menu (with "Change Password", "Log Off", etc) if you're *not* using Fast User Switching. A lot of home users are (IIRC most installs come with FUS on by default), so they're used to getting a task manager from ctrl-alt-del. I for one replaced Task Manager with Process Explorer months ago.
OSX is a BSD-like, right? Don't you guys already have "top"?