Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, Productivity, Apple, Microsoft
Sloth loves Chunk, and we love Sloth for Mac
by Drew Olanoff Jul 2nd 2008 at 1:30PM
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.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Josh said 1:49PM on 7-02-2008
Or you could avoid installing another app and do a quick CMD+Space+"ACT"+Enter. Simple stuff, really.
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julian said 2:00PM on 7-02-2008
besides the IP what is the difference between sloth and activity monitor?
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joem said 2:37PM on 7-02-2008
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.
Michael said 2:13PM on 7-02-2008
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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James said 3:13PM on 7-02-2008
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"?