Take the 2-minute tour ×  My MacBook seems to be really slow
these days, no matter what I do. On Windows I had so many
choices to figure out what's taking memory, CPU cycles and what
not and take action appropriately.  Wondering if there is an
equivalent alternative for Mac OS X for what Task Manager is for
Windows?  share|improve this question As an aside, as the title
of your question may bring people here: Opt-Cmd-Esc to get the
Force Quit dialog. –  Arjan May 1 '10 at 7:26  8 Answers 8  up
vote 35 down vote accepted  Activity Monitor. It's included with
OS X. Just look in your Applications/Utilities folder or use
Spotlight to find and open it.  alt text  share|improve this
answer I wish they made this as part of the "Apple" menu. Pretty
basic stuff that can save some people some vent fan heat ;)
Thank you! –  DemoGeek Aug 18 '09 at 19:19  Activity Monitor
found in Applications/Utilities folder.  O'Reilly Mac Dev Centre
has a good run down on how to "read it". And Peek-a-boo is a
good way to show you how p