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This article describes some of the commonly used features of Activity Monitor, a kind of task manager that allows you see how apps and other processes are affecting your CPU, memory, energy, disk, and network usage.
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Open Activity Monitor from the Utilities folder of your Applications folder, or use Spotlight to find it.
Overview
The processes shown in Activity Monitor can be user apps, system apps used by macOS, or invisible background processes. Use the five category tabs at the top of the Activity Monitor window to see how processes are affecting your Mac in each category.
Add or remove columns in each of these panes by choosing View > Columns from the menu bar. The View menu also allows you to choose which processes are shown in each pane:
- All Processes
- All Processes Hierarchically: Processes that belong to other processes, so you can see the parent/child relationship between them.
- My Processes: Processes owned by your macOS user account.
- System Processes: Processes owned by macOS.
- Other User Processes: Processes that aren’t owned by the root user or current user.
- Active Processes: Running processes that aren’t sleeping.
- Inactive Processes: Running processes that are sleeping.
- Windowed Processes: Processes that can create a window. These are usually apps.
- Selected Processes: Processes that you selected in the Activity Monitor window.
- Applications in the last 8 hours: Apps that were running processes in the last 8 hours.
CPU
The CPU pane shows how processes are affecting CPU (processor) activity:
Click the top of the “% CPU” column to sort by the percentage of CPU capability used by each process. This information and the information in the Energy pane can help identify processes that are affecting Mac performance, battery runtime, temperature, and fan activity.
More information is available at the bottom of the CPU pane:
- System: The percentage of CPU capability currently used by system processes, which are processes that belong to macOS.
- User: The percentage of CPU capability currently used by apps that you opened, or by the processes those apps opened.
- Idle: The percentage of CPU capability not being used.
- CPU Load: The percentage of CPU capability currently used by all System and User processes. The graph moves from right to left and updates at the intervals set in View > Update Frequency. The color blue shows the percentage of total CPU capability currently used by user processes. The color red shows the percentage of total CPU capability currently used by system processes.
- Threads: The total number of threads used by all processes combined.
- Processes: The total number of processes currently running.
You can also see CPU or GPU usage in a separate window or in the Dock:
- To open a window showing current processor activity, choose Window > CPU Usage. To show a graph of this information in your Dock, choose View > Dock Icon > Show CPU Usage.
- To open a window showing recent processor activity, choose Window > CPU History. To show a graph of this information in your Dock, choose View > Dock Icon > Show CPU History.
- To open a window showing recent graphics processor (GPU) activity, choose Window > GPU History. Energy usage related to such activity is incorporated into the energy-impact measurements in the Energy tab of Activity Monitor.
Memory
The Memory pane shows information about how memory is being used:
More information is available at the bottom of the Memory pane:
- Memory Pressure: The Memory Pressure graph helps illustrate the availability of memory resources. The graph moves from right to left and updates at the intervals set in View > Update Frequency. The current state of memory resources is indicated by the color at the right side of the graph:
- Green: Memory resources are available.
- Yellow: Memory resources are still available but are being tasked by memory-management processes, such as compression.
- Red: Memory resources are depleted, and macOS is using your startup drive for memory. To make more RAM available, you can quit one or more apps or install more RAM. This is the most important indicator that your Mac may need more RAM.
- Physical Memory: The amount of RAM installed in your Mac.
- Memory Used: The total amount of memory currently used by all apps and macOS processes.
- App Memory: The total amount of memory currently used by apps and their processes.
- Wired Memory: Memory that can’t be compressed or paged out to your startup drive, so it must stay in RAM. The wired memory used by a process can’t be borrowed by other processes. The amount of wired memory used by an app is determined by the app's programmer.
- Compressed: The amount of memory in RAM that is compressed to make more RAM memory available to other processes. Look in the Compressed Mem column to see the amount of memory compressed for each process.
- Swap Used: The space used on your startup drive by macOS memory management. It's normal to see some activity here. As long as memory pressure is not in the red state, macOS has memory resources available.
- Cached Files: Memory that was recently used by apps and is now available for use by other apps. For example, if you've been using Mail and then quit Mail, the RAM that Mail was using becomes part of the memory used by cached files, which then becomes available to other apps. If you open Mail again before its cached-files memory is used (overwritten) by another app, Mail opens more quickly because that memory is quickly converted back to app memory without having to load its contents from your startup drive.
For more information about memory management, refer to the Apple Developer website.
Energy
The Energy pane shows overall energy use and the energy used by each app:
- Energy Impact: A relative measure of the current energy consumption of the app. Lower numbers are better. A triangle to the left of an app's name means that the app consists of multiple processes. Click the triangle to see details about each process.
- Avg Energy Impact: The average energy impact for the past 8 hours or since the Mac started up, whichever is shorter. Average energy impact is also shown for apps that were running during that time, but have since been quit. The names of those apps are dimmed.
- App Nap: Apps that support App Nap consume very little energy when they are open but not being used. For example, an app might nap when it's hidden behind other windows, or when it's open in a space that you aren't currently viewing.
- Preventing Sleep: Indicates whether the app is preventing your Mac from going to sleep.
More information is available at the bottom of the Energy pane:
- Energy Impact: A relative measure of the total energy used by all apps. The graph moves from right to left and updates at the intervals set in View > Update Frequency.
- Graphics Card: The type of graphics card currently used. Higher–performance cards use more energy. Macs that support automatic graphics switching save power by using integrated graphics. They switch to a higher-performance graphics chip only when an app needs it. 'Integrated' means the Mac is currently using integrated graphics. 'High Perf.' means the Mac is currently using high-performance graphics. To identify apps that are using high-performance graphics, look for apps that show 'Yes' in the Requires High Perf GPU column.
- Remaining Charge: The percentage of charge remaining on the battery of a portable Mac.
- Time Until Full: The amount of time your portable Mac must be plugged into an AC power outlet to become fully charged.
- Time on AC: The time elapsed since your portable Mac was plugged into an AC power outlet.
- Time Remaining: The estimated amount of battery time remaining on your portable Mac.
- Time on Battery: The time elapsed since your portable Mac was unplugged from AC power.
- Battery (Last 12 hours): The battery charge level of your portable Mac over the last 12 hours. The color green shows times when the Mac was getting power from a power adapter.
As energy use increases, the length of time that a Mac can operate on battery power decreases. If the battery life of your portable Mac is shorter than usual, you can use the Avg Energy Impact column to find apps that have been using the most energy recently. Quit those apps if you don't need them, or contact the developer of the app if you notice that the app's energy use remains high even when the app doesn't appear to be doing anything.
Disk
The Disk pane shows the amount of data that each process has read from your disk and written to your disk. It also shows 'reads in' and 'writes out' (IO), which is the number of times that your Mac accesses the disk to read and write data.
The information at the bottom of the Disk pane shows total disk activity across all processes. The graph moves from right to left and updates at the intervals set in View > Update Frequency. The graph also includes a pop-up menu to switch between showing IO or data as a unit of measurement. The color blue shows either the number of reads per second or the amount of data read per second. The color red shows either the number of writes out per second or the amount of data written per second.
To show a graph of disk activity in your Dock, choose View > Dock Icon > Show Disk Activity.
Network
The Network pane shows how much data your Mac is sending or receiving over your network. Use this information to identify which processes are sending or receiving the most data.
The information at the bottom of the Network pane shows total network activity across all apps. The graph moves from right to left and updates at the intervals set in View > Update Frequency. The graph also includes a pop-up menu to switch between showing packets or data as a unit of measurement. The color blue shows either the number of packets received per second or the amount of data received per second. The color red shows either the number of packets sent per second or the amount of data sent per second.
To show a graph of network usage in your Dock, choose View > Dock Icon > Show Network Usage.
Cache
In macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 or later, Activity Monitor shows the Cache pane when Content Caching is enabled in the Sharing pane of System Preferences. The Cache pane shows how much cached content that local networked devices have uploaded, downloaded, or dropped over time.
Use the Maximum Cache Pressure information to learn whether to adjust Content Caching settings to provide more disk space to the cache. Lower cache pressure is better. Learn more about cache activity.
The graph at the bottom shows total caching activity over time. Choose from the pop-up menu above the graph to change the interval: last hour, 24 hours, 7 days, or 30 days.
Learn more
- Learn about kernel task and why Activity Monitor might show that it's using a large percentage of your CPU.
- For more information about Activity Monitor, open Activity Monitor and choose Help > Activity Monitor. You can also see a short description of many items in the Activity Monitor window by hovering the mouse pointer over the item.
[Updated Aug. 20, 2018 with higher prices for Dashlane's paid plans. This review was originally published on Dec. 18, 2017.]
Dashlane is one of the most powerful and versatile password managers on the market. The service goes above and beyond password management, with strong form-filling features and the ability to securely store virtually any kind of data.
Features such as Password Changer, which lets you instantly change hundreds of passwords with a single click, are tremendous time savers and help set Dashlane apart from the rest of the pack. The applications are well designed across every platform, with near-feature-parity between the desktop and mobile versions.
The only complaint most will have with Dashlane is the price: At $60 a year, it is the most expensive password manager that we tested. LastPass, which costs only $24 per year, offers nearly the same number of features. But given Dashlane's feature set, its newly interactive web experience, and its recent addition of support for Microsoft Edge, Chrome OS and Linux, it is hard to argue with the value.
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Costs and What’s Covered
Dashlane offers both a free version and two premium versions of its service. The Premium plan will cost you $60 a year, and the Premium Plus plam $120. Both paid Dashlane options allow you to create and save an unlimited number of passwords and data to your account, and they offer security monitoring and breach alerts. The free plan restricts you to a single device, and, as part of the July 2018 overhaul, to a maximum of 50 saved credentials. (It had previously been unlimited.)
Dashlane Premium adds a number of benefits, including syncing passwords and data across as many devices as you own, backing up your account, unlimited password sharing, priority support and two-factor authentication. In July 2018, it also added an unlimited VPN service and dark-web identity monitoring.
To that, Dashlane Premium Plus, introduced in July 2018, adds identity-protection features, including credit monitoring, identity-restoration assistance and identity-theft insurance. We haven't yet reviewed these newer features.
Dashlane is compatible with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer and, just recently, Microsoft Edge. Minimum system requirements are Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Windows 7, iOS 10 and Android 4.0. Support for Linux (on Firefox and Chrome) and Chrome OS was added in the form of browser extensions with the debut of Dashlane 5 in Nov. 2017.
For this review I used Dashlane on an Apple laptop running Windows 10 and macOS 10.12 Sierra, an iPad Pro 12.9, a Samsung Galaxy S8+, and a Google Pixel. Google Chrome was our primary browser across all platforms, but testing on macOS and iOS was also done with Safari.
Setup
The initial Dashlane setup process is best handled by downloading and installing the Dashlane stand-alone application from the company’s website. During installation, the Dashlane extensions will automatically install on every compatible browser. You will then be asked to create a Dashlane account, which simply requires your email address and a master password.
The master password is the one password that you'll have to remember after installing Dashlane. It must include at least eight characters, one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter and one number. (Some password experts say you need at least 12 characters these days.) If you forget your master password, your only option is to wipe the account and start over; as part of its security model, Dashlane will not let you recover or reset the master password.
While it is possible to conduct the initial Dashlane setup on a mobile device, most users should go with the desktop application. This is particularly true if you have been using a browser password saver or another password manager; Dashlane can import existing credentials from Chrome, Safari, Firefox, LastPass, 1Password, PasswordWallet, Roboform or a CSV file.
However, if you do want to get started on mobile, you can always use the import option on the desktop app later. It would be nice if Dashlane automatically categorized imported passwords, as LastPass did, but I had no issues with the import process, and organizing your passwords is a one-time task.
Regardless of which kind of device you set up first, registering additional devices will require you to input a unique security code that Dashlane sends to you via email. If you have turned on two-factor authentication, you'll instead have to input a six-digit code generated by the one-time-password mobile authenticator of your choice (e.g., Authy, Google Authenticator or FreeOTP).
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Dashlane on the Desktop
On a computer, you can use Dashlane through the standalone app, through a browser extension or by logging directly into the Dashlane website. (LastPass offers only the latter two options on Windows and Linux.)
The stand-alone application is, naturally, the most feature-rich experience. It’s got an intuitive interface: The nine primary sections of Dashlane are laid out on the left,with the ability to view your data in a grid or list format on the right. Dashlane picks up the icons for most websites when adding credentials, which makes for more pleasant visuals than a grid or list of text and also makes finding things much quicker.
One odd omission is lack of support for Touch ID on a MacBook Pro, or any biometric support on Windows. Dashlane offers the most versatile use of the MacBook Pro's TouchBar among any app that I tested, with the ability to customize the TouchBar as you see fit, but basic support for logging into Dashlane via Touch ID is still absent.
Password Changer is one of the biggest differentiators for Dashlane; it allows you to change most of your online passwords with a single click. This feature requires that Dashlane work with each site to enable the functionality, but at the time of this review, approximately 500 sites were part of Password Changer.
The Security Dashboard provides a complete overview of your password health, with an overall security score and a breakdown showing how many passwords you have that are weak, reused, old or compromised. Together with Password Changer you can use this feature to quickly improve your overall password security.
Secure Notes, as the name suggests, is a space for you to save critical pieces of text — for example, banking information or a software license.
The Wallet section of Dashlane has a number of useful features that help fill out online forms beyond passwords. It has four sections: Personal Info, Payments, IDs and Receipts. These are all fairly self-explanatory and work as expected, but there are a few nice details. Payments and IDs will try to match a service's color scheme or the physical look of the ID that they represent.
Diskutil mac manual. For example, a U,S, passport number will appear as a passport, or a Social Security number as a Social Security card. Receipts is an incredibly useful feature for those who need or want to keep track of purchases — it can log purchases automatically during checkout, or you can add them manually later with categorization and notes.
Finally the contacts section of the Dashlane stand-alone application handles the sharing of passwords or notes with other users and your emergency contacts. The former is straightforward, giving you the option to share any of your passwords or notes with other registered Dashlane users. You can let others use just the password, or give them full rights to view, edit and share the password with others.
The emergency contact is for when you are in some way incapacitated and cannot access your account. In such cases, the individuals you predesignate in this section will be able to request access to your account, and if you don’t deny their request in a preselected amount of time, they will be given read-only access to your Dashlane account to handle in your absence. An emergency contact must already be a registered Dashlane user (free or premium) at the time that you select them.
The Dashlane browser extension shows you a list of sites for which it's already got a saved credentials, and lets you automatically log into most of those sites. The browser extension also gives you quick access to the customizable password generator, handy if you are signing up for a new site and need a strong password.
The extension gives you some control over how each site is handled. If you would prefer that Dashlane be disabled, or fill in login info but not forms on a given site, that can be selected. You will want to get familiar with signing out of the Dashlane extension if someone else needs to use your computer -- just click on your email address in the lower-left corner and select 'Log out.'
The final option for Dashlane on the desktop is the web interface. This feature used to be read-only, but thankfully, in Dashlane 5, it has been expanded to include editing of credentials and other items. To be clear, the web interface is still a fairly barebones experience, with only a simple grid or list view of your logins, credit cards and secure notes, and without Password Changer. But in a pinch, it's enough to get the job done until you can access the more robust desktop. mobile or browser apps.
Dashlane Mobile Apps
The mobile apps on Dashlane have virtually all the features found in the stand-alone desktop interface.
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Whether on iOS or Android, the apps share a similar design, with easy access to all your Dashlane data and the ability to add or edit data.
The one notable departure from the desktop app is Password Changer. It's not present at all on Android (but Dashlane tells us it will eventually be). On iOS, it is slightly limited — you must select each individual account to be changed, rather than simply selecting all of them. It would be nice to be truly feature-complete on mobile, but considering that doing a near-global change of your passwords isn’t a common activity, this isn’t a significant complaint.
Dashlane partly makes up for that omission with Inbox Security Scan, which scans your email for old accounts you may have forgotten about and reused passwords for. If it finds any, it will add them to your Dashlane account and offer to fix duplicate passwords. But while it works with most major email services on Android, including Gmail, Outlook and Hotmail, it's limited to Gmail on iOS; the default Mail app is off limits.
On iOS, Dashlane can fill data in Safari or Chrome, thanks to the Dashlane extension for iOS. Users can also opt to use the Dashlane Browser, which installs simultaneously alongside the main app.
On Android, the Dashlane app lets you automatically log into third-party apps, but you must use the Dashlane browser if you wish to take advantage of the form-filling capabilities.
Security
Dashlane stores your data on its servers, and on your devices, using the same AES-256 bit encryption as most of the password managers on the market. As previously mentioned, your Master Password is the key to your account; it is not stored in any way by Dashlane, and without it, your encrypted passwords and data on the Dashlane servers are useless to would-be thieves. The company prides itself on this 'zero-knowledge' architecture, meaning that even Dashlane can't access any of your data.
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Additional security is available in the form of two-factor authentication, which must be activated in the desktop app. You choose whether to require it for all aspects of Dashlane, or simply when registering new devices — it depends on your level of security concern.
Dashlane Premium customers get a few additional options for two-factor authentication, including support for Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) security keys such as the YubiKey. These are a physical devices that you plug into your USB port; they replace a mobile or desktop two-factor-authentication app.
On modern Android and iOS devices, Dashlane supports some biometric logins, including Apple’s new Face ID on the iPhone X. But Android users are limited to fingerprint sensors, so there's no iris scanning for you Samsung owners. Alternatively, you can use a 4-digit PIN to log into the app rather than having to type in your Master Password each time. Much like your Master Password, this PIN cannot be restored or reset, so if you lose it you’ll need to delete and reinstall the app.
For those who'd rather not sync their password data in the cloud, they can stick to the free version of Dashlane, which will store their password 'vault' only on their primary device. (It's probably better to do this on a computer than a mobile device.)
There is a way to move or share data among multiple devices by creating backup archives on USB drives, then copying the archives onto other machines — call it 'sneaker-sync' — but it's a bit cumbersome.
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Bottom Line
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Dashlane is undeniably the most feature-rich password manager on the market, but at $60 a year for the full cross-device experience, you will indeed be paying a premium for those features. For those who would be well served by some of the more unique offerings from Dashlane, such as Password Changer and the excellent receipt capture, the price will no doubt be worth every penny.
However, for users looking for basic password management, with perhaps not quite as many bells and whistles, LastPass Premium manages to deliver a strong offering at $24. That's barely more than half the yearly price of Dashlane for a similar feature set.