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| Activity Monitor for Classic MacOS? | |
| Posted by: capa150 on 2023-03-12 14:28:12 Hello! My Mac sounds like it's doing something (MacOS 8.6) and I'm curious if there's something like Un*x "top" command for Classic MacOS? An activity monitor ... | |
Posted by: Phipli on 2023-03-12 14:41:48Hello!There is 'about this macintosh' that will tell you what programs are running, but if it is an extension, I'm unsure that there is anything. That said, launch Sherlock and turn off indexing, see if that stops what you think is happening. | |
| Posted by: capa150 on 2023-03-12 14:46:12 Oh, Sherlock. Yeah probably it. 🙂 | |
| Posted by: joshc on 2023-03-12 23:44:29 This one sounds like it lets you view background processes and CPU load so it might do it. About - Macintosh GardenWhen I first saw the System 7 Finder's "About This Macintosh" display, I thought it looked really cool. Then I tried to make it DO something, like switch me to an application when I clicked its icon. I was somewhat disappointed when nothing happened.
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| Posted by: werdna on 2023-03-14 06:20:12 About this Mac started showing ram usage around system 4.1, I think(?), and before that it only shows the total system RAM. Anyone know a good utility or desk accessory for Systems 1x-4/5x for monitoring RAM usage? | |
| Posted by: Iesca on 2023-03-14 07:06:46 Memory Mapper might be of use, though only starting with System 7.1. Memory Mapper - Macintosh GardenMemory Mapper draws a graphical representation of the Mac's memory space. It shows where programs and objects reside in memory and makes things like memory fragmentation easy to see. Memory Mapper also displays virtual memory space so that you can see which parts of memory are paged out to disk...
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| Posted by: Iesca on 2023-03-14 07:08:34 Ah, here may be something, the similarly named Memory Map: Memory Map - Macintosh GardenThis is Memory Map version 2.54, it also has Map Update 2.53 (with a date of February 27, 1988). The disk has a date of 1986 on it and the name of Paul Cozza. This software is available to download in a few formats: Memory Map V2.54.dc42.mac is a DiskCopy 4.2 image file encoded in a MAR...
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| Posted by: aladds on 2023-03-26 13:25:13 Another one, which I found recently and just uploaded to Macintosh Garden because it wasn't there, is the freeware ProcessWatcher: Process Watcher - Macintosh GardenAn application which provides an easy way of monitoring processes on your computer and any other computer on your AppleTalk network.
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