This is my first Mac computer, and I can't seem to be able to get it to display all running programs. I've got the Activity Monitor, but it only shows total activity, not what exactly is running. I know on Windows machines, you can right-click in the tool bar and select "task manager", and a window opens showing all running applications and processes. I can't believe Mac does not have such a thing, but I can't find it. Can anyone help? Thanks.
iMac,
Mac OS X (10.5.8),
Intel-based,2.99 Ghz dual core,4 GB RAM,
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Thanks- I had no idea how to show the processes before.Actually, I found that I had to right-click on the Activity Monitor's dock icon, then choose Monitors>Show Monitors. Then I got a big Activity Monitor window which had a drop-down menu above "Show" from which I could select which processes would be displayed. Now, maybe I can figure out what's going on when the CPU monitor shows 50-60% usage when there are no programs running. And maybe why it runs incredibly hot most of the time, even with minimal programs running.Again, thanks!