dnall244
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Q: I'm again having very slow action on my iMac, OSX 10.9.4.  Where do I find the Activity Monitor?

running OSX 10.9.4 on my iMac.  Previously when troubleshooting this we looked at the Activity Monitor.  Now I can't find this.  Can someone tell me where it is ?

Posted on Sep 9, 2014 8:22 PM

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Q: I'm again having very slow action on my iMac, OSX 10.9.4.  Where do I find the Activity Monitor?

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  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Sep 9, 2014 8:24 PM in response to dnall244
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    Sep 9, 2014 8:24 PM in response to dnall244

    It would help us to help you if we could have some more technical info about your iMac.

    If you like, please go ahead and download, install and run Etrecheck.

    Etrecheck was developed as a simple Mac diagnostic report tool by a regular Apple Support forum user and technical support contributor named Etresoft. Etrecheck is a small, unobstrusive app that compiles a static snapshot of your entire Mac hardware system and installed software.

    This is a free app that has been honestly created to provided help in diagnosing issues with Macs running the new OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

    It is not malware and can be safely downloaded and installed onto your Mac.

     

    http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck

     

    Copy/paste and post its report here in another reply thread so that we have a complete profile of your Mac's hardware and installed software so we can all help with your Mac performance issues.

     

    Thank You.

  • by 1fabio,

    1fabio 1fabio Sep 9, 2014 8:27 PM in response to dnall244
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    Sep 9, 2014 8:27 PM in response to dnall244

    Hello dnall244,

     

    You can check out on /Applications/Utilities

     

    you can also search on Spotlight.

     

    You said that your Mac have very slow action. You should try:

    1. start OS X in Recovery Mode (by press and hold command + R)

    2. open Disk Utility

    3. select Macinsoth HD

    4. select First Aid tab

    5. verify and repair disk then verify and repair permissions

     

    You also can try to erase and install the OS X to improve the performance.

     

    Hope that it could help.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Sep 9, 2014 9:56 PM in response to dnall244
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    Applications
    Sep 9, 2014 9:56 PM in response to dnall244

    Launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:

    ☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

    ☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

    ☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the icon grid.

  • by dnall244,

    dnall244 dnall244 Sep 10, 2014 7:29 AM in response to Linc Davis
    Level 1 (12 points)
    Desktops
    Sep 10, 2014 7:29 AM in response to Linc Davis

    thanks! what I forgot was to go to utilities.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 10, 2014 10:36 AM in response to dnall244
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    Sep 10, 2014 10:36 AM in response to dnall244

    Activity Monitor - Mavericks

     

    Activity Monitor in Mavericks has significant changes

  • by FoxFifth,

    FoxFifth FoxFifth Sep 10, 2014 10:40 AM in response to dnall244
    Level 7 (27,606 points)
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    Sep 10, 2014 10:40 AM in response to dnall244

    dnall244 wrote:

     

    thanks! what I forgot was to go to utilities.

    By using Spotlight (Command + spacebar or the magnifying glass icon near right end of menu bar) you don't need to remember and it is usually faster to launch that way even if you do remember.