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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1870534" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Yes, Activity Monitor shows EVERYTHING that is running, including system processes that are part of the operating system for the Mac. Typically those processes don't have an icon in the far left column, whereas things you are running should have their icon there. Normally you don't have to worry about what is running, but when things go "strange" Activity Monitor is a good tool to see what is going on under the hood. To help you out, right now I have Messages, Mail, Activity Monitor, Calendar, Microsoft Outlook and Safari actively running, along with Finder, of course, and Activity Monitor says I have 555 processes and 1986 threads running. </p><p></p><p>As for memory, what you posted looks pretty good. The easiest way to know if there are memory issues is simply to look at the graph right next to the numbers, labelled "Memory Pressure." As long as it's green, you are in great shape. Again, if it goes yellow or red you can sort the users by clicking on the "Memory" header to see who the big hitters are and decide if you want to try to close them. Typically big graphic applications can use a lot of memory, as can virtual systems like Parallels or VMWare. </p><p></p><p>Yes, you have cookies. Whether or not you want to delete them is up to you. Some cookies tell websites how you like the site to be set up for you, some do some authentication that you are a previous user, etc. Some may track how many times you come back, or the like. I generally just leave cookies alone. If you want to delete them your browser may have some ability to do that. Safari, for example, can clear out cookies by going to History and then Clear History... The resulting window will allow you to select how far back you want history to be erased and it will clear the history of where you have been and the cookies it gathered for that time. There are third party programs that claim to clear cookies alone, leaving history in place, but I have never used any of them. </p><p></p><p>Hope that helped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1870534, member: 396914"] Yes, Activity Monitor shows EVERYTHING that is running, including system processes that are part of the operating system for the Mac. Typically those processes don't have an icon in the far left column, whereas things you are running should have their icon there. Normally you don't have to worry about what is running, but when things go "strange" Activity Monitor is a good tool to see what is going on under the hood. To help you out, right now I have Messages, Mail, Activity Monitor, Calendar, Microsoft Outlook and Safari actively running, along with Finder, of course, and Activity Monitor says I have 555 processes and 1986 threads running. As for memory, what you posted looks pretty good. The easiest way to know if there are memory issues is simply to look at the graph right next to the numbers, labelled "Memory Pressure." As long as it's green, you are in great shape. Again, if it goes yellow or red you can sort the users by clicking on the "Memory" header to see who the big hitters are and decide if you want to try to close them. Typically big graphic applications can use a lot of memory, as can virtual systems like Parallels or VMWare. Yes, you have cookies. Whether or not you want to delete them is up to you. Some cookies tell websites how you like the site to be set up for you, some do some authentication that you are a previous user, etc. Some may track how many times you come back, or the like. I generally just leave cookies alone. If you want to delete them your browser may have some ability to do that. Safari, for example, can clear out cookies by going to History and then Clear History... The resulting window will allow you to select how far back you want history to be erased and it will clear the history of where you have been and the cookies it gathered for that time. There are third party programs that claim to clear cookies alone, leaving history in place, but I have never used any of them. Hope that helped. [/QUOTE]
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