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On Mac OS X how can I see how much memory is being used by what programs?

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00:00 On Mac Os X How Can I See How Much Memory Is Being Used By What Programs?
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You can use the Activity Monitor application. It is located in /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app. And here is a screenshot with the columns for memory usage highlighted:Activity Monitor Screenshot




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MacOS is a UNIX. Thus, it has lots of standard unix tools, in your case, the top program, which you can execute in a terminal.