IoT | Tracking Your Computer's Memory/Cpu Usage

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the ever-growing network of physical objects that feature an IP address for internet connectivity, and the communication that occurs between these objects and other Internet-enabled devices and systems. In this instructable, you will see how to use IoT though the Mac's built-in program - Activity Manager.

First, you will want to locate Activity Monitor in the Utilities Folder in the Applications Folder. Go to:

/Applications/Utilities/

Once you locate it, open it.

When Activity Monitor first opens, you may feel a little lost. Here is a breakdown of what everything means and how to understand what it is saying.

When Activity Monitor opens, you will notice that you are under the CPU Tab. Here, each running thread and activity is listed. For example, I took a screenshot of the Firefox Row. The first number represents the % of CPU being used by that application. The second number shows the amount of time that application has been running for. The third number is the amount of threads that the application is running. The Fourth number is how many times that application was been Woken up from Idle state. The Fifth number is the PID which stands for the Processer ID number. This is important in two instances. (1) When you have a program that is slowing down your computer or a program you are reporting to apple. They will be able to tell the application/program by the PID. (2) If you have some kind of malware/virus on your computer and you know what application it is from. For example, if a fake java program is running and using 0% of your CPU while you are running a java application, that is most likely a virus and you can report it to apple with the PID and possible block that PID to help issues be resolved. The last column is the user running the program.

The memory tab is the "capacity" of the computer. Not only is it what you save, but it is also the amount of pressure from other programs. The more active programs open, the less memory available, meaning your computer runs slower. If you suspect adware because your computer is always slow, check here to make sure everything is running that is legit. If you are 100% sure that you found adware/viruses, click on the process, and click the X above Process Name Colum. Then select click force quit.

Not much to see here. Just some of the applications that are using energy from your computer.

In the disk tab, any data being written out or into a disk is monitored here. This means if you save something or a backup is being run, it shows up here. Things it can write out to are, but not limited to: Backup disks, computer directories, flash drives, web servers.

In the Network Tab, anything being written out to a network or server is shown here.

Knowing how to use Activity Manager can help speed up your computer, and have to potential to save you from a deadly computer virus!

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to the ever-growing network of physical objects that feature an IP address for internet connectivity, and the communication that occurs between these objects and other Internet-enabled devices and systems. So, by knowing how to use Activity manager, allows you to see what is going to different networks and drives, and let you potentially see a program you make in Activity Manager and send using IoT. It also allows you to stop viruses that are taking advantage of you and the IoT Technology.

Today, there are so many forms of robotics and computer technology. This can be from your iPhone, to your tablet or computer, or even automatic wifi. Knowing how to use Activity Monitor allows you to prioritize certain programs to run. Knowing how to do this, you can create and run programs on platforms such as the raspberry pi and make actual robots run based on promoted and terminated scripts or programs via Bluetooth, wifi, or wires.

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