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The Processes Window

To open the Processes window, select the menu item Window > Show Processes or press the key combination ⌘ + 2.

The window contains a table of all processes that ran during measurement. The internal process name and a unique process identification number (PID) are always specified. All other columns of the table can be enabled or disabled, which is described in the next section. It is also possible to sort in ascending or descending order for all columns where this makes sense. To do this, click on the heading of the respective column.

In addition to running processes, the following two pseudo-entries can also be found in the table:

Process overview with all retrievable data
Process overview with all retrievable data

The table identifies the columns of the individual process measurements with the following headings:

Additional options for the process window

You can choose which data you like to retrieve when listing the processes in the table:

  1. Select the menu item View > Show View Options or press the key combination ⌘ + J.
  2. Check or uncheck the options at Display the following items.
  3. Click the Close button.
Most columns of the process table can be turned on and off.
Most columns of the process table can be turned on and off.

You can change the order of the columns by grabbing a column by its heading cell and dragging it to another position.

The column by which the table is to be sorted and a reordering of columns can be switched off together. To do this, click the button Reset column and row sort order in the dialog sheet.

To reset the entire table to standard values, click the Set defaults button.

Colors for displaying thread priorities (Quality of Service)

macOS internally uses the following gradations of priorities to define a quality of service for a task to be completed:

Mac Power Monitor uses predefined colors to represent the QOS distribution.
Mac Power Monitor uses predefined colors to represent the QOS distribution.

The colors used by the process window to present priority distribution in the QOS column can be shown in a second window:

  1. Select the menu item View > Show View Options or press the key combination ⌘ + J.
  2. Click the button Open QOS color panel.