Articles tagged “tutorial”
Every ProcXray guide tagged “tutorial” — macOS process monitoring, debugging, and developer tooling.
kernel_task High Memory on Mac: What Is Normal and How to Fix It
Seeing kernel_task use several gigabytes of memory? Learn what it represents, when it is normal, and how to diagnose real memory pressure or a kernel-level leak.
Mac Memory Pressure Red? How to Tell Memory Pressure from a Memory Leak
Learn what macOS memory pressure means, how it differs from a real memory leak, and how to find the app or process causing red memory pressure, swap, and slowdowns.
Mac Running Hot and MacBook Fan Loud: How to Find the Process Behind the Heat
Mac running hot or fans staying loud? Check CPU, GPU, energy use, ventilation, and hardware symptoms to narrow down the cause.
Google Chrome Helper (Renderer) High Memory on Mac
Find which Chrome tab or extension is using memory on your Mac. Use Chrome Task Manager, check memory pressure, and investigate persistent growth.
mds_stores High CPU on Mac: When to Wait and When to Fix It
mds_stores eating CPU and disk? It is Spotlight's per-volume indexer. Most spikes are real work that resolves on its own — learn how to tell legitimate indexing from a stuck process, and what actually fixes it.
WindowServer High CPU on Mac: What It Is and How to Fix It
WindowServer at 100%+ CPU? It is the macOS process that draws every pixel on your screen. Learn why it spikes, when to worry, and how to find the app actually causing the load.
kernel_task High CPU on Mac: What It Is and How to Fix It
Seeing kernel_task in Activity Monitor? Learn what PID 0 means, why high CPU protects an overheating Mac, and how to find the real process causing it.
How to Check Loaded Modules and Libraries of a Process on macOS
Learn how to inspect dynamic libraries (dylibs) and frameworks loaded by a running process on macOS using vmmap, otool, lsof, dyld_info, and ProcXray.
How to Find Which Process Owns a Window on macOS
Learn the fastest ways to identify which macOS process owns a specific window using Activity Monitor, Quartz window APIs, Terminal, and ProcXray.
Mac Running Slow? How to Find and Kill Resource-Hogging Processes
Step-by-step guide to diagnosing a slow Mac — find processes causing high CPU, memory pressure, and disk I/O, then kill or manage them with the right tool.
Getting Started with ProcXray: A Step-by-Step Tutorial
Learn how to install and use ProcXray on macOS — process trees, regex search, environment variables, code signatures, and network inspection in one tutorial.
How to See All Running Processes on Mac
See every running process on your Mac with Activity Monitor or Terminal. Show background processes, find a PID, and check CPU or memory usage.
How to Debug Memory Leaks on Mac Using ProcXray
Step-by-step guide to finding and fixing memory leaks on macOS. Use ProcXray's real-time memory charts and process inspection to identify the root cause fast.