Process Manager

Monitor and manage running processes.

Views

• Flat — all processes in a single sorted list
• Grouped — processes grouped by application (groups multiple PIDs under the same app)

Sorting

Sort by CPU usage, memory, name, or thread count. The sort option is persisted in Settings.

Process Information

Each process shows:

• Name and PID
• Path and bundle ID
• CPU percentage
• Memory usage
• Thread count
• Uptime
• User

Actions

• Terminate — sends SIGTERM
• Force Kill — sends SIGKILL
• Terminate All / Force Kill All — applies to every process in a group
• Multiple Selection — toggle edit mode, select several processes, then terminate or force kill

Safety

Critical system processes are protected by ProcessSafetyPolicy:

• kernel_task, launchd, WindowServer and 20+ others are always blocked
• Processes without a file path require extra confirmation
• PID 0 and PID 1 can never be terminated

Whitelist and Blacklist

• Whitelist — processes on this list are blocked from termination (use to protect important apps)
• Blacklist — processes on this list can be terminated without extra confirmation

Manage both lists through toolbar buttons. Lists are persisted locally.

Auto-Refresh

Set a refresh interval in Settings (5s, 10s, 30s) or keep manual refresh. Manual is the default.

Apple Intelligence

Click the sparkle icon to get an AI-generated explanation of any process.