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System Information

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Find out how much memory I have?

→ About This Mac

Find out what version of Mac OS X I’m running?

→ About This Mac

→ About This Mac → click on the version number (e.g., 10.2.3) to reveal the build number (e.g., 6G30).

Finder → Applications → Utilities → Apple System Profiler → System Profile panel; look in the System overview section to see the exact build of Mac OS X.

Find out what processor my Mac has?

→ About This Mac

Finder → Applications → Utilities → Apple System Profiler → System Profile → Hardware Overview

What type of cache do I have and how big is it?

Applications → Utilities → Apple System Profiler → System Profile → Memory Overview

Find out what programs (or processes) are running?

Finder → Applications → Utilities → Process Viewer

From the command line, using the ps -aux command.

From the command line, using the top command.

Display the status of the computer’s used and free memory?

From the command line, using the top command. The top command gives you a real-time view of the processes running on your system, as well as processor and memory ...

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