[DM-MUG] How do I tell what's running on my computer if I can't see it?

[Roses Derise]

Ok, thanks to you and Darcy. I looked at the Activity Monitor and indeed, I
think I better not mess with anything there. Most of what I saw used words
or icons that were at least familiar. The only thing I could see that looked
out of the ordinary was I found that in the "user" names columns, they all
said either ROSES or ROOT except a couple that said the user was LP and one
said NOBDODY. Is this ok?

Thanks again.


On 8/21/07 11:21 AM, "Bryan Baker" <ka_klick at mac.com> wrote:

> Look at Utilities:Activity Monitor
> 
> There will be a lot of stuff running you won't know about or
> understand, so it might be difficult to figure out what is going on,
> and your machine does run many tasks on an ongoing basis that you
> have no need to be aware of normally - one that springs to mind is
> the process that keeps Spotlight updated. If you've been downloading
> a bunch of new files, it's possible some of that is spotlight pouring
> over it to index it's contents.
> 
> 
> On Aug 21, 2007, at 9:13 AM, Roses Derise wrote:
>> Dear Friends,
>> 
>> I am so appreciative that you MUGgles are here. I¹m known for my
>> problem-solving ability in other areas of life but on a computer,
>> this grandma is so slow I¹m not even allowed on the expressway. I
>> have been trying to figure out how to download movies on my MacBook
>> Pro from file sharing and what I get is porn sites and stuff that¹s
>> probably illegal and which I¹ve been entirely unsuccessful in
>> getting to work, plus now I think there is something running on my
>> computer that I can¹t find. Even when there is nothing else
>> running, I can hear that humming sound that says something is
>> working in there.
>> 
>> This is actually a two part question, which I¹ll break up into two
>> posts.  The question on this one is, how do I find out what¹s
>> running on my computer and/or get rid of it?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Roses
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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