Shortcut For Activity Monitor Mac [new]

Once Activity Monitor is open, these shortcuts transform navigation.

You don’t even need Activity Monitor’s main window open for these. shortcut for activity monitor mac

| Goal | Shortcut | |------|----------| | Launch Activity Monitor | Cmd+Space → “Activity” → Return | | Force quit selected process | Cmd+Option+Q | | Normal quit dialog | Cmd+Delete | | Search processes | Cmd+F | | Process info window | Cmd+I | | Sample process | Option+Cmd+S | | CPU tab | Cmd+1 | | Memory tab | Cmd+2 | | Energy tab | Cmd+3 | | Disk tab | Cmd+4 | | Network tab | Cmd+5 | | Refresh data | Cmd+R | | Switch between processes | ↑ / ↓ | | Show/hide Dock (to access pinned app) | Cmd+Option+D | Once Activity Monitor is open, these shortcuts transform

Click any column header once → sorts ascending. Click again → descending. But the real trick: → sorts by that column without resetting the previous sort order as a secondary key. Click again → descending

For the truly shortcut-obsessed, skip the GUI entirely.

A common mistake is confusing the "Force Quit" shortcut ( Opt + Cmd + Esc ) with the Activity Monitor shortcut. Activity Monitor allows you to "Inspect" and see why something is broken; Force Quit just kills the process. If you care about diagnostics, opening Activity Monitor via Spotlight or a custom shortcut is better than using the Force Quit menu.