Current Mac activity monitors show resource usage per process, which confuses most users. A tool that aggregates usage per app would be far more intuitive. Casual Mac users and power users alike would buy this for better system insights. The MVP could focus on CPU and memory usage per app. The biggest risk is that Apple might add this feature to Activity Monitor.
App-centric Mac resource monitor
Create a resource monitor that shows CPU, memory, and network usage per app rather than per process. Make it easier for users to identify resource-hungry apps.
Why now
Users struggle to make sense of traditional process-level monitors. An app-centric view simplifies this.
- Who for
- Mac users monitoring system resources
- Business model
- one-time purchase
- Effort
- A few weeks
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