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DESCRIPTION
Process Wizard is a menu hack that allows you to access to all the processes of your system (applications, background applications, user processes, non user processes) and to change their priority (Unix nice value). Ctrl-Click on a process to kill it.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.18 adds the following:
  • Now Jaguar compatible !
  • Now use the API supported by Apple to deal with menu items.
  • The window in now draggable, and will be fully positionnable in the final release.
  • The full path of the process is now displayed as a tooltip.
  • Wheel button is now supported to scroll the list.
  • Fixed a major bug where the application freezed when a process with no associated path was present.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.1 or later.

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Developer:La Chose Interactive
Downloads:11,016
  - Version d/l:3,735
Utilities:System
License:Free
Date:29 Jan 2003
Platform:PPC
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Sep 18 2009

GENGHISCOHEN  Incredibly, this handy little app still runs fine in Snow Leopard!  
(Version 1.18)

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Nov 30 2007
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BILL B  Now running Tiger, I was looking for a renicing utility and came across Process Wizard again. I have used this in the past with Jaguar and Panther, but didn't think it would run under Tiger. To my surprise, it runs perfectly! The interface is different and better than when I used it in the past (new version).

Many thanks!  
(Version 1.18)

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Jun 30 2005

ANONYMOUS  How do you quit?  
(Version 1.18)

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Aug 12 2005

3818  1. Cleck on the PW icon in the toolbar

2. Select "Background Apps"

3. Select "Process Wizard" in the drop-down menu and control-click on its icon

4. You will see a "KILL" button appear; click on it and you will terminate Process Wizard  
(Version 1.18)

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Jun 26 2005
*****

ARVIDTP  great program - I use it to convince OS X that my realtime audio processing in MaxMSP really is more important during a performance than rendering a pretty dock animation :)  
(Version 1.18)

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Jan 17 2005
****½

ANONYMOUS  Brilliant!  
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Jun 30 2004

DURIN  software performs perfectly, even "killed" programm "quit Anything" when it froze.....

but program asks Admin password when i want to quit some app. very annoying, and theres no user manual whatsoever, nothing on dev,site. I need to set prefferences and can not fid any way to do it, can anyone help here.

thx  
(Version 1.18)

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Jul 30 2004

DOMINIQUE PERETTI  If you want to launch ProcessWizard with root privilege, you can launch it from terminal, assuming that it is in /Applications folder.

sudo -b /Applications/ProcessWizard.app/Contents/MacOS/ProcessWizard  
(Version 1.18)

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Jun 25 2004

CODE NAME JON  doesn't seem to make that much differance on basic tasks, bu t I just ripped a movie through 'Handbreak' about an hour quicker than usual!!!

thanks, great app  
(Version 1.18)

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Feb 29 2004
*****

JB  Nice application. A future enhancement could be saving multiple user settings.  
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Jun 30 2004

ANONYMOUS  how do you even save single user settings? I cant find any preferences or options button  
(Version 1.18)

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Oct 9 2003
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ANONYMOUS  yes but why doesn't it save my prefernces, it always seems to default back after a restart, or am i being a bit thick  
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Aug 9 2003
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JIMW  Of all the process control utilites I have used, this is hands down the best of the bunch. It is extremely stable, easy to use and understand, and can always be relied on. It is a must have for achieving the maximum performance from CPU intensive programs such as Virtual PC. It will also smooth out the visual displays and streaming in ITunes. I am currently using it with 10.2.6 and has never interfered with any operations or crashed on me. If you aren't a Unix geek and want to set the priority of your processes, forget the rest. This is the only one to consider. Not only that It's Free!

Despite my high regard of this product I did downgrade the features rating a notch for what I feel that it could do as well.

If I were the author, I would add some preferences that would allow me to shrink or expand the Icon/type size, and I would allow a double-click on a listed application to bring its window to the foreground so I could use is as a program selector. Perhaps something like an Option-Click could hide the window of the application. It also would be nice to have a preference where you could preassign a priority to an application at launch.

Nevertheless it performs as advertised and does its job very well. I would not trade it in for any other similar product I currently know of. It is simply the best.   
(Version 1.18)

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