Why is my Computer Slow? TMOG Knows Why!

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One task manager · Native on every platform 1.0.0 RTM

Why is my
Computer Slow?

TMOG Knows Why!

One glance at TMOG shows which process and which subsystem are responsible—right now. One measuring core. Three native applications. No browser shell.

FIG. 02 TMOG names the processes spending your computer's time and energy.

Solved case 01 · The fan

Your computer's fan just spun up. TMOG names the process before it spins down.

TMOG helps you connect the sound, heat, stutter, dropped frame, or drained battery to the process and subsystem that caused it.

  • Sort and filter a live process hierarchy
  • Compare CPU, memory, disk, network, and energy impact
  • Follow identity-safe processes even when the system recycles a PID

Precision Instrumentation:

A measuring instrument should never make up an answer.

One glance at TMOG and you know why.

That promise rests on engineering rules you can verify yourself. TMOG distinguishes zero from unavailable and leaves gaps when samples stop. Every reading carries an explicit availability state, so a missing sensor cannot quietly become a plausible-looking value.

Here are the ten strongest facts behind the screen.

  1. Native code all the way down.

    TMOG uses Swift and AppKit on macOS, C++ and Win32 on Windows, and C++ with Qt 6 on Linux over one shared C++20 measuring core. No Electron, no web view, no embedded browser.

  2. Twelve destinations, one glance apiece.

    Summary, Performance, Processes, System Info, Startup apps, Users, Services, Power & Freq, Connections, Installed Apps, Disk Space, and Benchmarks.

  3. Unsupported means unsupported.

    TMOG never shows a zero it did not measure. Zero means the provider measured zero.

  4. A stopped measurement leaves a gap.

    A gap is the truth. Drawing a smooth line through missing samples would not be.

  5. TMOG can measure itself, too.

    Turn on the self-monitoring option to include TMOG's own process and inspect the monitor's cost.

  6. Performance and efficiency cores stay distinct.

    The CPU view color-codes them and can switch between overall, logical-processor, and NUMA views.

  7. Replay the slow hour.

    On macOS, Windows, and Linux, Flight Recorder records, saves, scrubs, and replays the same seven telemetry panels in one interchangeable .tmogtrace format. PRO

  8. Energy has a cause.

    The Energy view shows instantaneous watts, history, power state, and the processes responsible.

  9. A PID is not enough.

    TMOG pairs each PID with its creation identity so a recycled number cannot redirect an action to the wrong process.

  10. Your machine stays your business.

    TMOG sends no usage statistics, hardware inventory, process information, or identifiers. Its only routine request is an update check.

Six more solved cases

Which part of the machine flinched first?

These are real TMOG screens, not simulated dashboards. Open any image to inspect the measurements at full size.

Developers: see which performance and efficiency cores your build just lit.

See pressure, compression, cache, swap, and the trend—not merely one used-memory total.

05

The stalled transfer

See every device separately or combine the entire storage path into one answer.

06

The dropped connection

Adaptive live bandwidth, history, totals, identity, and link details stay together.

Before lunch disappears, see the watts and the processes responsible for spending them.

Gamers: find out whether the CPU, GPU, storage, or thermals flinched first.

Instrument, not ornament

The phosphor belongs to the product.

TMOG's meters are drawn by the native app. Choose the system appearance or tune the console to the phosphor that reads best to you.

Light

Full color · Saturation 7

Dark

Full color · Saturation 7

Green

Classic green phosphor

One solution · Three native applications

The same instrument on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

01 / macOS · 1.0.0 RTM

Swift + AppKit

Native windows, tables, menus, system metrics, and hardware-aware views for Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Signed and notarized.

Target
macOS 14+

Architecture
Apple silicon + Intel x64

02 / WINDOWS · 1.0.0 RTM

C++ + Win32

Native Windows controls, process and service actions, logical processor topology, and the conventions Windows power users expect.

Target
Windows 11

Architecture
x64 · ARM64

03 / LINUX · 1.0.0 RTM

C++ + Qt 6

Native Qt Widgets, direct system metrics across X11 and Wayland, and the same models and metric semantics as TMOG elsewhere.

Target
Linux desktop

Architecture
x64 · ARM64

Behavior, functionality, and sensor availability vary by system and platform.