Monitor Chrome resource usage
(Updated: )When Chrome slows your Mac down, it's rarely obvious which tab is to blame. Browser Care shows which tabs use the most Mac resources and how much Chrome uses, so you can decide what to do about them.
To check what's happening in Chrome right now, click Overview in Browser Care. The tab covers:
Current Tab — the tab you're working in, with its memory use.
Chrome Usage — how much memory and processor power Chrome uses.
Top Consumers — up to four tabs that use the most resources.
Duplicate Tabs — tabs with the same web address, so you can close the extra copies.
Old Tabs — tabs that have been open longer than the time limit you set.
Check overall Chrome usage
Chrome Usage shows how much memory and processor power Chrome uses, so you can tell whether it's worth pausing tabs.
Depending on the edition of CleanMyMac you use, Browser Care shows the following:
CPU shows the processor use as a percentage, and Memory shows how much memory Chrome uses. A live chart below them shows how CPU use changes over time, moving from left to right.
Chrome Usage updates every three seconds.
If Chrome Usage doesn't appear, make sure CleanMyMac background items are allowed in macOS. Health Monitor, which provides this data, can run only when they're allowed.
Find tabs that use the most resources
Top Consumers lists up to four tabs that use the most resources, ranked by estimated resource consumption. If you have fewer than four tabs open, the list is shorter.
Each row shows the tab name, the domain, how long the tab has been open, and its memory use. The list updates every three seconds as tabs use more or fewer resources.
Free up Mac resources
When Top Consumers points to tabs you don't need right now, you can act on them without leaving Browser Care:
Pause the top consumers at once or a single tab to free up memory and processor power. You can resume them later.
Close a tab you no longer need.
