Is there an app for the Mac that shows you which apps are using the network?

Posted by Paul D. Waite on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Paul D. Waite
Published on 2009-09-28T09:09:53Z Indexed on 2010/04/24 12:33 UTC
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I use Menu Meters to show me how much data is being sent and received by my Mac as a whole.

But (as far as I can tell), it doesn’t break it down by application. If there’s a lot of data being sent or received, it’d be nice to see which app is doing it.

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