Quitter: One-Click Termination of “Fake Closed” Application Processes (macOS Exclusive)
Core Features:
- Quick Identification of Resident Processes: Displays all open applications that have not truly exited (different from the “window closed only” state).
- Batch / Single Process Termination: Supports one-click termination of specified application processes to free up memory (similar to the forced end function in Windows Task Manager).
- Lightweight Design: No complex settings, resides as a menu bar icon, click to bring up the operation interface.
Usage Scenarios:
- Temporary note-taking apps (such as Bear, Notion), document editors (such as Pages), etc., where closing the window leaves the process running in the background. Quirer can quickly clean these up.
- Prevent long-accumulated “zombie processes” from causing system lag or excessive memory usage.
Homebrew installation and use
brew install quitter
More information: Quitter，定时退出不活跃应用，还你一个干净的视野 | App+1 - 少数派
Automatic Freeze / Suspend Idle Browser Tabs Tab Suspender (Available for Chrome/Edge)
Core Features:
- Smart Freezing of Idle Tabs: Set a time threshold (e.g., no access for 5 minutes) to automatically freeze tabs, pausing their script execution and memory usage.
- Tab Group Management: Supports grouping tabs by project/purpose, manually freezing/waking specified groups, suitable for multitasking scenarios (e.g., distinguishing between “read” and “to-read” tabs during literature review).
- Resource Usage Statistics: Real-time display of memory freed by frozen tabs, intuitively evaluating optimization effects.
Usage Scenarios:
- When dozens of literature pages are opened for a long time but cannot be read promptly, automatically freeze inactive tabs to reduce Chrome memory usage (tested to reduce memory consumption by 30%~50%).
Download and use https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tab-suspender/fiabciakcmgepblmdkmemdbbkilneeeh