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Windows Task Manager's original creator is bringing a new version to Mac first

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In a nutshell: David W. Plummer is the original developer of Task Manager, one of Windows' most popular built-in tools for monitoring and managing system resources. Now, the programmer wants to "reimagine" his original project, adapting the same concept for computer platforms beyond Windows.

David Plummer is working on a new Task Manager tool and is bringing it to macOS first. Simply named Task Manager OG (TMOG), the program is designed to offer a "serious" system console to people working on GUI-based operating systems. Furthermore, TMOG focuses specifically on code efficiency, depth of information, and the kind of performance that only native applications can offer.

Plummer createdWindows Task Manager during his tenure at Microsoft, coding the tool in his spare time before Windows NT lead developer Dave Cutler decided to...

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