One of the actions that you are always interested in knowing in an operating system of a computer or Mac, are the actions that run in the background. macOS is a fully optimized system, and running system applications or third-party applications in the background should not affect the normal operation of our equipment.
In any case, it does not hurt to know applications such as Lingon, which in a graphic way allows us to take a look at what happens in the neurological networks of our Mac y see which applications are active while we do any type of work. Most of these applications do not consume much resources, as they are semi-asleep until we send them a command, or they check from time to time if there is an update. In any case, Lingon shows us in a very visual interface, all the processes from the beginning. Actually, is a graphical representation of daemon management, which we can access directly from the Finder.
Lingon is an application that has a long history. The first version dates from 2006. However, the interface is fully adapted to the new Apple formats. If you are a new user, knowing the processes that operate on the Mac is satisfactory to know what is going on down there.
On the other hand, for expert users, Lingon allows not only to identify existing processes, but also to modify them and add new ones. It has advanced options, which can run the application or a script at a specific time.
There are two versions of the application. Lingon 3 we can acquire on the Mac Apple Store at a price of € 10,99. But the developer has a version outside the known Apple store , the X 6, at the same price. Some characteristics change, in the link, we can compare the two applications to know which one may interest us the most. Advance that the version has a dark mode and a hierarchical view of the tasks, the records of each action and the editing of system processes. Also on the developer's website we can access a trial version to see if the application satisfies us.