iStat menus
iStat menus lets you monitor your system right from the menubar. Included are 8 menu extras that let you monitor every aspect of your system.
Take a look at some of the features.
CPU - Monitor cpu usage. 7 display modes, multiple core support.
Memory - Monitor memory usage. 4 display modes, page ins/outs and swap usage display.
Disks - Monitor disk usage and activity. 6 display modes, ability to hide disks you dont want to see.
Network - Monitor current and total bandwidth, peak bandwidth, ip addresses . Ability to hide disks you dont want to see.
Temps - Monitor the temperature of your mac. 2 display modes, ability to hide sensors you dont want to see.
Fans - Monitor the fan speeds in your mac. 2 display modes, ability to hide sensors you dont want to see.
Bluetooth - Control bluetooth status plus monitor the battery level of your Apple wireless keyboard or mouse.
Date & Time - Date + time in your menubar. World clock display lets you see the time in multiple locations around the world.
Tags: menu , monitoring , extra , istat , system
Opinions:
This works on 10.5 with a few small cosmetic display issues in open menus.
Just moved to this from MenuMeters, I like this a bit better but there's not much in it. The fact this is being actively developed swung it for me.
let's me know when syslogd goes crazy :D
I love this program. The best feature is how I am able to perfectly customise the appearance of the time and date, along with the drop down calendar and time zones from the menu bar.
All the other features are just icing on the cake for me.
I used this for 5 months, then removed it. Takes quite a bit of resources for what it does. I have a similar program on my PC (everest) where it makes much more sense since my box is watercooled, etc. Knowing the CPU temp on my macbook on the other hand presents much less interest. To be fair it does what it says on the tin.
@me: to workaround this problem, I'm now using spacecontrol that updates faster, and also has an adjustable alarm for low free space.
The free space figure of the "drives" menu item takes more than 1 minute to update, even though it's set to update every 1.3 second... :(
bradbeattie,
The install will work without an administrator pass(even though it will say its failed) but the new process monitoring feature wont work properly. The process server needs administrator permissions otherwise it can't get some of the information.
Scratch that. It asks for administrative access, but still installs if you deny it said access. Odd...
Hrm. I don't recall the previous versions requiring administrative access to install. I suppose this is another app I won't be installing.
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