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Re: Show HN: Pluto – macOS system monitor app

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Post by gnicholas »

bori5 wrote: post #16
gnicholas wrote: post #14

Does this have a menubar widget? I miss MenuMeters, after it was killed by an OS update a while back. Would love to try it out, regardless!

MenuMeters works fine on my Mojave, but from reading release notes it would appear to run on BigSur as well. MenuMeters for OS X El Capitan 10.11 and later https://member.ipmu.jp/yuji.tachikawa/MenuMetersElCapitan/ and https://github.com/yujitach/MenuMeters

Wow, didn't know there was a new version — thanks! I recently booted up my 2008 iMac to get some old files, and I was reminded how much I liked MenuMeters.

Re: Show HN: Pluto – macOS system monitor app

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Post by gnicholas »

lupinglade wrote: post #20
gnicholas wrote: post #14

Does this have a menubar widget? I miss MenuMeters, after it was killed by an OS update a while back. Would love to try it out, regardless!

Give it a try, we think its a lot nicer than the tiny menu bar stats most apps provide -- they just don't display the right amount of information. You can quickly collapse it away when you want it out of the way by clicking on the left mode "PLUTO" label.

Thanks! I mostly want to see CPU and wifi activity, so a menubar widget covers most of my bases. I also don't have a big multi-screen setup, so I have a stronger preference for menubar widgets than some people.

Re: Show HN: Pluto – macOS system monitor app

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Post by throwaway744678 »

bori5 wrote: post #16
gnicholas wrote: post #14

Does this have a menubar widget? I miss MenuMeters, after it was killed by an OS update a while back. Would love to try it out, regardless!

MenuMeters works fine on my Mojave, but from reading release notes it would appear to run on BigSur as well. MenuMeters for OS X El Capitan 10.11 and later https://member.ipmu.jp/yuji.tachikawa/MenuMetersElCapitan/ and https://github.com/yujitach/MenuMeters

Confirmation here: it works fine on Big Sur too.

Re: Show HN: Pluto – macOS system monitor app

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Post by lupinglade »

gnicholas wrote: post #24
lupinglade wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Give it a try, we think its a lot nicer than the tiny menu bar stats most apps provide -- they just don't display the right amount of information. You can quickly collapse it away when you want it out of the way by clicking on the left mode "PLUTO" label.

Thanks! I mostly want to see CPU and wifi activity, so a menubar widget covers most of my bases. I also don't have a big multi-screen setup, so I have a stronger preference for menubar widgets than some people.

You can display only your CPU & Wi-Fi in Pluto. It becomes quite compact then. The CPU view can be compacted further, too.

Re: Show HN: Pluto – macOS system monitor app

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Post by other_herbert »

Very nice :) I just bought it, this is a lot nicer to have around than switching back to the activity monitor.. I just recently got an m1 Mac air and since it's fanless and makes no obvious outside indication that something is busy it's hard to tell what's going on.

Re: Show HN: Pluto – macOS system monitor app

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Post by sjg »

zero_ wrote: post #15
lupinglade wrote: post #2

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never have luck with this stuff ;D

I always miss out on this stuff too. Always late to the party.
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