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Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by Kovah »

hombre_fatal wrote: post #17
ElijahLynn wrote: post #12

I brew installed but it didn't come up in my menubar. Just restarted my Mac and now I see it. I'm too lazy to make a PR to update the docs though right now. Edit: I just see the battery widget not any of the other ones. This is a confusing onboarding experience. Edit2: ah, they were all hidden because of Macs crap UX on menubar space. No indication there are more menu item. What a poor design decision Mac.

Yeah, it's really bad UX how icons simply don't show up if there's no room on macOS. There should at least be a spillover. Back in the day I paid for https://www.macbartender.com/ to get these features.

I would be very careful with using Bartender now. It was a great app, but recently bought by a shady company known for buying apps to milk them for money and user data. I recommend Ice, as linked by Khaine, which is open source, free, and works like a charme.

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by lukevp »

freehorse wrote: post #23
ElijahLynn wrote: post #12

I brew installed but it didn't come up in my menubar. Just restarted my Mac and now I see it. I'm too lazy to make a PR to update the docs though right now. Edit: I just see the battery widget not any of the other ones. This is a confusing onboarding experience. Edit2: ah, they were all hidden because of Macs crap UX on menubar space. No indication there are more menu item. What a poor design decision Mac.

Alright, bet. Wanna make your Mac menu bar less clunky? Here’s the tea. Pop these commands in your terminal to tighten it up: defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing -int 8 defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSelectionPadding -int 8 Changed your mind? No cap, just undo it with these: defaults -currentHost delete -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing defaults -currentHost delete -gl…

What’s the slang about? The OP doesn’t seem to be using any slang or colloquialisms. I thought it was funny but I don’t think I fully got the joke.

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by js2 »

This looks like a clone of iStat Menus which I had installed for years and years till one day I realized I basically never look at it and the icons were just taking up space in my menu bar. I finally un-installed it.

The activity monitor in my dock set to show CPU is sufficient for my needs.

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by benreesman »

lukevp wrote: post #45
freehorse wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Alright, bet. Wanna make your Mac menu bar less clunky? Here’s the tea. Pop these commands in your terminal to tighten it up: defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing -int 8 defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSelectionPadding -int 8 Changed your mind? No cap, just undo it with these: defaults -currentHost delete -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing defaults -currentHost delete -gl…

What’s the slang about? The OP doesn’t seem to be using any slang or colloquialisms. I thought it was funny but I don’t think I fully got the joke.

It’s pretty close to this meme from like a year ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/1963h4k/cs...

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by Khaine »

jedberg wrote: post #39
Khaine wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can also use Ice[1], which does the same thing and is open source [1] https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice

Looks like the features are very similar. Is there anything the commercial product does that the open source doesn't?

I've used both, and I think Bartender was a little more polished, UI wise.
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