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Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by crazygringo »

I've used Stats for years and loved it -- for CPU, GPU, memory, and network upload/download speeds.

It's fantastic for catching when a bunch of processes haven't been killed and are stuck at 100%. For figuring out if my code is actually running on the GPU or not. For seeing what my network transfer rates are, when a download or transfer gets stuck, and which process is suddenly downloading hundreds of megabytes without telling me?

It gives me the security I have a top-level overview of what my computer's up to. Can't imagine my menubar without it.

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by brailsafe »

dylan604 wrote: post #58
js2 wrote: post #46

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.

the one I use most often is about://peformance in Firefox I used to open up Activity Monitor, but every single time my laptop fans kick on, it was the browser. with the browser performance monitor, i can see exactly which tab is being naughty. So now, I skip Activity Monitor and go straight to the source. Usually, a cmd-R on the offending tab brings it back under control. I assume some JS dev has not tested their cod…

It's also often just ads, and installing a blocker helps

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by crazygringo »

freehorse wrote: post #56
larusso wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I needed something like stats back when RAM was an issue on my MacBook 2011 (I installed 16Gb even so 8 was the official max from Apple) and the n during the 2020ish years before my first M series to figure out why my fans started to act up. Now I also only need to figure out what eats Batterie.

I need it on apple silicon for the opposite reason, because there is basically no feedback from the computer if something is eating all then resources. Eg sometimes something eats my ram and it starts swapping and I do not even notice.

Exactly my situation too. Both for CPU (the MBA is fanless) and memory. You just have no idea otherwise, in many cases.

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by LeoPanthera »

js2 wrote: post #46

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.

It is indeed a clone of iStat Menus. But a very good one, which I discovered when I got tired of paying for the yearly upgrade to iStat.

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by LeoPanthera »

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.

Open source and especially free open source apps probably don't care too much about the "onboarding experience".

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by ilyagr »

mattrighetti wrote: post #36
spiantino wrote: post #28

Stats + Hidden Bar + Brave are my first 3 downloads on any new Mac

I did not know about Hidden Bar, will try that out! I've been using Bartender for a long time but that is not free.

I haven't heard about Hidden Bar before, but https://github.com/jordanbaird/Ice is quite nice.

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by rodgerd »

iforgotmysocks wrote: post #59
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…

This makes me cringe. No one talks like that

No-one you know, old person.
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