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Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by msephton »

LeoPanthera wrote: post #76
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.

I'm using an old version of iStat Menus, works fine. I did try Stat but the text in the menu bar is too thin for my eyes, and the developer wasn't receptive to my PR that addressed the issue. Which is fine. But makes the app not for me.

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by ge96 »

vunderba wrote: post #70
ge96 wrote: post #6

Windows doesn't have a programmable equivalent does it? Last time I messed around with this stuff I got by with an Electron app and using browser desktop notifications but I think I couldn't actually modify the taskbar/put icons somewhere.

I don't know about programmable, but hwInfo used to be pretty popular on Windows for monitoring temps/hd/CPU/etc. https://www.hwinfo.com

yeah I just meant in general not specific to hw info

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by dylan604 »

brailsafe wrote: post #72
dylan604 wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

blockers are fully engaged. it's not definitely not ads.

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by seemaze »

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.

TIL you can show useful stats with 'Activity Monitor.app' right in the dock by right clicking the icon and selecting from the 'Dock Icon' menu item. Thanks!

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by selcuka »

dylan604 wrote: post #61
ge96 wrote: post #6

Windows doesn't have a programmable equivalent does it? Last time I messed around with this stuff I got by with an Electron app and using browser desktop notifications but I think I couldn't actually modify the taskbar/put icons somewhere.

using an Electron app for this just feels like a 30lb sledge to drive in a finishing nail.

Electron is overkill, but it can be quite lightweight with something like Tauri as it doesn't bundle another browser and uses the default web renderer.

Re: Stats – macOS system monitor in your menu bar

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Post by selcuka »

dylan604 wrote: post #63
reaperducer wrote: post #37

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A weather widget is built-in to macOS now. System Settings > Control Center > Weather

argh!! why oh why does mine not have this??? Sequoia 15.1.1

It comes with Sequoia 15.2.

I am still on 15.1.1 too as I have been waiting for a 15.2.1 for bug fixes, but they released 15.3 instead.

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