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iStat Alternative for Mavericks?
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MenuMeters. I've been using MenuMeters since day one of Mavericks, it works just fine.
Oh thanks! My bad, I got it to work. I didn't know I had to go to System Preferences to get it up and running.
Not to hijack this thread, but how do you all like iStat menus? I tried it years and years ago but really didn't like UI, but I think it's gotten a lot better. Complaint tempted to try it out but I've got a 10+ year loyalty to MenuMeters going here. 
P.S. 500th post yay!
P.S. 500th post yay!
Not to hijack this thread, but how do you all like iStat menus? I tried it years and years ago but really didn't like UI, but I think it's gotten a lot better. Complaint tempted to try it out but I've got a 10+ year loyalty to MenuMeters going here.
P.S. 500th post yay!
I don't think the UI has changed much over the years. Pretty much the same color schemes and designs. If you didn't like it before, I don't think you'll like it now.
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Just tried iStat Menus for the first time in years and wow! I think I might switch from MenuMeters.
Thanks! Got one! I think MR's avatars are hardest to acquire of any forum I've ever used, kind of cool that way.
That's good to hear. Perhaps since I've been using it the whole time I didn't notice any changes.
Anyways I quite enjoy using it and to me it's worth it. Good information.
As in...? I mean many people won't have a need for them. For me it's ingrained after using them for years. It's how I know if my download is going fast, the speed of a file copy with my NAS box, computer uptime, how much CPU power an app is using, get my local IP etc., all of those I can see at a glance and I use all the time and I'm sure I'll find more I can't live without now that I'm using iStat Menus. If I don't have one installed I still keep looking at the menubar for them and it drives me crazy.
Did the dashboard app vanish completely or is it now part of iStat menus?
$16 seems a tad expensive to me... feels more like a 2.99-4.99 app. Although I don't know what the "menu" part can do, so maybe that's worth it?
I think I once tried to read out the temperature information from OSX (i.e. using the API), turned out to be quite difficult
$16 seems a tad expensive to me... feels more like a 2.99-4.99 app. Although I don't know what the "menu" part can do, so maybe that's worth it?
I think I once tried to read out the temperature information from OSX (i.e. using the API), turned out to be quite difficult
In the current version, the menu bar version provides a lot of information, customization, and even the ability to pile items in a "combined" item to save some screen real estate. I recently switched from the (now-discontinued) widget version and really enjoy it.
It might seem a bit overpriced, but it seems to be well-supported, resource-friendly, and will waste a good hour or so of your time trying to configure it just the way you like.
It might seem a bit overpriced, but it seems to be well-supported, resource-friendly, and will waste a good hour or so of your time trying to configure it just the way you like.