The thing I miss is a history graph of memory use. And the CPU history graph is now wider than it used to be, taking up more space.
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You used to have a history graph that took up less than 8px?
It can be adjusted in width anywhere from 8-100px.
Yes - at least for me. The old app (iState Menus 6) is still in the Applications folder, open it and it will install itself. Not 100% sure about settings, a couple of things had to be reset on mine.
Ditto for most of this. If it weren't for the circle graphs I'd have kept v7 installed and upgraded - but even though I like a lot of the v7 aesthetics I reverted back to v6 after about an hour. The circle graphs are just far too hard to visually process (and should have been a configurable option).
Aside from the circles, another deal breaker for me is the mysterious disappearance of history graphs for a few items that were there in v6 but not in v7, especially battery history.
I did purchase a v7 family license as a matter of supporting the devs though. But for now only installing v7 on one personal MacBook meant for testing, while the rest of my other Macs stay at v6. I hope a few revisions down the road they can roll back or add back some features / UI elements.
As mentioned by Nicho, the menu bar hisotry graphs can be set to a wide range of widths. Please click on the items to reveal more options.
Settings should be kept. And yep, we intentionally left version 6 around to make it easy to go back, for people who want to.
Battery history was added in 7.02! More good stuff is coming.
Thank you! And yep, we can. We’re listening and we’ll make changes and add features as needed.
Oh thank you for putting it back! I frequently have to look at battery history to judge when to charge my MacBook and if bringing a charger is needed for given workflow. Was frustrated to not see it in v7 at first but now it's all good.
And, over the years I have been using iStat, at least as far back as the original OS X black and blue widgets. Been using the menu bar app since I think version 2 or 3. Every time I look at how much value I got from the app, I can't help but think your asking price is just too cheap
And kudos for sticking with perpetual licensing as well.
Thanks for the bug reports! We really appreciate them, and they help make iStat Menus better for everyone. If you do spot issues with Bluetooth devices not showing battery values, sending us logs may help. This can be done by choosing Diagnostics › Send Log Files from within iStat Menus.
I've long loved iStat Menus and purchased each successive version, but am for the first time experiencing a little bit of a learning curve with the new version.
Does anyone know if it's possible to show only the swap memory in the menubar? I'd really just like to know when my Mac is/isn't using swap, more so than the actual amount. Thanks in advance!
Does anyone know if it's possible to show only the swap memory in the menubar? I'd really just like to know when my Mac is/isn't using swap, more so than the actual amount. Thanks in advance!
I don’t think that is possible with iStat Menus 6 or iStat Menus 7. It’s been a while since I’ve run iStat Menus 6 though. Did you have it set up to show swap in your menu bar previously?
Thanks! We’re on it!
I'm not sure if this is a bug or just a really sad feature change but after updating I am no longer able to see the day and month in the clock setting. it only shows "clock". which because you cannot turn off the default mac OS time just gives me double information i don't need.
I had it set to just show the day/month/date all the way to the right and then the time would come from that unremovable mac os clock.
It also had a great way to check the calendar from there by just clicking the icon but that's not made into many more clicks.
Is there any way to get that functionality back? it may sound small but that is like 80% of the reason i installed istat
The menu bar clock format is even more customisable in iStat Menus 7 than it was in iStat Menus 6, but I think we’ve made the UI a little more difficult to use. Here’s some info on how to customise the menu bar clock, and the steps needed to do so: https://bjango.com/help/istatmenus7/menubarclock/I'm not sure if this is a bug or just a really sad feature change but after updating I am no longer able to see the day and month in the clock setting. it only shows "clock". which because you cannot turn off the default mac OS time just gives me double information i don't need.
I had it set to just show the day/month/date all the way to the right and then the time would come from that unremovable mac os clock.
It also had a great way to check the calendar from there by just clicking the icon but that's not made into many more clicks.
Is there any way to get that functionality back? it may sound small but that is like 80% of the reason i installed istat
And yep, it’s a shame the macOS clock is now the way to open the notifications view, so it can’t be removed. However, it is possible to set the macOS clock to be analogue, which turns it into a smaller icon. That’s what I’ve done here.
Menu bar items in the screenshot below: iStat Menus battery, iStat Menus disks, iStat Menus time, macOS Control Center, macOS clock.
Hi,
I noticed that iStat Menus 7.02 WiFi Network is reporting wrongly on my MacBookPro 14" 2021 with macOS Sonoma 14.6.1. Specifically:
I noticed that iStat Menus 7.02 WiFi Network is reporting wrongly on my MacBookPro 14" 2021 with macOS Sonoma 14.6.1. Specifically:
- Upload is reported as Download
- Download is reported as Upload
- Upload & Download is displayed correctly
Speaking of UI issues in 7, I can no longer get rid of the decimal point when selecting Mbps in the networking. Menu bar space is at a premium on MacBook Pros with a notch and in v6 I could remove the decimal point and just have Mbps as a whole number. Any chance this could be re-added? Seems like a downgrade
Thanks for your consideration.
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Hi,Speaking of UI issues in 7, I can no longer get rid of the decimal point when selecting Mbps in the networking. Menu bar space is at a premium on MacBook Pros with a notch and in v6 I could remove the decimal point and just have Mbps as a whole number. Any chance this could be re-added? Seems like a downgrade
Thanks for your consideration.
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Out of curiosity, I tried it after reading your post, there are 2 places to set as follows ... by the way, thanks for helping me save some space on my Menu Bar
Setting 'First Day of Week' works neither using either Sunday, nor Automatic with my System set to Sunday. Tips?
Edit/Solved: Changed Display, under Calendar Settins, to 'Month' instead of 'Next 2 Weeks', and Sunday is now the first day of the week.
Edit/Solved: Changed Display, under Calendar Settins, to 'Month' instead of 'Next 2 Weeks', and Sunday is now the first day of the week.
I still can't get it to reliably see my 3rd party mice and keyboards. Even Logitech MX doesn't show up, not some no name brand. I think iStat Menus v6 had no such problems at all.