istat menus

[vmachiel]

Hi,

I've been using istat menus now for a while. I keep the cpu part in my menu bar which show my 4 graphs. Lately, my system has been crashing on me and it is always preceded by the second of the graphs being full al the way.
Does anyone know what this graph represents?

Thank you

 

[simsaladimbamba]

It either represents CPU usage over time (history graph) or the current CPU usage, just look at the iStat Menu preferences and see, what you have set it to.

You can also use Activity Monitor and even Console to look at past crashes.

 

[dusk007]

Hi,

I've been using istat menus now for a while. I keep the cpu part in my menu bar which show my 4 graphs. Lately, my system has been crashing on me and it is always preceded by the second of the graphs being full al the way.
Does anyone know what this graph represents?

Thank you

What do you display those graphs for if you don't even know what they mean? Do you like the animations?
The 4 graphs represent the load on the 4 logical cores. If one is full on threads takes as much performance as it can get or to put it differently one logical core is running full speed. That is not the cause of your crashes.
Check activity monitor to see what process is causing it.

 

[vmachiel]

I only have 2 cores and no hyper threading, so that is why I don't get why i see 4 graphs.

And no, i don't just like the animations

 

[simsaladimbamba]

I only have 2 cores and no hyper threading, so that is why I don't get it.

If you have this experience on the Mac in your signature (2010 MBP, 2.4 GHz i5, 8 GB RAM, 240 GB SSD), then you have a Mac capable of HyperThreading.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/app...5-2.4-aluminum-15-mid-2010-unibody-specs.html

 

[vmachiel]

aaah so it does support hyper threading. I always thought only i7's did that. Thank you