Wednesday, November 30, 2011

iStat Menus 3.19-Monitor your Mac processes from the Menu bar

*iStat Menus* is a tasteful and discreet resource monitor that sits quietly
in your Menu bar and monitors all of your Mac's most important components in
real time. The developer of iStat Menus says "we love easy to use, impeccably
crafted little applications" and it's hard to argue that iStat Menus is
anything but that. The range of information accessible via iStat Menus is
very impressive. The temperature sensors in particular cover everything from
your AirPort card to battery enclosure, and even power supply. You can switch
each individual element on and off via a very easy to use control center. To
see a detailed reading of CPU activity, temperatures and remaining hard drive
space, just switch-on one of the iStat Menu monitor symbols in your Menu bar.
The only slight downside I found is that, working on a MacBook, the Menu Bar
can soon look very cluttered if you activate all of the monitoring features
at once. Before long, you have a whole row of monitoring elements taking up
the entire bar. There are also no preferences so you can't refine monitoring
features according to your needs. *If you want precise temperature readings
and performance stats on your Mac, iStat Menus is a comprehensive and
incredibly powerful tool.*Download *iStat Menus 3.19* in Softonic