MenuMeters is a set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for Mac OS X. Although there are numerous other programs which do the same thing, none had quite the feature set I was looking for. Most were windows that sat in a corner or on the desktop, which are inevitably obscured by document windows on a PowerBook's small screen. Those monitors which used the menubar mostly used the NSStatusItem API, which has the annoying tendency to totally reorder my menubar on every login.
The MenuMeters monitors are true SystemUIServer plugins (also known as Menu Extras). This means they can be reordered using more...
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Version 1.8.1:
[BUG] Suppress some warnings about use of Gestalt API on 10.10.
MenuMeters is a set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for Mac OS X. Although there are numerous other programs which do the same thing, none had quite the feature set I was looking for. Most were windows that sat in a corner or on the desktop, which are inevitably obscured by document windows on a PowerBook's small screen. Those monitors which used the menubar mostly used the NSStatusItem API, which has the annoying tendency to totally reorder my menubar on every login.
The MenuMeters monitors are true SystemUIServer plugins (also known as Menu Extras). This means they can be reordered using command-drag and remember their positions in the menubar across logins and restarts.
MenuMeters is open source freeware released under the GNU General Public License version 2.
Version 1.8.1:
[BUG] Suppress some warnings about use of Gestalt API on 10.10.
[BUG] Fix disk meter crash when loaded first.
[BUG] Fix 10.4 compatibility.
On installing a new/clean OS this marvelous tool is the second 3rd party item to be installed, after Keyboard Maestro. MenuMeters is the wonder app that keeps you tightly in the loop, in so mant ways. Click on the graph in the menu bar and you have access to Network items. Click on the numerical percentage CPU activity and you have a direct link to open Activity Monitor. And I have only ever used half of it's tools! Thank you thank you dear Alex Harper for your astute design skills.
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