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
I've been using this for years and every so often I drop a few bucks to the developer as the app is -very- useful while there's no demand for cash 'or get cut off'. It makes the MM experience feel better in supporting updated code.
Trying to find a replacement for atMonitor has been tricky...this is the closest, but on my system, trying to reorder the menu items has proved a little unreliable and is now showing big gaps...sigh...
I'm not sure what change to my system has effected this but I'm no longer able to see Network activity in MenuMeters. The other meters are working but not this anymore. I'm using a MBP i7 with 10.6.4.
I have been running MenuMeters for a long time now and recently started using FileVault on my MacBook. Now I have noticed that for some reason the meters don't always return after a restart. Then I am left going into the System Preferences to turn them on again.
Anbody else seen this? Great software just the same and I love using it.
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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.
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Anbody else seen this? Great software just the same and I love using it.
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