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I know I can just throw System Monitor up there on the panel but, it looks hideous, it's always just graphs, it won't display actual numbers/stats which are what I prefer, etc. I'm trying to locate something similar for Linux (I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 as the base OS currently), but what I keep finding references to are Conky and other apps like it, and it seems (based on research) that Conky isn't designed for displaying the info in the the taskbar like MenuMeters does. So it offers a lot of functionality in a tiny app, but that's on OSX. I figure a click on the meter would bring up System Monitor anyway like the standard Gnome System Monitor panel applet does. I'm not really concerned with the flyout-stats (the larger window with the far more detailed information) but it would be useful as well.
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If I can get something that covers a few of those stats I'd be one happy camper, indeed. CPU activity/usage (displayed as percentage of max) "LED" disk activity indicators (green is reading, red is writing) memory usage (as U: for used and F: for free) The preference pane design is fairly intuitive, and the included options are mostly self-explanatory.- network activity (as actual numbers for Tx and Rx as bytes/s)
#OSX MENUMETERS UPDATE#
In addition, you get to personalize the way in which the data is displayed, the color palette, the update interval, the volumes that should be monitored, and much more. The activation process is extremely simple: the MenuMeters main window is organized in 4 tabs, and each panel contains a check box for toggling the respective menu. MenuMeters allows you to activate up to 4 different menus, one for each resource that you want to monitor.
#OSX MENUMETERS MAC OS X#
Interface information is gathered from the SystemConfiguraton framework and thus is Mac OS X network location-aware. The Net Meter menu shows current interfaces and their status.
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Scaling can be done on the basis of actual link speed reported by the network interface or peak traffic and can use one of several scaling calculations. Both the arrows and the graph are scaled using a user-selected scaling factor and calculation.
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#OSX MENUMETERS FOR MAC#
MenuMeters Network Monitoring Tools For Mac Features However, after the initial setup, the information will be present in your status bar at all times, with extensive details just one click away. Of course, you must navigate to the MenuMeters pane to be able to enable and personalize the resources menus. However, you must specify if you want the preference pane installed only for the current user, or for all users defined on your Mac. It comes with its own installer which makes the entire procedure extremely straightforward. This means they can be reordered using command-drag and remember their positions in the menubar across logins and restarts. The MenuMeters for macOS monitors are true SystemUIServer plugins (also known as Menu Extras). Those monitors which used the menubar mostly used the NSStatusItem API, which has the annoying tendency to totally reorder my menubar on every login.
#OSX MENUMETERS WINDOWS#
Most were windows that sat in a corner or on the desktop, which are inevitably obscured by document windows on a laptop’s small screen. Although there are numerous other programs that do the same thing, none had quite the feature set I was looking for. MenuMeters for Mac is a set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for macOS.