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iStat Menus - 2.0

Monitor your entire system, from memory usage to Bluetooth status.

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All Time:	(4.7)
This Version:	(4.6)
Current Version:	2.0
Release Date:	2009-09-03
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	4,381
Downloads (all versions):	15,870

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Product Description:

iStat menus monitors your entire system right from your menubar, with 8 separate and highly configurable menu extras. You'll always know exactly what's going on inside your Mac!

You'll be able to view your CPU usage, memory usage, disk usage and activity, network monitors, the internal temperature of your Mac, fan speeds, bluetooth status, and more. All from the Apple Menubar!

What's new in this version:

Mac OS X 10.6 support (requires at least Mac OS X 10.5).
Aqua skin support in all dropdowns.
New menubar layout selectors.
Installer now allows you to install for all users.
Added option for "Preferences..." item on each dropdown.
Added red and purple skins.
Display options for each mode are built into the new layout selector.
New calendar and world clocks.
Added over 20,000 new cities to world clock database.
You can now add custom cities to the world clock database.
Added several new clock formatters.
New clock format selector.
Calendar icon can now be place anywhere.
Fixed bugs with week number calculations.
Calendar supports any day as the first day of the week.
Improved calendar support for countries where weekends are on thursday and friday.
Date in Date & Time dropdown now uses the full date format as specified in the International or Language & Text preference pane in system preferences.
Option to group items together for CPU extra.
Improved CPU dropdown display on 16 core systems.
Added pie graph mode to CPU.
Option to limit CPU history graph to 1 item.
Added Console item to CPU and Memory extras.
Added pie graph mode to Disk Usage.
Added disk ejecting.
Added disk mounting.
You can now have multiple disks or sensors in the menubar.
Network disks are now support in Disk Usage extra.
Added option to use base 10 match for calculating hard drive sizes (same as Finder in 10.6).
Added Disk Utility item to disks extra.
Added new Activity extra for disk activity.
New Sensors extra replaces the Temperatures and Fans & Electrics extras.
Option to hide "rpm" suffix from menubar display for fans.
Fixed bug with "disable on battery" option for S.M.A.R.T drive temperature monitoring.
Support for battery cell voltages.
Added Overlay graph type to Network extra.
Added option to scale network graphs to visible peak.
Added network location switching.
Added dot mode to Network & Activity extras.
Improved support for 2009 Mac Pros.
Removed Bluetooth extra (most features will be included in a new extra later on).

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC

Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating:	(4.6)	Features:	(4.8)	Support:	(4.6)
Ease of Use:	(4.6)	Quality / Stability:	(4.4)	Price:	(4.6)

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Nice! - Version: 2.0, 11/16/2009 12:37PM PST

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OJB

Very nice addition for any Mac geek. I find it really useful to be able to monitor my system using these meters. Shows me instantly when anything weird is happening. And this particular implementation looks better and is more customisable than others I have tried. Nice work!

Pretty and functional, but quite resource intensive - Version: 2.0, 10/13/2009 09:18PM PST

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posixgirl

Yes, this is a great set of widgets, but 2.0 still needs some work...

Consistently uses almost 10% of my CPU time and seems to cause SystemUIServer to use quite a bit of memory...

I uninstalled it today from my Mini and SystemUIServer dropped from 2.6GB Real Memory (per Activity Monitor) to less than 200MB Real Memory... without a restart.

For now I've turned off all but 3 of the widgets and am hopeful that the developer will tune the application so that it uses fewer resources...

Awesome Menu Stats! - Version: 2.0, 10/2/2009 03:50PM PST

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Gambit69x

iStats has just replaced MenuMeters after years of using it. The interface is much nicer and everything is extremely customizable. I've even replaced Apple's date/time menu with iStats' version because it's so much nicer, esp. because of the drop-down monthly calendar and the ability to change the font size.

Main reason for getting iStat was to see the temperature of my CPU. Not only are there sensors for the CPU, but also for the battery, AirPort card, power supply, and even the enclosure!

I'm so impressed with their attention to detail that it's definitely worth giving a donation to the developers!