IStat MENUS5 Mac Edition usage metrics

IStat Menus for Mac is a free Mac OS computer hardware information detection software, after installation, it is located in the application panel of System Preferences, allowing you to choose from a single column of monitoring system's rich information without consuming too much of the user's desktop space, providing information including CPU usage , memory consumption, hard disk usage, network transmission, machine temperature, fan speed and so on.

After 2 years of honed, developers Bjango finally Istat menus from 4.x upgrade to 5.x version, but also added hundreds of new features and improvements, and for the OS x Yosemite tailored black theme, users of this wide acclaim!

IStat Menus Introduction

This is the Menubar menu bar application, its purpose is to monitor the software and hardware monitoring data, through the icon and Drop-down menu way to inform users, monitoring objects include: CPU, memory, hard disk, battery, network and the sensor to obtain real-time temperature data, and their appearance display (for example: Theme color, background color, etc.) are set and applied through the main program. As the Extension menu bar "resident resident",istat Menus in the case that the main program completely quits, still can through the process item to maintain the background operation. "

IStat Menus support is very rich in monitoring objects, but I have never used these functions at the same time, but the paradox is that I have to insist on using every day, and can even use "inseparable" three words to describe my attitude towards iStat Menus (after upgrading the 5.x version, this feeling is particularly strong). The cause of today's "embarrassing" situation is mainly two: The new version is more "humane", the new system makes people more comfortable. (The purpose of the monitoring is to prevent a sudden situation, rather than prying into the "privacy" of system data)

New features

As mentioned above, in order to fit the new appearance of OS X Yosemite Dark mode,istat Menus also added a black theme, and subdivided it into three element: skin, background color, pull-down menu theme color, they are independent, so there is no conflict or binding situation.

Some features (for example: Hard disk, network) because of the way pie and bar charts are displayed, they specifically add local adjustment options, supported by the fine-tuning elements include: width, up and down line color, box display switch. The user can also modify the color scheme for simple text (and graphics) that displays data.

It is believed that when some features are turned on, some users will choose two or more combinations to display at the same time, although this is not equal to the Pull-down menu can be done (the old version), developers of course, also take into account this, so joined the Group Items in Menubar function.

The combination mentioned above refers to multiple data for a single sensor, and if you want to reorganize different sensor data and merge it into a drop-down menu, use the Combine function at the bottom of the toolbar.

Different data will be displayed in different units, large units, invisible floating State, small units, and can not get the macro data changes, so it is important to select a suitable unit.

Not all units can be adjusted, for example: fan speed. Depending on some user feedback, the system may not be able to automatically control fan speed after using this feature. Workaround: Time Machine Restore the backup or reload the system.

Low power prompts are required for each operating system, but will only be shown when the power trigger warning, as a third-party application of the IStat Menus can compensate for this aspect of the "defect":percentage Notification percent notice, the way for the bell or banner, Unit is 1% percent.

IStat Menus Multi-function Clock is also very good, in addition to time and calendar, but also support the "World clock" display, even including civil, nautical, astronomy and other classifications, can definitely meet the appetite of most users.

The new version also joins the "Simplified Chinese" language support, although the text is not translated into Chinese, but at least it can be said that the developer's motives is very honest.

Accompanying application

Developed by developers Bjango IStat Mini is a "parasitic" in the OS X Yosemite Notice Center Lightweight monitoring widget, synchronized display CPU occupancy rate, memory occupancy rate, disk occupancy rate and network status, in the Mac app Store price of ￥ 12 yuan people Min Yuan, it is worth to start.

Another is made by independent developers of the comprehensive level of monitoring widget, called monity. It can display the system operation overview, memory footprint details, network real-time data, electricity cycle times, etc. up to 10 data, is a relatively "omnipotent" gadget. The Mac app Store Price is ￥ 6 yuan, the price is still very high, and also support Chinese, so strongly recommended.