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MenuMeters is a free, open-source, small-footprint set of menubar tools for monitoring CPU, disk, memory, and network usage. You set up MenuMeters in a system preference pane, adding any or all of the four meters that you want to appear in your menubar. The CPU meter displays load information along with options for graphs; the disk meter show activity on local disks, with space usage on a drop-down menu; the memory meter shows RAM usage with an optional paging activity indicator; and the network meter provides multiple options for displaying and scaling activity. MenuMeters has a long, stable history and a happy user base across multiple Mac OS releases, but it does use an undocumented Apple API--so interaction with other apps may cause unexpected behavior under unusual circumstances. Fortunately, as a preference pane, MenuMeters is also very easy to uninstall.Publisher's Description
From Raging Menace:
MenuMeters is a set of CPU, memory, disk, and network monitoring tools for MacOS 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 (GPL).
What's new in this version: Signed release for 10.8 Mountain Lion.
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"Shows usage without excessive footprint"
Version: MenuMeters 1.6
Pros
Shows summary - also network usage. Does what it claims to do.
Cons
... Please: It is small and simple and can be made a monster and gorgeous with fancy graphs, numerous features, bangs and whistles with tons of CPU consumption - but his is simple, light.
Summary
Should be standard with all MacOS laptops - shows what's going on. Keep it this way.
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"Indispensable"
Version: MenuMeters 1.6
Pros
At a glance, shows me exactly what the computer is doing (memory, drives, network, and CPU -- in whatever order you specify).
Mouse-down on a one of its menus, and you get more detailed info, and controls
Additional configuration options available from System PreferencesCons
There are no Cons.
Summary
This is the first thing that I install on a new computer. The author ably fills a hole left by Apple. The only wish-list item I would have for it is a "Check for Updates" option. However because this is such stable software, there have been very few updates needed.
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"excellent !"
Version: MenuMeters 1.6
Pros
Lightweight, easy to configure. Works as advertised.
Cons
Minor: The options with quantitative throughput display can be difficult to read on hi-res. monitor settings.
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