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gfxCardStatus for Mac
By
Cody Krieger Free
Developer's Description
By
Cody Krieger
gfxCardStatus is an open-source menu bar application that keeps track of which graphics card your 2010 MacBook Pro is using at any given time, and allows you to switch between them manually.
Features:
- Simple, clean "i" and "n" icons that signify Intel HD Graphics, and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics, respectively
- Automatically updates when the GPU switches, in real time
- Allows you to manually switch GPUs on demand!
- Dependent process list - see which applications are currently using the 330M, if it's the active GPU!
- Growl support - so you know right when the GPU switches
- Tiny footprint - doesn't sit in your menu bar and hog RAM or CPU cycles
- Automatic application updating - checks for, downloads and installs new versions of gfxCardStatus automatically!
Full Specifications
What's new in version 2.3
- OS X Lion support!!
- Huge preferences window overhaul - now looks like a standard OS X preferences panel.
- Graphical icons in the menu bar are no longer the default - they are now text. See the FAQ for info on how to change back to graphical icons.
- Added a preference for "smart" menu bar icons - e.g. use the first letter of the current GPU ('n' for NVIDIA, 'i' for Intel, 'a' for AMD). Doesn't apply to legacy dual-NVIDIA GPU machines.
- Added Czech, Russian, Ukranian, and Slovak localizations.
- Removed power source info from menu, as it was unnecessary.
- Moved to standard OS X app about box.
- Fixed some memory leaks.
- Enormous refactoring of the codebase.
General
Release September 24, 2012
Date Added September 24, 2012
Version 2.3
Operating Systems
Operating Systems Macintosh, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.6, Mac OS X 10.7
Additional Requirements Only for 2010 and 2011 MacBook Pros with Intel Core i5/i7 processors.
Popularity
Total Downloads 37,338
Downloads Last Week 1
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