Alternative to iStat Menus on Snow Leopard?

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Since iStat Menus doesn't work yet with Snow Leopard, is there another tool that I can use that would give me comparable info? (fan speed, computer temp, memory used & cpu usage)

iStat Menus has now been updated to work with Snow Leopard. – Nate Sep 03 '09 at 21:39 — Nate, Sep 03 '09 at 21:39

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 01 '09 at 15:57

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There's a public beta of MenuMeters available that supports Snow Leopard. It's got most of the functionality of iStat Menus (and a few things that iSM doesn't have). I don't think it has fan speed readouts, though.

answered Sep 01 '09 at 15:57

arathorn

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Or just wait for iStat Menus :) – alex Sep 01 '09 at 15:58
@alex: I'm actually using both in 10.5 right now -- iSM doesn't have the live-updating menubar activity indicators for disk/network Tx/Rx. – arathorn Sep 01 '09 at 16:10

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 04 '09 at 11:40

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iStat Menus 2.0 is out : http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatmenus/

answered Sep 04 '09 at 11:40

chaine

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 01 '09 at 16:17

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The best answer would probably be a combination of smcFan Control (http://www.eidac.de/ ), and MenuMeters....

Between both of those, I believe you will have the feature set you have asked about, and plus more...

answered Sep 01 '09 at 16:17

Benjamin Schollnick

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Thanks, I like how smcFan lets you set higher fan speeds too. That and MenuMeters will definitely do until the iStat Menus update – Teebes Sep 02 '09 at 00:53

Alternative to iStat Menus on Snow Leopard?

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