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iStat Menus mentions (53)

• A collection of useful Mac Apps

  iStat Menus - Price: $14.99 (one-time purchase) Advanced system monitor for macOS that displays real-time CPU, GPU, and network usage. Source: 10 months ago

• HELP PLEASE: MAC AIR ULTRA SLOW CPU

  iStat Menus has been around a long time and is very reliable. I've used this for many, many years on numerous different Mac models, and it's top-notch. It displays all sorts of system statistics in the menu bar and lets you define custom fan controls for different component (CPU, etc) temperatures, all in a nice, sleek interface. Source: 10 months ago

• After dreaming of Al Gore's setup for 15 years, finally I got this:

  Don't do this on my behalf but if you're ever curious yourself, on some other date, you can use iStat Menu among other utilities or readers to check GPU utilization, thats a lot easier to read than Activity Monitor. If using iStat, go to iStat Menus, click on the CPU/GPU dropdown, then the GPU in the active items bar, and select processor. You'll see a graph and you can just let that sit for a few minutes and... Source: 11 months ago

• ACC + Steam working great with apple's game porter

  Fantastic! I read that it is an M1, but what model and configuration exactly is it? If you like and are curious, install this app https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/, it tells you everything, temperature, fan RPM, etc. Source: 11 months ago

• MacBook Pro keeps heating up really fast.

  You can monitor the internal temperatures with iStat Menus or similar, but there's really no need. The system automatically adjusts fan speed to cool itself off when needed. Source: 12 months ago

AlDente mentions (139)

• Unplug Your Laptop Now, or It Will Stay Plugged in Forever

  Dell has advanced power management options in the BIOS, I set it to keep the battery charged at 70%, which is ideal for lithium batteries. And you set a custom schedule on days you need the battery charged at 100% so that you can take the laptop with you at full capacity. It's not rocket science, and definitely something anybody reading this site should be able to figure out for their make/model. For MAC there is... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• Unplug Your Laptop Now, or It Will Stay Plugged in Forever

  Https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/406957/can-i-tell-my-mac-to-charge-to-80-only Looks like there's a decent CLI tool for it, but being a Mac guy I'm of course going for the slick GUI app https://apphousekitchen.com. The developer came up with a really clever incentive for free-app users to upgrade to the Pro version: make the icons for the free version unbelievably ugly. (The design of the app itself is... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• M3 CPU cores have become more versatile

  "Special care" on OS X is to use Al Dente.app, which limits the charge at 80% so as to not damage the battery. https://apphousekitchen.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Who says keeping your MacBook plugged in all the time is going to destroy the battery?

  I use an app called AlDente that allows you to cap your battery's charge https://apphousekitchen.com/. Source: 5 months ago

• Best practices for keeping Mac battery healthy?

  Download AlDente and your battery will thank you. If you have it plugged in most of the time limit the charge to 80% and AlDente will stop charging beyond that. Source: 5 months ago