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DriveDx might be a bit more popular than iStat Menus. We know about 70 links to it since March 2021 and only 53 links to iStat Menus. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
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
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
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
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
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
Application Website : https://binaryfruit.com/drivedx. Source: 5 months ago
Try running a software like DriveDx. Check the SSD writes in total (TBW). Older SSDs are still good for about 100-200 TBW, depending on their capacity. Source: 10 months ago
DriveDx has a 10 days trial version, which can provide plenty of information about the status of your SSD, including manufacturer serial number and total data written. Source: 11 months ago
This won't help your current situation, but there's an app called DriveDX that monitors your disk health and pre warns you of failures. Source: 11 months ago
Battery health can impact performance. Is kernel_task running away in Activity Monitor? Does DriveDx report any issue with the SSD? No license is necessary for a basic scan. Source: 12 months ago
Stats - Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.
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SpeedFan - Hardware monitor for Windows that can access digital temperature sensors located on several 2-wire SMBus Serial Bus. Can access voltages and fan speeds and control fan speeds. Includes technical articles and docs.
Data Rescue - When Apple's system recovery fails, recover any and all files with Data Rescue 3. This data rescue software will even work if your Mac's hard drive fails to mount.
Open Hardware Monitor - Monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds, with optional graph.
321Soft Data Recovery for Mac - The ultimate Mac Data Recovery software with RAID supported.