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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

HDDScan mentions (44)

• Game won't stop crashing on PC, any help is appreciated.

  Try running a drive test on the drive. It's possible it's bad (yes, it can come bad even if it's brand new, actually new hardware tends to have a higher fail rate then midlife span hardware). You can use a tool like HDDScan. Source: 5 months ago

• HDD not accessible suddenly?

  As a first step I'd recommend that you run HDDScan against your HDD. Source: 10 months ago

• PS3 stuck at restoring

  The issue is that files became corrupted, resulting in it needing to check the file system. If you have a hard drive enclosure, I would recommend using the enclosure to connect the drive to a computer, and running a drive diagnostic utility. GSmartControl is a great free program for checking the drive for physical damage. HDDScan can show you where there are bad sectors on the drive. If you’re feeling adventurous,... Source: about 1 year ago

• How to verify health of the newly purchased refurbished harddrive?

  This is the correct url right? https://hddscan.com/. Source: about 1 year ago

• Look at this pc i found thrown away. Yes those are all 4tb hdds so 16tb total. Time to download my entire steam library on these puppies : D

  Smart diagnostics can be done with drive manufacturer's utilities, or a number of third-party utilities, such as hddscan for windows. Some major brand oem systems (such as dell, hp) have diagnostics baked into the motherboard firmware that can do these tests as part of its overall diagnostics test suite. Source: over 1 year ago