Based on our record, Rectangle seems to be a lot more popular than XMeters. While we know about 447 links to Rectangle, we've tracked only 5 mentions of XMeters. 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.
Oh, there were a ton of these utils back in the days. I can't vouch for any of them because I don't use them, but just a quick search for "cpu utilization hdd utilization in the taskbar" shows a lot of options, eg https://entropy6.com/xmeters/ Or even running the default Task Manager so it would be only in the notification area and not in the taskbar: ... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
I use monitor apps like xMeters (CPU Load) and CoreTemp (CPU Temp. More temp = more sustained CPU load) to monitor my normal state. Using BatteryMon gives you a visual graph so you can see where your battery life is going and change your behviour to be more efficient. Source: about 2 years ago
There were several fantastic free and paid System Monitor Taskbar extensions for Windows 10 that sat down in the system tray, like XMeters and Taskbar Stats. With the new Windows 11 Taskbar, what are my options? Has anyone found a good alternative other than the Game Bar's floating monitor? I'm mainly looking to track CPU, RAM, and Network Speed. Source: over 2 years ago
Not exactly what you ask for but I like it in the taskbar, so I can always know what is going on. Xmeter does that perfectly. Https://entropy6.com/xmeters/. Source: over 2 years ago
Minimise your CPU usage and try and always return to a near idle state of 1-3% CPU load. I like to use X Meters and Core Temp to monitor CPU usage. Get used to what is normal ... And take action when it is not normal. Source: about 3 years ago
Rectangle’s installation is incredibly straightforward. Its immediate out-of-the-box functionality was a pleasant surprise. For anyone seeking to reduce the friction of window management on their Mac, Rectangle is a solution I wholeheartedly recommend. - Source: dev.to / 7 days ago
Tip: I use Rectangle app to set up keyboard shortcuts to resize windows (I only have three shortcuts there: left/right half of the screen and full screen). - Source: dev.to / 2 months ago
If you are using MacOS, I recommend these 2 apps 1. "Rectangle" for window management https://rectangleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
Use tiling window manager + one large or ultrawidescreen monitor. If you have Mac, rectangle is good free software (https://rectangleapp.com/). - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago
But Raycast also has some functionality in that direction. [1] - https://rectangleapp.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
iStat Menus - "An advanced Mac system monitor for your menubar."
Magnet Window Manager - Magnet Developers
Open Hardware Monitor - Monitors temperature sensors, fan speeds, voltages, load and clock speeds, with optional graph.
yabai - A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning
Stats - Simple macOS system monitor in your menu bar.
Moom - Move your mouse over the green zoom button in any window, and Moom's mouse control overlay will appear (as seen in the above animation).