RAM indicator in menu bar wanted.
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From: Bob Harris on 29 Jul 2010 22:21 In article <dorayme-BC5129.13134428072010(a)news.albasani.net>, dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Recommendations appreciated for a menu item (say on the top right > along with date, display, spotlight, CPU% and other things I > have) that tells one how much real RAM is being used. I am using > Tiger mainly, but also have Snow on a laptop for which same > question. In my opinion, the only thing you care about is whether you are paging to the /var/vm/swapfile* files. The Mac is going to try and use all of your memory, so your free space should mostly be low.
From: dorayme on 30 Jul 2010 01:21 In article <nospam.News.Bob-01323F.22214729072010(a)news.eternal-september.org >, Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob(a)remove.Smith-Harris.us> wrote: > In article <dorayme-BC5129.13134428072010(a)news.albasani.net>, > dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > Recommendations appreciated for a menu item (say on the top right > > along with date, display, spotlight, CPU% and other things I > > have) that tells one how much real RAM is being used. I am using > > Tiger mainly, but also have Snow on a laptop for which same > > question. > > In my opinion, the only thing you care about is whether you are > paging to the /var/vm/swapfile* files. > > The Mac is going to try and use all of your memory, so your free > space should mostly be low. Yes, I am sure there is not a lot to worry about; since OS X, I have rarely had much trouble. Now and then an app quits unexpectedly or there might be a slowdown but this is rare. It was more out of curiosity. I hope these little fiddly menu things are not counterproductive in taking up RAM and CPU! -- dorayme
From: Jolly Roger on 30 Jul 2010 11:50 In article <vilain-63867B.18070328072010(a)news.individual.net>, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-A10C6B.17501828072010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > In article <vilain-96AC25.15003628072010(a)news.individual.net>, > > Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: > > > > > In article <jollyroger-375C90.01242428072010(a)news.individual.net>, > > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > > In article <dorayme-BC5129.13134428072010(a)news.albasani.net>, > > > > dorayme <dorayme(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Recommendations appreciated for a menu item (say on the top right > > > > > along with date, display, spotlight, CPU% and other things I > > > > > have) that tells one how much real RAM is being used. I am using > > > > > Tiger mainly, but also have Snow on a laptop for which same > > > > > question. > > > > > > > > iStat Menus, hands down. > > > > > > Except it's not as configurable as MenuMeters and cost $10. I ran it > > > for about 30 minutes, then tossed it going back to MenuMeters. For > > > intensely concentrated information, I use XRG which is also free. > > > > > > http://www.gauchosoft.com/Software/X%20Resource%20Graph/ > > > > It's only the latest version that requires payment. Up until that point > > it was donation-ware. > > > > I'm not sure what makes you think iStat menus isn't as configurable as > > MenuMeters, but I'd have to see some proof before I believed it. I've > > used both, and as far as I can tell, iStat menus offers *more* > > configurability than MenuMeters. > > > > XRG is ok but for menu-based information, nothing beats iStat menus, > > IMO. > > OK, best I could get to configure was the color of the graph. Not what > is graphed (%, thermometer, historical) Then you overlooked it. You can do all that. >, the type of graph (MenuMeters > can do log, square root, cube root, or linear scaling which is useful > for network data), iStat Menus lets you set the scaling of the network graph. > you can adjust the width of the graphs, sampling > interval. Same with iStat Menus. > Menu Meters doesn't have temperatures, which another free > tool can provide. iStat Menus has temperatures, disk usage, disk activity, fan sensors, a really nice date & time replacement with a pop-down calendar that has lots of configuration options, battery display, etc. > I don't like the CPU monitor for my 8 core system, so > I use XRG for that detailed display. I like iStat's CPU display a lot! > iStat menus didn't suit me enough to pay $10 for it so I tossed it. I > like MenuMeters more. Test drive it for yourself (or don't). As I > said, YMMV. I've used both, and I've found iStat Menus is definitely the less buggy of the two. It also feels more polished, and has more widgets than Menu Meters. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Jolly Roger on 31 Jul 2010 16:03 In article <vilain-300EFD.10355030072010(a)news.individual.net>, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: > Maybe my 30 minutes of dinking with iStat Menus wasn't enough. I just > didn't see the options other than skin color. And it was $10. iStat > Pro doesn't have those restrictions. Like I said, older versions of iStat Menus are free (donation) ware. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Jolly Roger on 1 Aug 2010 11:42
In article <vilain-DD5100.01331001082010(a)news.individual.net>, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-A98D11.15030731072010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > In article <vilain-300EFD.10355030072010(a)news.individual.net>, > > Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: > > > > > Maybe my 30 minutes of dinking with iStat Menus wasn't enough. I just > > > didn't see the options other than skin color. And it was $10. iStat > > > Pro doesn't have those restrictions. > > > > Like I said, older versions of iStat Menus are free (donation) ware. > > But older versions don't run on 10.6, so they aren't useful regardless > of free or not. Um, yes they do. > iStat Menus earlier free versions didn't work on my > system anyway, so only the $10 version was an option. Must be you. They worked fine for me. > I am running the > iStat Pro widget which has way more options than iStat Menus has. Not > as complex as XRG, but I want something I can look at only when I want > more detailed info. > > I think we'll have to agree to disagree here. I see nothing in iStat > Menus to warrant my using it so I use MenuMeters quite happily. You > don't agree. Live with it, get over it, and move on. Yep. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |