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iStat Nano - OS X Widget of the Day


Do you ever wonder how fast the fans in your Mac are going? How about how much of your computer's memory you're using right this second, and what applications are using the majority of it? iStat Nano is a simple widget that is designed to give you up-to-date stats on your Macs operation. The small widget gives you detailed information on:
  • CPU
  • Memory
  • Hard Drives
  • Bandwidth
  • IP and external IP
  • Fan Speeds
  • Battery
  • CPU Temperature
The widget can give you a pretty good indication on how your system is operating at any given time, as well as give you heads-up when something isn't running as smoothly as you might like.

Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, Freeware

iStat Pro 3.1

We don't talk much about OS X dashboard widgets here. Honestly, most of them aren't worth talking about. iStat pro is a little different, though: this freeware widget is actually useful. It's one-stop shopping for everything you want to know about your system at a glance, from uptime, to capacities and usage for all your disks, to battery health--in addition to charge, of course--for your laptop, to network throughput, to ips for all your network adapters. There's the usual stat geekery as well: uptime, load average, cpu%, and a "processes" section that basically heads the first five or so items from top for that quick stat fix. If you're on a PPC machine, there are some additional features, including processor temp and fan speed monitoring.

The 3.1 update released yesterday adds improved support for iDisk stats, the "Battery Health" section, the ability to hide widgets from the processes list--you already knew Dashboard was a CPU hog--and assorted bug fixes.

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