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Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by gnicholas on Monday November 28, 2022 @02:02PM (#33777982)
Does anyone have recommendations for a system monitor that works on Apple silicon? I just want to see ethernet activity, RAM usage, and processor usage.
Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by 12baad4db82 on Monday November 28, 2022 @02:41PM (#33778506)
Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by dewey on Monday November 28, 2022 @02:10PM (#33778084)
The most popular one for many years is https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/, have you tried that? It says it's compatible with Apple Silicon.
Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by jreese on Monday November 28, 2022 @02:09PM (#33778074)
iStat Menus is the venerable favorite: https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by varenc on Monday November 28, 2022 @04:03PM (#33779598)
Another vote for iStat Menus. It costs money, but it's my favorite and a bit superior to the open source alternatives like Stats, IMHO, which is somewhat influenced by iStat Menus' design. (though I like Stats's graph view more). iStat has a very flexible customization system and pulls in more data then all the alternatives I've found. Stats for example doesn't show you the per-process disk activity like iStat Menus.

I split a family license with a friend to save some $$.

Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by jibbers on Monday November 28, 2022 @02:44PM (#33778539)
Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by andrewmunsell on Monday November 28, 2022 @02:46PM (#33778558)
Stats is open source & free: https://github.com/exelban/stats

Works on Apple Silicon with no issues. I used to pay for iStat Menus but Stats is totally fine for my needs, so I do not use iStat Menus anymore.

Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by holigot on Saturday December 10, 2022 @05:27AM (#33931478)
Why don't you use iStat Menus as you paid it?

For me iStat Menus is looking much better than Exelban Stats.

As far as I understand stats is reporting more stuff to it's servers than iStat Menu is doing (or saying it does)

For Exelban Stats it's: https://github.com/exelban/stats/issues/714

Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by ace2358 on Monday November 28, 2022 @03:38PM (#33779235)
My favourite one, Menu Meters, stopped working with 10.11 El Cap.

RIP my first favourite mac software.

https://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/

Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by gnicholas on Monday November 28, 2022 @04:30PM (#33780012)
Yes, I loved this one too!
Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by ace2358 on Monday November 28, 2022 @09:09PM (#33782792)
Oh noe! You’re not motivating me much to try stat! Haha I kind of gave up of stat monitoring after menu meters which is sad.

I don’t remember it scaling, but I do remember setting mine to cubic for network speed.

Wonder if it’s possible to get menu meters up to modern working order

Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by gnicholas on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @02:50AM (#33784763)
See @ramg's reply above — MenuMeters lives!
Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by ace2358 on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:32PM (#33796703)
I had no idea that the torch had been carried for so many years.

Probably because I only started reading HN about 2020 or so. Never would have found out otherwise!

Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by ramg on Monday November 28, 2022 @11:45PM (#33783788)
Take a look here: https://github.com/yujitach/MenuMeters/releases

I'm using this on my M1 Mac.

Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by gnicholas on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @02:46AM (#33784743)
Wow, amazing! This is the one I had been using (for maybe 15 years?), and I'm thrilled to have it running again on my new MBA!
Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by ace2358 on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:32PM (#33796705)
Thank you for posting this :D
Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by vicnov on Monday November 28, 2022 @04:13PM (#33779748)
I’ve been using this for almost a decade https://bjango.com/mac/istatmenus/
Re:A curated directory of 700 Mac menu bar apps by kitsunesoba on Monday November 28, 2022 @08:06PM (#33782329)
Have used iStat Menus in the past and it's been good, but recently have been using Cindori's Sensei[0].

[0]: https://cindori.com/sensei