Improved and new localisations ( 36 languages in total). Reorderable dropdown menus, with the ability to hide sections. Additional options, like dual line menu bar clocks, and condensed text for showing more in less space. Hotkeys to open and close menu dropdowns, for quick keyboard access. More colors and theme options, including light and dark vibrant menu dropdown backgrounds. The family and upgrade pricing is very reasonable, and they’ve slowed down. While the core functionality of putting stats in the menu bar can be found elsewhere, nothing else I’ve seen has the range of features and policy that iStat does. Notifications, based on CPU, network, disk, battery, weather and other events. FWIW, I’ve checked out free alternatives and always end up buying the latest version of iStat menus. Refined menu bar items, dropdowns and other aspects match the new design of macOS 11 Big Sur. If you’d like to keep items in your menu bar, but consolidate them under a single icon, Bartender is a great app for doing just that.Weather with current temperature, hourly forecast, weekly overview and so much more. It's pretty useful in that it shows all the computer status (memory usage/CPU usage/network) real time on top of the menu. Status items can be rearranged in the menubar just as you would Mac OS X’s own menu extrasby holding down the Command key while you click-drag an item to the left or right. You can choose which items are shown in the menu bar and which are shown in a combined dropdown, allowing you to save space in the menu bar while still having access to all the information in the dropdown.įor more information, please see our Using Combined help page. Mac has a tool named iSTAT MENUS as is shown below. IStat Menus can combine any or all of its items into a single menu bar item. This can help keep iStat Menus tiny on smaller screens. The menu bar items in iStat Menus are incredibly configurable, and can be very compact, if that’s how you’d like them. The macOS system clock can be set to display as an analog clock, which saves a bit of space, and is a great option if you’d like to use the iStat Menus time item. Most third party apps that have menu bar items can also optionally hide the items. For example, the volume item can be restored by turning on “Show volume in menu bar” in the Sound preferences. If you ever need to re-add the item, there’s typically a check box in the related System Preferences pref pane. If you don’t want to see an item, holding command (⌘) and dragging it out of your menu bar should remove it. Most system menu bar items can be removed. If your menu bar is full, like the image below, additional items will not show. Status items never appear on the left side of the notch. iStatistca probably provides more information, but I prefer iStats Menu because the menu bar is far more configurable, and takes up much less space. Any items that can not fit on the right side of the notch will be hidden by macOS. The camera housing at the top of the M2 MacBook Airs, 14-inch MacBook Pros, and newer 16-inch MacBook Pros can mean there is reduced space for menus and status items. In this situation, iStat Menus is running perfectly, but hidden from view. This is because the menu bar is full, and can not fit other items. iStat Menus can notify you of an incredibly wide range of events, based on CPU, GPU, memory, disks, network, sensors, battery, power and weather. Menu bar items not showing On smaller screens, and in situations where there’s a lot of menu bar items, macOS may hide some items.
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