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I've used Stats for years and loved it -- for CPU, GPU, memory, and network upload/download speeds. It's fantastic for catching when a bunch of processes haven

I've used Stats for years and loved it -- for CPU, GPU, memory, and network upload/download speeds. It's fantastic for catching when a bunch of processes haven't been killed and are stuck at 100%. For figuring out if my code is actually running on the GPU or not. For seeing what my network transfer rates are, when a download or transfer gets stuck, and which process is suddenly downloading hundreds of megabytes without telling me? It gives me the security I have a top-level overview of what my computer's up to. Can't imagine my menubar without it.

jrockway 2y ago
Yeah, I've always been a fan of having something like this going. I have found bugs in my software just from having the continuous graph somewhere. "Why am I using 100% of the CPU for no reason right now? Oh, after 10 minutes without a request it enters an infinite loop here..." Back in the old days the fans going to 100% was a good bug finder. But computers can be so quiet now, you have to use your eyes ;)
Sharlin 2y ago
In my Intel MBP there’s an auditory warning when something is stuck at 100% utilization =D
jmmv 2y ago
> It's fantastic for catching when a bunch of processes haven't been killed and are stuck at 100%. Exactly! I've been using iStat Menus for years and I find it invaluable. I've been able to identify system-wide problems a few times already just by glancing at the graphs and going "huh, that should not be happening right now". And it's not just stuck processes, but also misbehaving processes. I did blog about this situation over a year ago here: https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/hard-disk-leds-and-noisy-machines https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/hard-disk-leds-and-noisy-... :)