Re: Best System monitor
On 2010/10/08 09:04, Jonathan wrote: I am looking for a system monitor for my current generation 27 quad i5. Not use one with OSX before. What do people use and which ones to avoid? I don't know of any to avoid, but I have used Menu Meters and loved it, iStat Menus and liked it, and just recently someone turned me onto ATMonitor. It is very much like Apple's Activity Monitor.app but with some advanced features, and by advanced I mean if you don't know what you're doing (I don't), you can screw things up. I used to recommend iStat Menus at v1, however v2 had some issues that were never addressed, and I've never tried v3 because it became shareware and I can't afford it. Menu Meters is a longtime favorite of many seasoned Mac users. Little Snitch has network monitoring capabilities, but it's primary function is to control outgoing connections. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2, 1.25 GHz G4, 2 GB RAM, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR Power Mac June 04, 2 GHz G5 DP, 8 GB RAM, GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL 256 MB PowerBook G4 15 Hi-Res DL-SD, 1.67 GHz G4, Radeon 9700 128 MB DDR -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Best System monitor
I am looking for a system monitor for my current generation 27 quad i5. Not use one with OSX before. What do people use and which ones to avoid? Thanks guys! -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Best System monitor
On Oct 8, 2010, at 8:04 AM, Jonathan wrote: I am looking for a system monitor for my current generation 27 quad i5. Not use one with OSX before. What do people use and which ones to avoid? Not sure what you mean by 'System Monitor' /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor is what I use to see what's running on the system when I need to. I use MenuMeters http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/ to watch CPU and Memory usage, although with my new (WooHoo, first non-hand-me-down computer at work in over 10 years!) 27 i7 quad imac, that's less of an issue than my old Core Duo imac. There's also always 'top' in Terminal. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Best System monitor
iStat Menus is a great app, as well. It gives easy access to RAM usage, CPU usage, Activity monitor, etc. -Elliott On Oct 8, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: I use MenuMeters -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Best System monitor
On Oct 8, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Jonathan wrote: Thanks Bruce, I will give that a look. I think 'system monitor' is a fairly acceptable term for a erm... system monitor, lol! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_monitor Only if you're a *nix geek, mainly, which this list is NOT full of... I was hoping for something that also delivers network activity also... Send, receive, PID, Address, TCP connections, etc. Something akin to TCPView in Windows? You can use netstat in Terminal, which is what TCPView is emulating for Windows...There's a GUI front End in Network Utility, in /Applications/Utilities. And all in one piece of software. Which article lists 'Activity Monitor' for OSX, but it's not all-in-one, but Activity Monitor and Network Utility do what you want. Most network and system analysis tools for Unix are either included with or have been ported to OSX. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Best System monitor
Bruce, As a Systems Engineer, I kinda have to call things by their name, dodads or thingamy wont cut it in the industry lol! And yes, something much like TCPView, though now there is an all encompassing (almost 'all') application, called Performance monitor in windows 7. My colleague seems to think that now my main computer is a mac, I should know it inside out in 2 months. Not a chance. On 8 Oct, 18:59, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Oct 8, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Jonathan wrote: Thanks Bruce, I will give that a look. I think 'system monitor' is a fairly acceptable term for a erm... system monitor, lol! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_monitor Only if you're a *nix geek, mainly, which this list is NOT full of... I was hoping for something that also delivers network activity also... Send, receive, PID, Address, TCP connections, etc. Something akin to TCPView in Windows? You can use netstat in Terminal, which is what TCPView is emulating for Windows...There's a GUI front End in Network Utility, in /Applications/Utilities. And all in one piece of software. Which article lists 'Activity Monitor' for OSX, but it's not all-in-one, but Activity Monitor and Network Utility do what you want. Most network and system analysis tools for Unix are either included with or have been ported to OSX. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Best System monitor
On Oct 8, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Jonathan wrote: As a Systems Engineer, I kinda have to call things by their name, dodads or thingamy wont cut it in the industry lol! Perhaps such haphazard namings could be called 'neologisms'. :-) My colleague seems to think that now my main computer is a mac, I should know it inside out in 2 months. Not a chance. Prior experience with Unix, Mac OS, and/or NeXTStep are all helpful. On 8 Oct, 18:59, Bruce Johnson john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu wrote: On Oct 8, 2010, at 8:44 AM, Jonathan wrote: I think 'system monitor' is a fairly acceptable term for a erm... system monitor, lol! Only if you're a *nix geek, mainly, which this list is NOT full of... Hey, I think it's sad too, but there's no need to hold it against anyone. ;-) I use `top -s 15`, or -s 30 on my laptop, which might help extend battery life if I weren't running emulators and bloated Web browsers. Josh -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
Re: Best System monitor
On 8 Oct, 22:05, Joshua Juran jju...@gmail.com wrote: Prior experience with Unix, Mac OS, and/or NeXTStep are all helpful My experience of unix is limited to Tru64 and a splash of OSX. Not a bad thing really. Really enjoying OSX, my experience was limited upto Tiger, then a gap and now on 10.6. NeXTStep is something my colleague likes to wax lyrical about regularly. I enjoy teasing him with inventive ways of burning magnesium. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
