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jeffgreco13

Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:28 am


Tony's desktop...

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Tony I was checking out your [url=http://compsci.ca/blog/]blog and noticed a couple screen caps of your macbook and noticed the small cap of the upper right hand corner of your screen. Seems like you have a couple mods to monitor CPU usage and more.

Fill me in on what you've got going on there...

P.S made it a topic in case anyone else is interested  :D


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Tony

Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:11 pm


Re: Tony's desktop...

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I'm running http://compsci.ca/v3/uploads/attachments/picture_1_135.png

From left to right:
Caffeine -- disables power saving mods (dimmed screen, screensaver, sleep, etc). Great for watching videos without being interrupted.
Temperature gauge -- displays CPU core, but there are 8 other sensors in the machine, available as a drop down.
Network monitor -- in/out, totals for the runtime, peak usage.
Memory usage gauge
CPU usage gauge -- dual core, so there are two of them.
Calendar/Time -- oddly enough also a part of the iStat suite. It gives me a quick access calendar, so this replaced the system clock.
Spaces -- Which desktop I'm on.
Network connection -- wireless.
Sound
Battery
Current user -- with fast switching enabled.
Spotlight -- search.


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jeffgreco13

Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:45 am


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solid thanks Tony.


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andrew.

Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:51 am


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I just bought a MacBook Pro and I'm really new to Mac OS X. The last Mac I used had Mac OS 7 lol. Can you please explain how you got the CPU meters?


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Tony

Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:22 pm


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link -- http://islayer.com/index.php?op=item&id=28
Download, expand, run the installer.

The config for what you want it to display will be at the bottom of your System Preferences.


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andrew.

Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:01 pm


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Thanks Tony! :D