HWMonitor For Mac

HWMonitor is a straightforward and useful system utility that brings to OS X’s status bar all the information regarding your Mac’s hardware components’ temperatures, fan speeds, power consumption, and CPU voltage.

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The package bundles the HWMonitor application and the HWSensors drivers pack that allows access to reading the information from the hardware sensors built-in with your Mac's GPU and CPU.

Like many OS X system utilities of this kind, once the installation is completed, HWMonitor will integrate itself into the OS X status bar and, once you click it, a drop-down window will appear displaying system stats in six little panels, namely Temperatures, Drive Temperatures, Fans and Pumps, Voltages, Currents, and Power Consumption.

One big plus is the fact that HWMonitor enables you to conveniently add separate icons for each of the panels to the OS X status bar, for instant access to temperature readings that interest you most.

In order to do that, select the Preferences menu from the HWMonitor’s drop-down window, click the Menubar tab, and move the sensors from the left category into the Menubar Items category on the right, so that they will permanently appear as separate entities on the OS X menu bar.

Also worth mentioning is the fact that HWMonitor enables you to view live changes in your Mac’s internal temperatures with the help of a useful and easy to read History Graph.

Another plus is the fact that you can choose from three distinct color schemes, two with black on white, and another with white text on a black background.

Taking all things into consideration, HWMonitor makes it very straightforward and easy to keep tabs on your Mac’s internal hardware’s sensor information, while also managing to completely stay out of your way in the process.