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Temperature Monitor Changelog

What's new in Temperature Monitor 4.98 Build 130919

Sep 20, 2013
  • Added support for Growl 2 in addition to Growl 1.
  • Several chapters in the reference manual have been revised.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.97 Build 130403 (Apr 4, 2013)

  • Added support for the Mac mini (Late 2012), the Mac mini Server (Late 2012), the MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch, the MacBook Pro Retina 15-inch (Early 2013 Revision), the MacBook Pro Retina 13-inch (Early 2013 Revision), the iMac 21-inch (Late 2012), and the iMac 27-inch (Late 2012).
  • Corrected a problem where curves in a history window would not be displayed when the very last sensor in that window's sensor list went offline.
  • Enhanced support for processing sensor readings for sensors indicating offline or error states.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.96 Build 120625 (Jun 26, 2012)

  • Added support for Apple Macintosh systems with third generation Intel Core i processors ("Ivy Bridge").
  • Enhanced compatibility with future operating system versions.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.95 Build 120327 (Apr 5, 2012)

  • This build resynchronizes Temperature Monitor with Hardware Monitor:
  • Added support for the iMac (Mid 2011) model series.
  • Added support for the MacBook Air (Mid 2011) model series.
  • Added support for the Mac mini (Mid 2011) model series.
  • Added support for the Mac mini Server (Mid 2011) model series.
  • This build ensures that the software is recognized as safe application by the Gatekeeper feature of future OS X systems.
  • Corrected a problem where the speech synthesizer option "speak sensor names" did not persist between relaunches of the application.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.94 Build 110314 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Added support for the Early 2011 MacBook Pro model series.
  • Added support for monitoring Intel second generation Core i processors (Sandy Bridge).
  • Added support for monitoring Intel Family 6 Model 31 processors.
  • Added support for displaying the Turbo Boost table of 6-core processors.
  • Updated display of system management data according to the latest version of the industry standard.
  • Corrected a problem where an incorrect date of production was shown for some particular model series built in 2010 and 2011.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.93 Build 101216 (Dec 17, 2010)

  • Added support for the new (Late 2010) MacBook Air computers.
  • Support for the temperature sensors at the locations “Hard Drive Proximity” and “Graphics Processor 1 Analog Sensor” had to be withdrawn, because those sensors don't work as expected with specific portable and iMac computers.
  • Corrected a problem where an incorrect date of production was shown for specific portable computers released in 2010.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.92 Build 100908 (Sep 9, 2010)

  • Added support for new (Mid-2010) iMac computers.
  • Added support for computers with Intel "Westmere class" processors, including the new (Mid-2010) Mac Pro systems.
  • Added support for many additional sensors found in Intel-based Macintosh computers.
  • Added the display of known sensor limits for locations in certain older Intel-based Macintosh computers.
  • The new version shows a production location for computers refurbished at the European Apple Online Store.
  • The window to display extreme values no longer uses a misleading value of 0 when selecting a time period where no readings have been collected yet.
  • When displaying long-term history graphs of remote computers, network traffic has been greatly reduced.
  • By user request, a menu item has been added to the Lite version to let the application automatically launch at login time. It is no longer necessary to use the System Preferences application for defining the login item.
  • Resolved a problem where sensor entries referring to remote computers might have been lost in customized history windows when restarting the application.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.9 (Apr 20, 2010)

  • Added support for the new Intel Mobile Core i7-600, i5-500, i5-400, i3-300 processor series ("Arrandale").
  • Added support for the new MacBook Pro (2010) computers.
  • Added new feature to detect if a processor supports Intel Turbo Boost technology. The list of supported overclocking frequencies can be displayed in the "Processor > More Info" sheet of the System Information window.
  • By user request, the splash window being displayed while the application is starting up can now be suppressed.
  • By user request, the sensor window will no longer resize itself to show all configured sensor values when it is being opened. It will keep the previous size preferred by the user until it is being reconfigured.
  • The command line version of the program will now use the special output value "-" to indicate a sensor which has been detected but cannot retrieve any values at the moment.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.85 (Feb 8, 2010)

  • Added support for the iMac 27".
  • Added a feature to detect defective device drivers on non-Apple systems which might send invalid readings to the application.
  • The new version contains a workaround for the problem that Mac OS X Snow Leopard may record a warning message in the system log regarding the sensor driver for Intel CPUs when shutting the operating system down.
  • Added new sections to the chapter Frequently Asked Questions of the reference manual regarding Intel Core i series processors.
  • Corrected a problem where the date of manufacture of specific Apple computers was displayed incorrectly when launching the program after January 1, 2010.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.8 (Sep 21, 2009)

  • Support for Mac OS X 10.3 Panther has been removed. The required minimum OS version is now Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
  • Added a feature to reset different aspects of display preferences for all sensors back to recommended default values. This new feature supersedes the former features to reset sensor display colors, data acquisition settings and customized labels.
  • Added a feature to display 32/64 bit capabilities of the processor and the current mode of the kernel.
  • Added a feature to display the unique identifier (UUID) of a computer.
  • Added a feature to let the user define individual sets of remotely monitored computers in a network. It is now possible to connect to whole groups of monitored systems in one step.
  • Added a new driver for monitoring of the internal thermal sensors of Intel processors which is also capable of supporting the 64 bit kernel version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
  • On PowerPC hardware, support for S.M.A.R.T. hard drive sensors accessed via SATA interfaces has been enhanced. The application will now accept the temperature sensors of unknown SATA drive models. (This has always been the standard on Intel-based computers.)
  • The support for hard drive sensors controlled via proprietary drivers of Sonnet and FirmTek has been enhanced.
  • By user request, a feature to suppress access to S.M.A.R.T. hard drive sensors has been added to the command-line version of the program.
  • The output channel "Screen Display" will no longer try to keep its screen position if the user changes a multi-monitor configuration while the program is not running. This makes sure the Screen Display cannot become invisible when its target monitor has been removed.
  • The default number of displayed digits behind the decimal point is now automatically set to zero in cases where it is known that the sensor hardware does not provide more significant digits.
  • When exporting readings, it is now possible to also use history windows in overlay mode as sources to get combined tables of readings for different physical quantities.
  • If the application loses the network connection to a remotely monitored computer, related warnings will now be suppressed automatically when a change of the network configuration on the monitoring computer itself is the main reason for the disconnect. This is useful when a mobile computer monitoring a network leaves the WiFi area, for example.
  • When remote-monitoring multiple computers with repaired logic boards that have invalid or erased hardware serial numbers, the application will now better keep track of the individual identifications of the affected systems.
  • If the application is set to automatically reconnect to a set of remotely monitored computers on startup, the reconnect will now be performed less aggressively, one by one. This avoids temporary network overload when monitoring a large number of computers.
  • Corrected a problem where the temperature values displayed for the cores of the Intel P7350 processor have been shifted by 15 degrees Celsius.
  • Corrected a problem where no spaces between values have been displayed in the menu-bar when the display of sensor labels has been switched off.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.7 (Mar 24, 2009)

  • Added full support for the new Mac Pro series (March 2009). This includes support for processors using Intel® Core™ i7 technology and simultaneous multi-threading.
  • The detail information windows for G5 processors and x86 processors have been modified to begin numbering of objects with 1 instead of 0.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.6 (Jan 28, 2009)

  • Added new feature to control the CPU performance needed to coordinate access to the Apple System Management Controller.
  • Added support for the MacBook (Late 2008), MacBook Air (Late 2008) and MacBook Pro 15-inch (Late 2008).
  • Added preliminary support for the future MacBook White (Early 2009) and the future MacBook Pro 17-inch (Early 2009).
  • Added preliminary support for future models of the iMac and the Mac mini based on Nvidia chipset technology, expected to be announced in 2009.
  • Added support for "per-core" Digital Thermal Sensors on specific Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo processors in 45 nm technology.
  • Enhanced compatibility with Intel processors expected to be used in future Apple computers.
  • Corrected a problem where the management list of jumpers and switches on the main logic board was only displayed as a single left parenthesis.
  • Many internal enhancements.
  • Many additions to the reference manual.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.51 (Jun 23, 2008)

  • Added a feature to detect a common damage of Leopard installations where users have intentionally destroyed the system's speech synthesizer to save storage space.
  • The mechanism to detect ambiguities in machine production dates has been optimized. Computers built in 2008 are now always displayed with their correct dates of production.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.5 (Mar 13, 2008)

  • Added support for new portable Mac systems with Intel T8000 processors.
  • Added temperature sensor support for the standard PATA hard drive of the MacBook Air.
  • Support for on-core temperature sensors of Intel processors based on 45 nm technology ("Penryn") has been modified: As confirmed by Intel, the core sensors behave no longer linear enough for the display of absolute readings in low temperature ranges. For this reason, support for core temperature sensors in 45 nm technology has been removed in Temperature Monitor.
  • The application will now detect first generation Intel Core processors which are affected by a hardware problem that can cause the core temperature sensors to stop working after the system wakes from sleep mode.
  • Corrected a problem with the display of Intel processor model codes when the model code was greater than 15.

New in Temperature Monitor 4.4 (Feb 14, 2008)

  • Added support for new Macintosh systems equipped with Intel Xeon 5400 processors.
  • Added support for the MacBook Air.
  • Added new feature for drives equipped with activity LEDs. To help users in identifying drives, it is now possible to let drives light up their activity indicators via the Drive Overview window.
  • It is now possible to directly connect to remote computers by double-clicking entries in the connect panel.
  • Sensor labels can now be reset to their initial default designations.
  • The FAQ chapter in the reference manual has been revised.
  • Many small optimizations in user guidance.