iStat Menus 6 is an advanced Mac system monitor from your menubar. It covers a huge range of stats, including a CPU monitor, GPU, memory, network usage, disk usage, disk activity, date & time, battery, and more. All in a highly optimized, low-resource package! As well as being easier to theme, iStat Menus 6 introduces new ways to color and style the menu bar icons, menu dropdowns, and graphs. iStat Menus is highly configurable, with full support for macOS’ light and dark menubar modes. iStat Menus 6.5 is a significant update with design refinements across the entire app, to ensure it feels at home in macOS Big Sur. It features menu bar icon improvements, rounder corners, and a new look for the main app.
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Weather. Weather based on your current location, or for almost any city in the world
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CPU & GPU. Highly detailed CPU info, with current usage for individual cores, history graphs, load averages, uptime, CPU frequency, & a list of the apps using the most CPU
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Sensors. A realtime listing of the sensors in your Mac, including temperatures, hard drive temperatures (where supported), fans, CPU frequency, GPU frequency (Intel GPUs only), voltages, current & power
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Memory. Extensive memory stats covering usage, history, memory pressure, compressed memory, swap, & a list of the apps using the most memory
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Date & Time. Highly customizable menu bar clocks, calendar with upcoming events, world clocks with detailed sun and moon info.
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Network. Keep on top of what’s being sent & received for all network connections
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Battery & power. Detailed info on your battery’s current state & a highly configurable menu item that can change if you’re draining, charging, or completely charged
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Disk usage & activity. See used space, free space, and disk activity in your menu bar
What's New?
- Weather with current temperature, hourly forecast, weekly overview & so much more
- Refined menu bar items, dropdowns & other aspects match the new design of macOS 11 Big Sur
- Notifications, based on CPU, network, disk, battery, weather, & other events
- More colors & theme options, including light and dark vibrant menu dropdown backgrounds
- Hotkeys to open & close menu dropdowns, for quick keyboard access
- Additional options, like dual line menu bar clocks, & condensed text for showing more in less space
- Reorderable dropdown menus, with the ability to hide sections. Editable dropdown graph colors
- Improved accessibility. Improved and new localisations (36 languages in total)
- And hundreds of other improvements. Learn more here
Reviews
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4.3/5 stars on MacUpdate:
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“We truly lost count trying to figure out how many different statistics it reports on but this mass of data is displayed remarkably clearly.” — William Gallagher, Apple Insider
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“With highly customizable notifications, iStat Menus is an excellent way to know what’s going on with your Mac and to be alerted if a problem is on the horizon.” — John Voorhees, MacStories
