Power User Monday Tip of the Week

System Stats at a Glance

Have you wondered what your CPU usage is? Have wondered if that installer is doing anything at all, or if it's stuck? Is it too difficult to open Activity Monitor? Well, never fear. You can keep all vital system stats at a glance with Raging Menace's freeware champion, MenuMeters. MenuMeters allows you to keep track of your CPU, disk, memory, and network usage via your menu bar. The output of these statistics is widely customizable (Personally, I prefer to use "Graph and Percentage" for the CPU Meter and "Arrows" for the Net Meter). You can also click on the stats output at any time to view a more complete drop-down list of stats and links to applications which will help you further investigate and/or control the device(s) you are monitoring.   


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