iStat Pro version history

4.92

  • Added support for monitoring Magic Mouse battery level.
  • Improved support for networking on recent Mac models.

4.9

  • Improved support for 2009 MacBook Pros.
  • Fixed bug with network disks.
  • Updated disk monitoring.
  • Added network graphs.
  • Clicking on processes header now toggles processes modes.

4.8

  • Fixed bug with disk mounts.
  • Updated disk monitoring.
  • Improved network filtering.
  • Added "Reset Bandwidth" button to back and "z" shortcut.
  • Improved support for 2009 Mac Pros.
  • Improved temperature sensor naming.
  • Battery icon will show an orange light when battery is charging.
  • Fixed bug with opening disks in finder by clicking disk icons.

4.7

  • Much, much nicer animated section dragging.
  • Improved support for VPN connections.
  • Improved network connection ordering.
  • Fixed bug in network code that could cause widget to crash.
  • Fixed bugs with multi terabyte disk support.
  • Improved battery monitoring on PPC systems.
  • Fixed filter checkboxes with 10.5.4.
  • Improved disk and process icon caching.
  • Improved support for 8 core mac pros.
  • PPP Connections will now be hidden by default. You can enable them if you wish in the filtering tab on the back.
  • Fixed bug where sidebar labels could become stuck after changing skins.
  • Various other UI and code bugfixes.

4.6

  • Improved support for Santa Rosa based MacBook Pro’s.
  • Improved support for MacBook Airs.
  • New Purple skin (aka iStat Grimace!).
  • Improved support for Mac OS X 10.5.
  • Updated network code.
  • CPU temp support for MDD G4s.
  • Better support for LaunchCFM app names in processes section.
  • Improved naming for some temperature and fan sensors.
  • Added process count to uptime section.
  • UI bug fixes.
  • Other minor bug fixes.

4.5

  • Updated network section with new details & controls for PPP/PPPoE connections.
  • Improved PPC temperature and fan support.
  • Improved Intel temperature support.
  • Improved S.M.A.R.T. drive temperature monitoring.
  • Fixed bugs with battery section and 10.5.
  • Clicking on a disc icon will now open the drive in finder.
  • New keyboard shortcuts (”g” - Update external IP, 1-8 - Change skin color).
  • Added button to launch Activity Monitor.
  • Other various bug fixes.
  • Various UI tweaks.

4.2

  • Improved network display filtering.
  • Improved name display for S.M.A.R.T capable hard drives in temperature sections.
  • Swap usage now displays used swap aswell as total swap.
  • Added support for several new iMac temperature sensors (Aug 2007 model).
  • Improved 10.5 support for history graphs.
  • Improved 10.5 support for temperatures and fans on Intel systems.
  • Various other bug fixes.

4.1

  • Added “Fire” skin - a modified version of the old fire skin from version 3.
  • Added monitoring of temperatures in S.M.A.R.T. capable hard drives.
  • Improved network change detection.
  • Improved support for multiple connections on a single physical network interface.
  • Added support for around 30 new temperature sensors for Intel Based Macs.
  • Updated PPC fan support (iBooks specifically).
  • Added scroll bars to the display tab on back of the widget to keep things more compact.

4.0

  • Support has been added for 8 cores in the CPU view (just in time for the new Mac Pros!).
  • Live updating for network changes, disk mounts/unmounts, bluetooth connections/disconnections, intel module installer completion (as soon as it happens the widget will update). In previous releases the interface wouldn’t update until the next scheduled timer update, which was up to 6 seconds in some cases. Changes are now reflected instantly.
  • History graphs are now drawn with webkit’s canvas object.
  • Added history graph to cpu section on tall skin.
  • Added option to choose graph type on cpu sections (history or bar).
  • Processes section shows 5 items on wide skin (was 4).
  • Improved support for local iDisks.
  • Processes view can now be sorted by either CPU or memory usage.
  • Improved fan name support on intel macs.
  • Improved 10.5 support.
  • Wide temps/fans sections can now show upto 8 sensors (was 5).
  • Improved text truncation (uses ellipsis now instead of just cutting off strings).
  • Added keyboard shortcuts to turn sections on/off.
  • Added shortcut key to copy your external IP address to the clipboard (”i”).
  • New icon.
  • Updated external IP verification code.
  • Temps/fans sections on wide skin auto-resize to fit content (there are min and max sizes).
  • We’ve trimmed, optimised and refined… what was 2.6MB is now 2.1MB.
  • Removed classic skin (sorry if you liked it… we had to!).
  • Wide skin is now smaller.
  • Tall skin is now smaller (compared to advanced modes on v3 tall skin).
  • Advanced option to show extended memory details — page ins, page outs and swap size.
  • New layouts for CPU, disks, processes, memory, battery on wide skin.
  • New layouts for CPU, disks, battery on tall skin.
  • Disk icons are now always shown on wide skin.
  • Improved process icon support.

3.4

  • New disk filtering code to improve raid and filesystem support.
  • Updated airport signal level code (should be more accurate).
  • Updated simple CPU mode on tall skin.
  • Updated simple memory mode on tall skin.
  • Updated network change detection code (should prevent random crash bug).
  • Updated simple disk mode on tall skin.
  • Updated memory code to exclude inactive mem for being shown as “used” in graphs.

3.3

  • Added support for the Intel fan and temperature extension.
  • Airport signal strength is now shown in the Airport icon.
  • Fixed a bug that caused issues with dividers not showing.
  • Various minor improvements.

3.2

  • A new skin, called ‘Tall’ (the old tall skin has now been renamed ‘classic’).
  • Some other very minor improvements.

3.1

  • Improved iDisk support.
  • Bug fix for Quad processor systems and side graph on cpu section (wide skin only).
  • Fix for single/quad systems using the wide/fire skin and cpu/memory side graphs.
  • Added advanced drive mode for wide skins that shows drive icons.
  • Added “Battery Health” value on battery section.Tells you the capacity of you battery compared to when it was new.
  • Bug fix with PPPoE connections.
  • Rewritten network code.
  • Option to hide widgets from processes section.
  • Improved fan support on some PowerBook models.
  • Fix for issue with long drive names on wide skins.
  • Fix for bug with uptime section on tall skins. Value would sometimes use 2 lines.
  • Fix for issue with long drive names on tall skins using “simple” mode.
  • Updated skin classes to provide better support for 10.4.0 (untested).
  • Fixed a problem where the external IP could be cached for some users.
  • Fixed bug where external ip wouldnt be updated on wide skins if network mode was set to “simple”.
  • External IP is now downloaded everytime a network change is detected.
  • Fixed display bug with cycle count for iBook/PowerBook batteries.
  • Fixed path issues with some images.
  • Fixed bug that stopped network drives from showing up in the “Display” tab on the back of the widget.

3.0

  • 4 new and completely different skin designs that make better use of screen space.
  • Fully anti-aliased cpu and memory graphs, drawn by our iStat Cocoa plugin.
  • A new “Processes” section that lists the top five tasks.
  • The ability to control which drives, network interfaces, temp sensors and fan sensors are shown or hidden.
  • A new icon to match the new skins.

2.0

Release info lost in an insurance fire.

1.0

Initial release.

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