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trulyspinach / SMCAMDProcessor

Power management, monitoring and VirtualSMC plugin for AMD processors
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Menu Bar widget with CPU temperature and fan speed #136

Closed johnlietzke closed 3 years ago

johnlietzke commented 3 years ago

Would it possible to add in a menu bar widget with CPU temperature and fan speed?

trulyspinach commented 3 years ago

Definitely possible! In fact, I've opened this thread(#119) on this topic a while ago. But since personally I'm not really interested in this feature I never started to invest time in it.

johnlietzke commented 3 years ago

On the MacPro7,1 the SMBios does not have the CPU temperature in third party monitoring software. I used iMacPro1,1 to fine tune the temperature over time with iStat Menu showing the temperature and fan speeds. Then changed it back to MacPro7,1.

I have found that having the CPU temperature and fan speeds readily visible provides a quantifiable base for understanding the thermals as each configuration differs so much across the systems.

trulyspinach commented 3 years ago

I've pushed a commit that includes a minimum basic menu bar item: 4c5045320358e65d3c69444ac8516cf8b1a7d77a . If you are able to compile it free feel to try it out. A new built release will wait for more changes being made.

johnlietzke commented 3 years ago

Thanks.

I will compile it this evening and try it.

Any ETA on the app release so I can pass it?

trulyspinach commented 3 years ago

Probably tomorrow 😜

johnlietzke commented 3 years ago

I will wait to pass along the update to others until the app release so you are not bombarded with questions about how to compile the app.

Thank you again.

trulyspinach commented 3 years ago

Published! Feel free to provide any feedback in #137

johnlietzke commented 3 years ago

Thank you for the update. It is perfect and looks very clean.