

But the link also explains ways to do it temporarily, or to set things back.)Īnother note: the post above for the fix, on the Mac Rumors forums, basically says “find this bit of code in this particular file.” (You can open the file with TextEdit.) Instead of scrolling through the entire file like a chump, just using ctrl-f for “PID|” works to find the bit of code you’re looking for. (Note that those are instructions to keep the Library visible permanently, which is what I personally prefer. Making your Library folder permanently visible just means opening up Terminal and putting in one line of code that you can copy and paste from that link.

WIDGET ISTAT PRO MAC HOW TO
If you don’t know how to find your Library folder, that’s explained right here. iStat Menus - iStat Menus, a Mac app by Bjango iStat Pro (a discontinued widget that still works great) - Apple.

(And here’s a screenshot of the MacRumors post, in case the actual post ever gets taken down.) One thing about this fix, though, is it involves going into your Library folder, which is actually hidden as of Lion 10.7 (and Mountain Lion, if you upgraded to ML straight from Snow Leopard 10.6.x). The basic fix is explained in this post on the Mac Rumors forums. (As above, there are more options with Pro, but it’s still freeware.) This is what my iStat Nano looked like after upgrading to Mountain Lion:įirst, if you do have iStat Nano, go get iStat Pro. Don’t worry: it’s freeware.Īnyways, the point is, if you’ve used the iStat Nano or the iStat Pro Dashboard Widget to check on your Mac’s system processes in the past, and you’ve upgraded to Mountain Lion, you’ll have been disappointed to find out that the processes section no longer works. Maybe Im overreacting but I want to fix it if its not working. If you have iStat Nano, you have to switch to iStat Pro for this fix. Is the istat widget accurate on its information Just wondering if anyone with a new Macbook Pro has downloaded this and the fans are really tracked separately on the istat widget.
