What does istat pro do?

I downloaded it and i think i accidentally clicked something in the application, Does is change the settings of your mac or no?

iStat Pro is a Dashboard widget that displays statistics about your Mac like CPU, memory, network utilization, as well as, HDD usage..

Raz0rEdge said:

iStat Pro is a Dashboard widget that displays statistics about your Mac like CPU, memory, network utilization, as well as, HDD usage..

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So it cant like stop the fans from spinning or anything like that?

Retake said:

So it cant like stop the fans from spinning or anything like that?

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Nope...it monitors only. The only things you can change are what it displays and how it displays it.

Nope, that utility just monitors your system and relays the information. I use it on my iMac. You don't really want to mess with the fans on your Mac, but the program smcFanControl can allow you do that, but be warned that messing with the fan could lead to increased temperatures that could lead to problems..

IStat Menu has facilities for setting fan speeds (won't turn them off but you can adjust how fast they go) - but I don't see the same choices in istat pro.

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That's great to know IvanLasston, I really like iStat Menus to show the values on the menu bar as opposed to iStat Pro displaying it on the dashboard, but since I get essentially the same (what I care about at least) information with iStat Pro, I opted not to pay for iStat Menus and use MenuMeters which isn't nearly as pretty as iStat Menus..but works..

Here is the settings for istats menu for the sensors. You can see you can setup different profiles - then use them depending on selections.

Thanks guys! I was worried

Like Ivan I've been using the pay version iStat Menus for several years although I have never felt the urge to control my fan speeds. It's best to let your Mac to set its own fan speeds as was designed by the Apple engineers.