soeren says

MenuTemperature 1.0.1

June 1st, 2006

This is a recommended update.

If someone could provide more localizations, I would gladly add those.

Here’s the download.

P.S. (this is only relevant for users on Intel Macs): As someone has pointed out, MenuTemperature currently doesn’t work well if you have set it to launch on log in, unless the SpeedIt kernel extension is already otherwise running. This will be fixed in a future release. For the time being, I recommend in this case that you add the line

kextload /Library/Extensions/speedit.kext

to your /etc/rc file, before the last line, so the end of the file should look like this:

touch /var/run/.systemStarterRunning

if [ "${VerboseFlag}" != "-v" ] ; then
        /usr/libexec/WaitingForLoginWindow
fi

kextload /Library/Extensions/speedit.kext

exit 0

You will need to authenticate in order to save this change. After a reboot, SpeedIt should run automatically, and MenuTemperature will recognize this and no longer ask for a password.

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# Fafnir

Do I miss something? I have no Extension folder in the Library.

# chucker

When you run MenuTemperature on an Intel machine, and SpeedIt isn’t already running, you should get an authorization prompt. When you respond to this by entering your password, SpeedIt will be installed into /Library/Extensions/. After that, you can follow my instructions above for subsequent times.

# PeeKay

Your fix for the Intel Mac works a treat. It saves me entering my password twice on logon, which was becoming a real pain in the rear! Now I can relax and work away with the temps being monitored, and my lap being fried (on a hot day). Thanks! :)

# chucker

I’m glad this workaround is good enough for you. :-)

# ftse

Afterinstall (under MacOSX 10.4.6 on PowerMac quad, I find MenuMeters network plot (in Apple menubar) has disappeared. How can I uninstall MenuTemperature?

# chucker
Afterinstall (under MacOSX 10.4.6 on PowerMac quad, I find MenuMeters network plot (in Apple menubar) has disappeared.

MenuTemperature does not interfere with MenuMeteres. In fact, I have always used both in conjunction with each other, and never had problems with that setup. Your problem must be elsewhere. Try restarting SystemUIServer (by opening Activity Monitor and quitting it there; it’ll then relaunch itself).

How can I uninstall MenuTemperature?

By quitting it.

# trygve

10.4.8 must use a new kernel, because I’ve been using MenuTemperature for many months, but after updating to 10.4.8 yesterday, my system can barely run at all while MenuTemperature is running.

I can still move the mouse, but anything I click with it takes at least 30 seconds to acknowledge that it was clicked. I also have my clock set to show seconds as well, and the seconds on the clock go at least as long between updates as well. As soon as I quit MenuTemperature, system performance recovers. I did an additional reboot, just to check, and also exited and restarted MenuTemperature several times, but the results were always the same.

This is on a MacBook Pro.

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