2580 Hardware Monitor is an application to read out all accessible hardware sensors in Macintosh computers. Currently more than 100 different Macintosh hardware sensors and more than 200 hard drive temperature sensors are supported. The program can visualize the history graphs of the readings, display measured values in a large variety of fashions, or announce readings by speech output. It can also store and export readings. Depending on what sensors are built into your Macintosh system, the following data can be accessed:

• Temperarature readings at different locations
• Battery data of portable computers
• Voltage sensors
• Current (amperage) sensors
• Fan speed sensors
• Sensors for pulse-width controlled fans
• Power and load sensors
• Ambient light sensors
• User-defined artificial sensors to monitor the operating system

New in Version 4.6:

• Added new feature to display the current operating temperature of battery units and the voltages of each individual cell in a battery pack. This feature is only available for portable computers having battery units compliant with the Smart Battery Standard, running Mac OS X 10.4.9 or later. When a smart battery is available, Hardware Monitor will use a completely redesigned battery information panel.


• Added new feature to display product details of connected screen displays. This includes plug-and-play identification data and manufacturing date / model year. Users of most portable Apple computers can use this data to find out the true manufacturer of the system's display panel.


• Added new feature to control the CPU performance needed to coordinate access to the Apple System Management Controller.


• Added support for the MacBook (Late 2008), MacBook Air (Late 2008) and MacBook Pro 15-inch (Late 2008).


• Added preliminary support for the future MacBook White (Early 2009) and the future MacBook Pro 17-inch (Early 2009).


• Added preliminary support for future models of the iMac and the Mac mini based on Nvidia chipset technology, expected to be announced in 2009.


• Added support for "per-core" Digital Thermal Sensors on specific Intel Mobile Core 2 Duo processors in 45 nm technology. If supported, these sensors replace the synthetic "Core Hot" sensors displayed by version 4.5x of Hardware Monitor.


• Enhanced compatibility with Intel processors expected to be used in future Apple computers.


• Corrected a problem where the application could consume more memory than usual when monitoring characteristics of network interfaces via customized artificial sensors.


• Corrected a problem where the management list of jumpers and switches on the main logic board was only displayed as a single left parenthesis.


• Many internal enhancements.


• Many additions to the reference manual.

System requirements:
Mac OS X 10.2 or later.

System support:
PPC/Intel

Price:$10.00 Shareware

For more information, visit:
http://www.bresink.com/osx/HardwareMonitor.html

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