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Great application to read out hardware sensors in Mac computer

Latest Version Hardware Monitor 5.6 Build 190617
Requirements

Mac OS X 10.10 or later

Updated June 25, 2023
Author Marcel Bresink
Category Cleaning and Tweaking
License Demo
Language English
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Overview

Hardware Monitor for Mac is an application to read out hardware sensors in Macintosh computers. Several hundred sensors in more than 70 model series are supported. The program can display and visualize measured values in a large variety of fashions, including speech output. Readings can be stored and exported. In addition, artificial software sensors monitoring macOS can be defined, and external LCD units can be controlled.

⚠ Note: This product is not developed anymore and might not function properly.

Hardware Monitor for macOS also allows you to explore other technical data of your computer, like exact processor type, logicboard data, battery, display, and drive information, or manufacturing details.

Depending on what sensors are built into your Mac, the following data can be accessed:
  • Temperature readings at different locations
  • Battery data of portable computers
  • Voltage sensors
  • Current (amperage) sensors
  • Fan speed sensors
  • Power and load sensors
  • Ambient light sensors
  • User-defined artificial sensors to monitor the operating system

Hardware Monitor for Mac is part of an application suite for the macOS operating system. The applications are designed to read out the hardware sensors built into every up-to-date Mac. Additional information can be retrieved as well. Among other data, this includes:

  • Processor type and clock frequencies
  • Apple model identification and manufacturing data
  • Physical and virtual memory details
  • Logicboard information
  • Version numbers of the operating system environment
  • System management information, including connectors and jumpers
  • Battery details (on portable computers)
  • Overview of disk drives
  • Display screen identification

Note: Limited functionality in the unregistered version. Requires 64-bit processor.

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5.6 190617 June 25, 2023 10.03 MB 5.55 180411 June 23, 2023 10.03 MB