iStat Nano: Detailed stats delivered to your dashboard
Sometimes it's useful to see what's going on inside your Mac, especially when things are going wrong or performance is unstable. iStat Nano means that obtaining such details has never been easier. Simply bringing up your dashboard will display the iStat widget with a detailed readout of the major components. It's such an elegant and handy widget that it's hard to believe that it's free.
The iStat Nano widget displays absolutely everything, including CPU speed, internal temperature, remaining memory, connected drives, IP address, network traffic, battery status, and more. It is divided into various categories such as temperatures, fans, and processes. Clicking on one flips iStat Nano to reveal the full details. Everything is performed in real-time, with no delay between selecting a category and seeing the results.
In the preferences, you can customize the units in which you want readings to be displayed, enable animations, and even change the skin color. The only drawback I found was that the process list is limited to the top five processes and there's no way to kill them, but this is not really the widget's job anyway.
For diagnosis or just for fun, iStat Nano is an excellent widget for giving you a comprehensive readout of your Mac's vital signs.
