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🌀 MacGauge v1.1.0 — Live system stats, RPM-aware curves, new settings

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@StevenACZ StevenACZ released this 04 Jul 04:17
v1.1.0
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MacFan is now MacGauge. Brand only: the bundle ID, helper label, and settings keys are unchanged, so replacing MacFan.app with MacGauge.app keeps your helper authorization and settings. It covers live system stats now, not just fans.

Added

  • Optional menu bar modules (Settings > Display) for CPU, memory, and network — each a compact live chart in the menu bar with a detail popover: usage history, chip and core layout (P+E), top apps by CPU/memory, memory pressure straight from the kernel, interface/local/public IP, and session traffic totals. Off by default; universal across Apple Silicon.
  • RPM-aware curve editor: the drag bubble and point editor show the estimated RPM for each percent, a right-hand RPM axis maps the percent scale to your fan's real range, and the live marker carries the fan's actual measured RPM.
  • Interactive temperature-colors editor with draggable 30-90 °C threshold handles and a live menu bar preview that mirrors the real icon, color band, and spin speed.
  • Guided helper flow in Settings > Safety: status card, authorize → approve → ready steps, and plain-language explanations of the privileged helper and extreme ranges.

Changed

  • The fan icon spins continuously, accelerating and coasting down with the fan's real speed.
  • Menu bar modules keep a constant width — no more shifting as values change digits.
  • Always-on performance pass: redundant menu bar updates are skipped, the settings window releases its UI on close, and caches are bounded.

Fixed

  • The menu bar fan icon no longer wobbles while spinning. The glyph is rasterized once and rotated as a fixed bitmap around its true center, eliminating both the ~1px orbit and the intermittent 1-2px jumps caused by per-angle re-rasterization.
  • Memory pressure now reads the kernel's actual level, matching Activity Monitor.
  • Curve charts extend flat to both edges and no longer look cut off with few points.

Install

  1. Download MacGauge-v1.1.0.dmg (notarized and stapled).
  2. Verify integrity (optional): shasum -a 256 -c MacGauge-v1.1.0.dmg.sha256
  3. Drag MacGauge to Applications, then authorize the helper from Settings > Safety.

Requirements: Apple Silicon Mac (M1+), macOS 13 Ventura or later.

Verification

  • DMG notarized and stapled; Gatekeeper assessment: accepted.
  • SHA-256: 5362332ebb64bb5f96a76a12ef8027ef92a6714d34e864ac4438e673da5e2b8c

Full changelog: CHANGELOG.md

Warning: fan control can interfere with macOS thermal management. Use at your own risk and return to automatic control when unsure.

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