Be gone, iStat Menus

When iStat Menus went to version 3, the developer started charging for it. That’s fine. We wish them the best of luck in their venture. Unfortunately, they’re getting a bit annoying about it.

I stayed with the previous free version, because it is more than adequate for my needs. I’m simply not interested in upgrading. The app, though, won’t hear of this. On a regular basis, a message pops up in the middle of what I am doing to inform me that version 3 is out. I dismiss it by clicking on Skip This Version — but to no avail. It won’t die.

I mainly use the app because it makes it easy to configure the date and time in the menu bar, so I went looking for a freeware alternative. For now, I’ve settled on MagiCal. It’s not as polished as iStat Menus, but it does the trick and leaves me in peace.

Another alternative to iStat Menus — if you’re interested in the actual stats — is atMonitor, which we have reviewed previously. It approaches things from a different angle, but that could be a good thing.

date posted Posted Thursday, May 6, 2010 in

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  1. Just a tip, as I was having the same problem: disable update-checking!

    Derek Reiff

  2. All you have to do is set the preferences to not check for updates. There’s two options — uncheck both of them. Fixed.

    Tom

  3. Maybe I’ll give them another chance. It’s not exactly user friendly, though.

    Mark

  4. I actually purchased the newer version for my personal laptop, but for my work laptop I am using MenuMeters which is a very good replacement and provide a lot of the same features as iStatMenu, see:

    http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/index.html

    Hoping this helps,

    — Martial Michel

    Martial Michel

  5. I disabled the “Auto check for updates” and that seemed to do the trick. It’s pretty annoying when you click on “never remind me again” and that doesn’t seem to be the original intention of the developer (to make that button work).

    Guilherme





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