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There's an open source free alternative called Stats, or similar alternatives.

iStats also have a paid upgrade model.

180F (82 C) is high but not bizarre for a laptop. That's probably the core temp, and the internals will be lower. It might be a good time to clean the fans and replace thermal paste though. 210 F (a bit over 103 C) is in the danger zone. The silicon can take it, but nearby parts may be damaged.
You can use a program like stats to look at the temperature of the other dozen sensors. It has fan control too, so you can crank them to maximum.

This is the question I’ve had first and foremost too regarding the topic.

I currently have Stats filling up my menu bar (along with Macs Fan Control of course and a few other items) and on my early 2015 MBP I already have to switch to Terminal or some other app low on menu bar items to see some on the right hand side that’s customizable that were too far off to the left.

I think a two-row menu bar for apps to the left together with its increased height would’ve come in handy, maybe.

System Profiler gets you a long way, something like Screenfetch or neofetch on the terminal (via homebrew) is nice for a quick overview. There’s lots of temperature monitoring apps, smcfancontrol is a nice one. Alternatively there’s apps like Stats but the macOS support is limited; https://github.com/exelban/stats Or iStat Menus which is paid, and I honestly wouldn’t trust that to stay activated if you use the drive with a lot of Macs.

Replied to the other guy but pasting here so you can see too–

Don't use Dr. Cleaner. If you want a free app use this instead: https://github.com/exelban/stats

I have the M1 MBA with 8gb unified memory and it‘s working like a charm. No problems at all. Perfect - even too much - for school work. I‘d recommend using another browser tho, because Firefox is a bit more battery hungry and uses more resources. You can download Stats to keep an eye on your RAM usage.

Also if you can wait I‘d wait foe the newer MBA, but if you need a machine rn go for it.

what?

I'm on a 13" M1 MacBook Pro and it works fine for me. Did you download the right one?

on the releases tab, I got `Stats.dmg` from v2.6.26

link: https://github.com/exelban/stats/releases/tag/v2.6.26

I suggest you to use stats monitor , that also gives you control over fans

Here is a review to it https://link.medium.com/kJmBPPPhrmb

An M1 will be fine. 60w is almost enough for my 16” i9 with heavy load, but I am able to drain the battery if I do it for too long.

You could install stats and add the power widget, then run your hardest workloads and see what happens for system power.

Yes.

I'm pretty sure Stats will do it: https://github.com/exelban/stats

It isn't going to show you the same reading as a Kill-A-Watt because the Kill-A-Watt is going to include losses in the power brick.

I recommend you install Stats - by exelban on GitHub. It displays your CPU temps, RAM pressure and more. You can customise it (but it’s limited).

Here is the link: https://github.com/exelban/stats

I am not sure if it’s going to work on your Mac because of the ARM Processor but they do have x86 transistors that can translate x86 binaries, so it should work. I have an Intel iMac so I am not sure.

Very nice app :)

I just have one thing - widgets are awesome, but it would be cool if you could add some colours or optimisation to the bar options. I'm currently using Stats where you can specify to change colour "based on utilization" or in case of RAM "based on pressure". This is something what would keep me to purchase pro version of your (otherwise nicer) app.

here it is:

https://github.com/exelban/stats

the thing with istat, which I do like and use on my hack and my real Macs, is that it only shows whatever sensors it would show on the real Mac of the smbios that you are using. that's how they explained it to me when I asked them about it anyways. this software I guess looks for whatever sensors are being reported and shows them all

You can use "stats" for this

stats — Homebrew Formulae

GitHub - exelban/stats: macOS system monitor in your menu bar

I'm currently using MenuMeters and it's working really well. Also, I've just learned about Stats and it seems more visually refined, but I still need to try that out.