Version 2.8.2 of App Tamer is available, giving you the option to save a few pixels of menu bar space while still displaying CPU stats.
A user emailed recently and asked why App Tamer couldn’t just display the stats for performance and efficiency cores without the total CPU usage. He pointed out that the total is, after all, just the sum of the ‘P’ and ‘E’ values and he can add those together himself. Given the plethora of menu bar apps these days, he’d rather do that and save the extra 30 pixels that the overall CPU usage takes in his menu bar.
Well then – I’m not sure why I never thought of that myself 🤦🏻♂️. So here it is – App Tamer 2.8.2 separates control of the overall CPU display from the performance and efficiency core values, giving you more choices in configuring what it shows in your menu bar.
In addition, this release fixes two bugs that could result in apps running slowly even when they’re in the foreground. The first could occur when your Mac wakes from sleep with a throttled app frontmost. The second case only happens if you force-quit App Tamer or if it crashes for some reason (which is fortunately a very rare occurrence). In both instances, apps will now be returned to their correct state, running at full speed and on your Mac’s performance cores if you’re using an Apple Silicon powered Mac.
Details and download links are on the App Tamer “What’s New” page. Or if you’re already running App Tamer, just choose “Check for Update” from the menu in the lower-right corner of its window to get the new version.
