» Download GeekTool for Macintosh

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License: Free
Downloads: 12718
Added: 16 Mar 2006
Updated: 12 Oct 2008
Developer: Tynsoe(more)

GeekTool Publisher Description

GeekTool is a PrefPane (System Preferences module) for Panther or Jaguar to show system logs, unix commands output, or images (i.e. from the internet) on your desktop (or even in front of all windows).

Use File mode to monitor Mac OS X activity with /var/tmp/console.log or /var/log/system.log, or Shell mode to launch custom scripts or commands like "df" to check space left on filesystems, "uptime" to monitor load of your machine... FInally, Image mode helps you monitor bandwith usage, CPU loads, memory availability of your server, via tools like Cacti, MRTG or RRD.

OS: PPC/Intel
Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.
Whats new:
Version 2.1.2: Fixed a *HUGE* localization bug, GeekTool english should now work fine Fixed a bug causing default new log entries to not work (in 10.4, logs are under user id, not user name) Fixed an authorization bug that cause GT to not work for other users Fixed a bug with the way settings are read

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