CPU LED for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By fishface991

  Does what it says, but can be very badly behaved

  I used this app since January 2012, when I bought an 8 core MBP and found I could no longer see each core's load in the activity monitor dock (it shows just one bar if you have any more than four cores.) I'm a programmer and I like to see if one of my cores is pegged (usually because I screwed something up.) So I found CPULed. It's done a reasonable job since then, taking up little room in my menu bar and showing me CPU activity in a neat and reasonably attractive way. The problem is, it's become flaky. When I try to restart the Windows tells me "CPULed cancelled restart." (It restarts anyway.) If I try to quit it, it won't quit. Ever. I can't access its preferences. More recently, I've noticed Finder gradually using up to 100% CPU after an hour or so of uptime; I kill Finder, it creeps back up. I went through all my programs, extensions, plugins and other thingumajigs until I finally stopped CPULed running on startup. Sure enough, Finder is back to normal. All this on Lion, by the way. I don't necessarily blame CPULed for this. After all, when I first installed it I could open its preferences, I could quit it, and it didn't cancel restart. It was the perfect little app. Finder behaved well too. Maybe it's fought with something I've put on more recently? I don't know. All I do know is that this particular luxury has been uninstalled.

  
  
• By Music Factory Studios

  Perfect for Pro who need CPU info

  As a audio engineer CPU usage is one of the most important things you need to manage when recording or mixing. Certian audio plugins can use alot of CPU and this app helps us to choose what to use sometimes using a very CPU intensiive plugin might not be the right choice so you watch CPU LED and then choose an alternative that is suitable. I have never had an issue with this app and I like how it shows all threads of the CPU depending on what Windows you have. I own 3 different Macs and each with different CPU configurations, Xeon 8 core Windows Pro it shows 16 bars one for each thread, and Dual core i5 Windows Mini it shows 4 bars for 4 threads and a 15 inch PC with an i7 quad core and CPU LED shows all 8 threads this is a great feature but I have to say 16 little Bars on the 8 core Windows Pro forces you to use the more narrow icon sets because it takes up so much space in the toolbar. I just wish There were more in app purchasable icon sets. Even though there is alot of icon sets I would like to see some for the larger cpu sets like guys with Quad i7’s and Xeon Cpu’s. Image the 12 core Windows pro with 24 bars on the toolbar you would have no room for anything else or other utility add on apps.

  
  
• By Uncle Gum

  Works w Yosemite; no problems

  I can’t comment about whether it is super accurate or not, but it does give me some idea that CPU is usually not overtaxed; shows me when something really pushes it (usually just briefly); but most importantly - when something strange is going on. Occasionally I’ll see a regular rhythm of red spikes, or one or more all locked up in red. Sometimes, but sometimes not, my computer well act strangely at the same time - being slow, locked up, some app not responsive, background process or even non-focused app not responsive. It gives me a useful flag to check further. Often a restrat fixes it. The quick link to activity monitor helps & gives more detail. Nice free app!

  
  
• By Cap’n Ajax

  Great app, has a few glitches

  The core of the app -- the LED per CPU is great in the title bar -- is wonderful. Compared to activity monitor, it's easier to see problems, it's less distracting, and doesn't block anything on the screen. That being said, there are a few problems -- it doesn't usually quit when you select quit from the drop-down menu, and it doesn't usually launch the activity monitor when you select activity monitor from the drop-down menu. Fix those two problems and this application would easily deserve a full five stars.

  
  

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