User Manual

Dashboard

Your at a glance overview of everything happening on your Mac.

The Dashboard is a single window with a card grid: one live card per module for CPU, GPU, Memory, Disk, Network, Battery, and Bluetooth. The hero strip at the top shows your Mac's identity: model, chip, core and GPU counts, installed memory, uptime, macOS build, hostname, attached displays, and live fan dials. Tap the hero strip to open System Report: the same hardware and software inventory as macOS System Information, with category browsing and optional JSON export.

Dashboard

Hero strip plus one live card per module

System Report

The full macOS hardware and software inventory, browsable in one sheet.

StatBoard and StatBoard Pro. Tap the dashboard hero strip to open System Report. It runs system_profiler on demand and presents the same categories as macOS System Information: Hardware, Software, Memory, Displays, Storage, Network, Bluetooth, and dozens more. A searchable category sidebar and field search help you jump to any value. Summary tiles show category count and the current selection. Refresh anytime or save the raw JSON export. The scan runs only while the sheet is open and stops when you click Done.

System Report

Category sidebar, field search, and browsable inventory with JSON export

Open Files Inspector

See which processes hold which files, pipes, and sockets, on demand.

StatBoard Pro only. Click the Open Files icon on the dashboard sidebar rail to open a focused sheet. It lists open file descriptors across your Mac, with Sloth style filters and three studio tabs: Processes (process list, open items table, and details inspector), Connections (pipe and Unix socket links between processes), and IP Sockets (listening ports and established TCP sessions). Refresh manually or set an auto refresh interval while the sheet is open. Select a process or path for Show in Finder, Get Info, Show in Process Lab, or Quit on supported processes.

Processes

Scope summary, process list, open items table, and a selection inspector

Connections

Connection summary strip and linked process cards for pipes and Unix sockets

IP Sockets

Listening and established TCP endpoints with process, endpoint, protocol, and state columns. Private IPv4 rows include Scan host to open Network Scan Lab.

Process Lab

Every running process, live CPU and memory, sortable at a glance.

StatBoard Pro only. Click the Process Lab icon on the dashboard sidebar rail to open an on demand workspace. A full libproc table lists every process with CPU %, memory, PID, parent PID, state, and executable path. Summary tiles show total process count, the top CPU consumer, and the top memory consumer. Search by name, PID, or path; click column headers to sort. Refresh manually or set auto refresh (defaults to 5 seconds while the sheet is open). From any row, jump to Show Open Files for the same PID, reveal the executable in Finder, or quit with confirmation. CPU and Memory top process menus include Show in Process Lab; Open Files process rows include the same cross link back.

Process Lab

Summary tiles, search, sortable table with CPU meters, and auto refresh

Wireless Lab

Scan nearby Wi-Fi, read the radio, and trace your live link.

When your Mac has a Wi-Fi interface, click the Wireless Lab icon on the dashboard sidebar rail to open a focused sheet. Four tabs cover the full picture: Networks (nearby scan with band filters, congestion summary, and a network details inspector), Radio (regulatory channel heatmap and overlapping spectrum chart with snapshot compare and export), Link (your connection, addressing, interfaces, roaming event timeline, and signal trend), and Tools (on device connectivity diagnostics and optional BLE discovery). Refresh manually or set an auto refresh interval while the sheet is open. macOS requires Location Services authorization before Wi-Fi network names appear; StatBoard prompts on first open. The Network module detail sheet includes a Labs menu with Wireless Lab and Network Scan Lab when both are available. From Link, Scan subnet on a gateway row opens Network Scan Lab with that range prefilled.

Networks

Band filters, congestion and connected summaries, sortable scan table, and details inspector

Radio

Per band channel grid and overlapping spectrum with snapshot compare and PNG or CSV export

Link

Live Wi-Fi link, addressing, interfaces, roaming timeline, and session signal trend

Tools

Connectivity self check and nearby BLE advertising when Bluetooth is authorized

Network Scan Lab

Discover and inspect devices on your local network, on demand.

StatBoard and StatBoard Pro. Click the Network Scan Lab icon on the dashboard sidebar rail to open a focused sheet. Enter a CIDR or IP range (your primary subnet is prefilled on first open), pick a scan profile with the segmented control, and tap Scan. The host table fills live with IP address, hostname, round trip time, open ports, and status. Summary tiles show alive count and scope, scan progress or profile, and focus on the selected host or filtered set. Search hosts, open Filters for interface, saved ranges, and dead host visibility, and select a row for MAC address, vendor, NetBIOS name, TTL, ports, and service title in the Details inspector. Add a persistent label for any host, send Wake on LAN when a MAC is known, and export the current results as CSV, JSON, plain text, or IP:port list. Refresh manually or set an auto refresh interval while the sheet is open (default is manual). Scans run only on private and link local addresses, only while the sheet is open, and stop when you click Done.

StatBoard Pro uses ICMP ping and the ARP table for faster discovery and MAC/vendor columns. The Mac App Store edition uses TCP and Bonjour discovery instead when the sandbox blocks ping and ARP; MAC and vendor columns are hidden with a short footnote. Both editions default to the Deep profile, which includes port scanning and service title lookup on alive hosts.

Network Scan Lab

Range field, segmented profile picker, summary tiles, live host table, and 252 pt details inspector

Storage Care

Find reclaimable caches and developer leftovers, then remove them safely.

StatBoard Pro only. Click the Storage Care icon on the dashboard sidebar rail to open an on demand workspace. Tap Analyze to catalog user caches, developer tool caches, simulator runtimes, Docker reclaimable layers, large and old files, and related app data. A live volume strip mirrors the Disk module, summary tiles show filtered count and size, and a sortable items table lists every candidate with kind and size. Select a row for path details and neutral removal notes in the Details pane. Filters control which categories appear; some locations need Full Disk Access. The Disk module detail sheet includes Open Storage Care. APFS purgeable space is managed by macOS and is not removed here.

Storage Care

Analyze driven catalog, volume strip, summary tiles, sortable items table, and details inspector

Menu Bar Monitors

Your Mac's vital signs, one glance away, even with the dashboard closed.

Each module can place its own status item in the menu bar with a selectable widget style: percent readout, live line chart, per core bars, capacity bar, battery glyph or live watts, temperature label, or the stacked download/upload pair for network. Click any item for a rich popup with a live chart, key readings, and one click access to the dashboard. Every module's menu bar presence is a toggle, independent of the dashboard.

CPU Popup

Per core bars, loads, frequency, top processes

Memory Popup

Composition, swap, top processes

Network Popup

Download and upload charted together

Battery Popup

System watts, connection phase, health, and time remaining

CPU Monitoring

Per core load, cluster frequencies, temperature, and the processes behind a spike.

The CPU card shows total load with a per core histogram: efficiency cores in green, performance cores in blue. The detail view adds user/system/idle split, CPU temperature, live efficiency and performance cluster frequencies in MHz, load averages, uptime, and the top processes by CPU so you can see exactly what is working your Mac.

CPU Detail

Live chart with per core, frequency, temperature, and process breakdowns

GPU Monitoring

Utilization, engine split, clock speed, and even Neural Engine power.

The GPU detail view shows device utilization with the renderer and tiler engine split, GPU temperature, live frequency from the GPU's performance states, and graphics memory in use and allocated. StatBoard Pro also reads Apple Neural Engine power and load, plus the display's current frames per second.

GPU Detail

Engine split, frequency, memory, Neural Engine power, display FPS

Memory Monitoring

Activity Monitor style composition with pressure, swap, and top consumers.

The Memory detail view shows used versus total with a color coded composition bar (app, wired, compressed, free), the active/inactive/cached files page states, the full swap picture including ins and outs, a discrete memory pressure meter, and the top processes by memory footprint.

Memory Detail

Composition, page states, swap activity, pressure, top processes

Disk Monitoring

Every mounted volume with live activity, plus the health of the drive itself.

The Disk detail view lists every mounted volume with a capacity bar, used/total readout, free space, file system and connection type, plus badges for ejectable and encrypted volumes. The activity panel shows live read and write rates and totals since boot. Below them, StatBoard Pro reads the drive's own SMART health report: temperature, life remaining, available spare, lifetime data read and written, power cycles, power on hours, unsafe shutdowns, and a warning indicator that appears only if the controller raises it.

Disk Detail

Volume identity, capacity bars, live I/O rates, and SMART drive health

Network Monitoring

Both directions charted together, with the full WiFi link picture.

The Network detail view charts download and upload together on one scale. Below it: connection type, WiFi SSID, signal strength, link rate, noise floor, channel, PHY mode, and security, plus local IP, hostname, DNS servers, MAC address, a VPN indicator, session totals, and the optional public IP (off by default). When Wi-Fi hardware is present, the header Labs menu opens Wireless Lab or Network Scan Lab with your current interface context.

Network Detail

Dual direction chart with signal, channel, security, and addressing

Battery Monitoring

Charge, health, live system power, and the electrical details underneath.

On MacBooks, the Battery module reads live system power from Apple's battery stack: whole machine draw in watts, AC input with adapter utilization, and battery charge or supplement power when relevant. The menu bar popup leads with charge level and system watts; rows show connection phase (on battery, connecting to AC, charging, or AC with battery supplement), a single merged time remaining estimate (including computed fallback when macOS withholds one), plus health, capacities, and temperature. Choose Live watts in Settings to show draw in the menu bar instead of the battery glyph.

The detail sheet adds the full power panel (system watts, AC input, charging detail, average and wall power when published), the electrical block (amperage, voltage, rated adapter), and an optional Pack detail panel with manufacture week, lifetime operating time, temperature and voltage extremes, and per cell readings when your Mac exposes them.

Battery Detail

Health, live power watts, electrical readings, and pack depth

Sensors & Fans

The full sensor map of your Mac: temperatures, voltages, currents, power rails, and fan speeds.

StatBoard Pro reads hundreds of hardware sensors (400+ on recent Apple Silicon Macs): CPU and GPU cluster temperatures, system and power rail readings, voltages, and currents, all grouped and named. Fan speeds show as live dials in the dashboard's hero strip and as RPM rows in the Sensors view. The menu bar popup keeps the hottest sensors one click away.

Sensors Popup

Thermal pressure, hottest sensors, and fan RPM at a glance

Bluetooth Devices

Battery levels for your accessories, right on the dashboard.

The Bluetooth card lists your paired accessories with connection state, battery bars, and signal strength. It covers Apple ecosystem devices like AirPods (including per bud and case levels) and BLE peripherals that publish the standard battery service, such as Logitech MX mice and keyboards.

Bluetooth Detail

Paired devices with battery levels and connection state

Alerts That Respect Your Focus

Plain language rules over any monitored metric.

Build notification rules the way you would say them: pick a metric, a condition, a threshold, and how long it must hold, for example "CPU load above 90% for 30 seconds" or "any volume below 10% free". Rules fire once per crossing with a configurable cooldown, so a flapping metric never storms your notifications.

Settings & Customization

Tailor StatBoard Pro to your workflow.

Settings is organized into six panes: Modules, Appearance, Units & Formats, Notifications, General, and Diagnostics. Every change applies immediately, no restart needed.

StatBoard vs StatBoard Pro

One app, two editions. The App Store sandbox limits what a Mac app may read; StatBoard Pro ships outside it and reads everything.

Both editions are the same product with the same design and the same privacy posture. The App Store edition simply cannot reach the hardware interfaces the sandbox blocks; StatBoard Pro can. Upgrade details will be announced here.

Private by Architecture

A system monitor should watch your Mac, not you.

Need Help?

If you have questions, feedback, or need support, you can reach the developer:

@SimonMAppStudio