KrustyKrab 3 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Hi guys, I'm on a dual boot system, which has Windows 10 running fine with its own temperature monitoring. I'm looking for a temperature monitoring solution for the Big Sur OS when I'm using it as a Mac. Have looked at TG Pro (they claim to also support Hackintosh). The part that scares me is the fact that the software provides fan control (which my machine has 11 fans as opposed to the 2 fans on the iMac) so I'd rather avoid that. I've got my own manual fan control switch and have setup the fan speeds in the BIOS so I'm looking for temperature monitoring only since I don't know for sure my CPU and GPU temperatures have been optimised with my current configuration. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slice 6,955 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 There are several applications to choose from. 1. HWSensors3 project https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/FakeSMC3_with_plugins/releases 2. HWMonitorSMC2 using IORegistry reading https://github.com/CloverHackyColor/HWMonitorSMC2/releases 3. To see only CPU temperature you may use Intel Power Gadget https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/intel-power-gadget.html 4. and others BALDY_MAN, Allan and PippoX0 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KrustyKrab 3 Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Thanks so much! I probably wouldn't be downloading all of them to try though. Which one is your favourite? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slice 6,955 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 2 hours ago, KrustyKrab said: Thanks so much! I probably wouldn't be downloading all of them to try though. Which one is your favourite? First one because I am one of authors. PippoX0 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KrustyKrab 3 Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 15 hours ago, Slice said: First one because I am one of authors. Sounds great! Sorry I am so new to all of this. Would you be able to assist with very basic steps on how to get it running? I'm assuming I should be downloading from Release 242? I downloaded the HWMonitorSMC.app, and enabled it to be opened in security settings, but nothing happens when I click on it. Do I have to download the other 3 files too? Very new to kexts as well, so not too sure what to do with the kext file. Thanks again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slice 6,955 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Yes, you have to download kexts and install them. Kexts are usually loaded by a bootloader you use. See a manual how to use the bootloader to load kexts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KrustyKrab 3 Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 Thank you, Slice. Sorry I still don't fully understand what I need to do. From one of the tutorials I found online, am I able to just manually copy & paste all 12 kext files from Release 242 into macOS/Library/Extensions? After a restart, would it then work? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slice 6,955 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Some of the kexts not needed for you. And be sure the FakeSMC.kext is only *SMC.kext in your system. Installing kexts is usual procedure for Hackintosh. Are you need a full tutorial what is hackintosh and how to do it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HenryV 44 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 If you don't like any of the others you can try MenuMeters. For readability you may want to alter the opacity of your menu bar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PippoX0 276 Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I use HWSensors daily to monitor all my pc.It’s very good Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KrustyKrab 3 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 12/18/2020 at 8:30 PM, Slice said: Some of the kexts not needed for you. And be sure the FakeSMC.kext is only *SMC.kext in your system. Installing kexts is usual procedure for Hackintosh. Are you need a full tutorial what is hackintosh and how to do it? I might need a tutorial on it. I believe I got my Hackintosh working (for the most part) out of sheer luck so there's a big portion of the learning curve I've missed but I don't know what I don't know if that makes sense. Thanks again. Appreciate the help! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slice 6,955 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 May be this guide will be useful to you? https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
noah977 0 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I like iStat menus. Not free, but very useful Quote Link to post Share on other sites
noah977 0 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Glad I'm not the only one Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Warbands 1 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I use iStats Menu, but I have looked at the other ones listed here. VirtualSMC still doesn't seem to do any GPU reporting. Really wish it would. Dmitriy85 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KrustyKrab 3 Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 Is this the App by bjango? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Warbands 1 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 I think so? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dmitriy85 20 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/6/2021 at 10:51 PM, Warbands said: I use iStats Menu, but I have looked at the other ones listed here. VirtualSMC still doesn't seem to do any GPU reporting. Really wish it would. you can use FakeSMC and hwmonitor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vismut1822 0 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 On 12/12/2020 at 3:46 AM, KrustyKrab said: Hi guys, I'm on a dual boot system, which has Windows 10 running fine with its own temperature monitoring. I'm looking for a temperature monitoring solution for the Big Sur OS when I'm using it as a Mac. Have looked at TG Pro (they claim to also support Hackintosh). The part that scares me is the fact that the software provides fan control (which my machine has 11 fans as opposed to the 2 fans on the iMac) so I'd rather avoid that. I've got my own manual fan control switch and have setup the fan speeds in the BIOS so I'm looking for temperature monitoring only since I don't know for sure my CPU and GPU temperatures have been optimised with my current configuration. Thanks in advance! For temperature monitoring, you can use iStat Menus (it costs money) or use the free analogue of HWMonitorSMC2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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