Running a Mac should be a hassle-free experience. However, they’re not immune to issues and MacOS’ system monitor isn’t that great to just glance at your overall system health.

Check out these Mac Menu Bar System Tools Apps:

DriveDx

DriveDX

DriveDx is a menu bar app that monitors the drive’s built-in S.M.A.R.T. status. It also analyzes the changes of all drive health indicators that are closely related to SSD or HDD failures and alerts you if the quality of a drive degrades.

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MenuPing

MenuPing

MenuPing is a menu bar app that checks how well the network is working. It pings a server on the Internet every seconds (configurable) and prints the result in a short way at the top of the screen.

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Vitals

Vitals

Vitals is a tiny process monitor that keeps track of resource usage. The app shows a per-process CPU graph covering the last 60 seconds. This makes it easier to track down apps that misbehave sporadically.

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Shuttle

When you want to access another computer remotely, you’ll need the SSH protocol. Shuttle brings the SSH client to your menu bar.

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