Macs Fan Control does more than its name implies. Besides providing you an option to change the BPM value of the exhaust fan, this application also gives you access to info regarding temperature sensors, details about your system, etc.
The utility sits on your Menu Bar and has a main window that shows you aforementioned system details. You can configure the app to display the current BPM value of the fan in your status bar and the temperature of any of the built-in elements (Airport Card, CPU Core 1, GPU PECI, etc.).
In my opinion, it's not the best idea to change the settings of this program if you're new to this type of applications. Altering some of its options the wrong way might cause some serious hardware problems.
However, the app comes with a small flaw: you need to restart your Mac in order to enable the logging feature (option to save the offered data).
All in all, this program provides you with a quick way to check details about your fans speed and temperature sensors, alter the RPM value of the exhaust fan, etc. Plus, it comes with a reasonable price. With that being said, it's worth buying it as long as you're an experienced Mac user.
v1.3 [May 23, 2015]
- Improved: Optimized reading of temperature of internal Apple SSD (retina MacBooks, MacPro6,1, iMacs)
- Improved: HDD Proximity sensor for some iMac models
- Improved: Support of 2 GPU cards on MacPro6,1 (late 2013)
- Improved: Grayed out temperatures after restoring from menu bar until the are updated
- Improved: Detect when running in Paralells virtual machine (displays warning)
- Improved: New refactored menu bar icon code (tray icon on Windows)
- Improved: Qt framework is updated to 5.4.1 version. OS X 10.6 is no longer supported
- Improved: Slovak and Chinese translations update
- Fixed reading of Ambient temperature on iMac 13,2 and iMac 14,1.
