Heat Strip

Recent readings as a row of cells that get brighter as the value climbs.

Pick Heat Strip to see whether something is steady or spiky. Each cell is one recent reading, and readings past your alert levels turn yellow or red.

Shows
Works with any source
Width
54 points, adjustable from 24 to 120
Menu bars
Light and dark
Version
2.0.0

On a few of the sources it can show

  • Battery

  • CPU

  • Network

  • Power Draw

  • Timer

  • Countdown

  • Day Progress

  • Sent Value

In a light and a dark menu bar

Use this face

In Multimeter, choose Add Meter… from any meter’s menu, pick what to measure, then pick Heat Strip from the faces. To change the face of a meter you already have, choose Customize This Meter… from its menu.

Make it yours

Every face is a folder with an HTML file, a stylesheet and a script. Copy this one, change its colors or shapes, and Multimeter reloads it each time you save. How to make a face

Other faces

Put it in your menu bar

$19.99 one-time. No subscription. Needs macOS 13 Ventura or later.