GeekTool

Some problems in 10.8

Works fine in 10.7

GeekTool

Supports iCloud

Secured by Gatekeeper

Supports retina graphics

GeekTool icon

Available on the Mac App Store
Not available on the Mac App Store

GeekTool is a PrefPane (System Preferences module) for Mac OS 10.6. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins:

File plugin to monitor MacOS X activity with /var/log/system.log, or any file that you want to follow. Shell mode to launch custom scripts or commands like "df" to check space left on filesystems or "uptime" to monitor load on your machine. Finally, image mode helps you monitor bandwith usage, CPU load, memory availability on your server with tools like MRTG or RRD

Version 3.0.3
Developer Tynsoe
Website http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/
Status Some problems

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Works fine on Mac OS X Lion 10.7, problems in moutain lion…

3/8/12 2:03:20.721 PM GeekTool: result=0 err=0 serverVersion=10600000 ( clientSide version=499 ) deathPort=13059 errorStrAddr=0 len=0

3/8/12 2:03:42.482 PM com.apple.launchd: System: com.apple.xpc.domain.osascript[1503]: Failed to import service at index: 0: 17: File exists

GeekTool from AppStore shows spinning wheel of death as do preferences plug-in in System Preferences. Program has worked on some systems however success is inconsistent.

Archived comments

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[ labjerk]labjerkAnonymous 07 Sep 2012 13:22

Works in 10.8.1 except for it requires manual start. Have to click Enable rather than just adding it to login items.

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Lion (10.7) Comments

[ Bob_10.7]Bob_10.7Anonymous 04 Jan 2012 02:36

"Notes - Works fine on Mac OS X Lion 10.7" — No, it does not. Cannot select existing geeklets to edit them. Now just another worthless app taking up space on my HD.

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