Known and common issues

Fan control on M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max Macs #

On M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max Macs, fan control may not work correctly in situtations where macOS has turned the fans off. We are looking into solutions.

Login items #

If you’ve upgraded macOS and iStat Menus is no longer working, please open System Settings › General › Login Items and turn the iStat Menus item off, then back on again. There might be multiple login items, with iStat Menus or Bjango in their names.

Resetting login items #

If toggling the login items didn’t help, resetting the login items database may. Running the Terminal command below will reset the login items database. To run the command below, open the Terminal app from your /Applications/Utilities/ folder, copy the command below, and press return.

Please note doing this will affect the login items settings for other apps. After running the command, restart your Mac.

sudo sfltool resetbtm

If futher investigation is needed, we may ask you to send us the login items database. The Terminal command below will save the database to your desktop as “btm.txt”.

sudo sfltool dumpbtm > ~/Desktop/btm.txt

Hidden items #

On smaller screens, and in situations where there’s a lot of menu bar items, macOS may hide some items. This is because the menu bar is full, and can not fit other items. In this situation, iStat Menus is running perfectly, but hidden from view.

Please read our menu bar items not showing page for more information.

Missing menu bar items #

The sensors shown in the menubar are determined by the “Sensors to show in menubar” area in the Sensors tab. If this is blank, nothing will show. To add a sensor to the Menubar Sensors area, drag a token from the section below.

Disks and batteries work the same way — what’s shown in the menubar is determined by the “Disks to show in menubar” and “Batteries to show in menubar” areas. Drag a token into those areas to choose which disks and batteries are shown in the menubar.