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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Terminal command to disable disk swapping in El Capitan
Date: 3 Aug 2015 01:25:11 GMT
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On 2015-08-03, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2015-08-02 13:48, Neill Massello wrote:
>> Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Why do you claim that he's using an "unsupported hack" to date?
>>
>>  From the top of the MenuMeters FAQ:
>>
>> "Q:  This is a hack! Its using undocumented Apple APIs! Aren't you
>> behaving badly?
>>
>> "A:   Guilty as charged. Its important to note, however, that the only
>> undocumented API used in MenuMeters is the menu extra API itself. The
>> routines used to gather the resource information (host_statistics,
>> sysctl, and IOKit) are all documented.
>
> Interesting.  In effect because he doesn't like the Apple randomish 
> presentation (I've noticed this too).  He's coded around it and now he's 
> screwed and petulant about being forced to use an API that doesn't 
> support well determined display outcomes (eg: where the shit actually is 
> displayed v. where you want it displayed).

Again, I have to wonder how Bjango solved this problem for iStat
Menus...

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