Its the little things: App Tamer 2.7.3 fixes icon spacing and kernel_task CPU usage

▤ Summary

First, my apologies to folks using versions of macOS older than Big Sur: Changes in the last App Tamer update tightened up the spacing of its menu bar icon to comply with modifications Apple made to Monterey and Big Sur. Second, internal changes that Apple made in macOS resulted in App Tamer reporting the CPU usage of one particular process – kernel_task – incorrectly. In App Tamer’s defense, the system’s approved public API was supplying those numbers and it dutifully reported them without prejudice. revealed an alternate method that correctly reports the CPU usage of all processes, including kernel_task. So that fix is now available in App Tamer, making it a reliable source of CPU information for all processes again.

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