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iStat Menus 6 — An Incredible System Monitor for Mac
Earlier this week, our friends at Bjango released iStat Menus 6 — a massive update to the popular menubar-based system monitoring app for Mac. This is a big update since the release of iStat Menus 5 over three years ago and includes an impressive list of new features and improvements — as is expected from Bjango. We’d gotten a [...]
At a Glance: iStat Menus 6 App Icon
Our friends at Bjango posted this app icon for the upcoming major release of iStat Menus. iStat Menus is one of the first apps I install on a new Mac, and comes highly recommended from us. If you’d like to help Bjango by testing the app, you can sign up for a beta here. Here’s how the app icon has evolved since the first [...]
Bjango’s Marc Edwards and his Mac App Icon Design Workflow
Marc Edwards and his Mac App Icon Design Workflow
Marc Edwards has been crafting some exceptional apps at Bjango for many years now. Bjango’s iStat suite of apps is an essential addition to my toolkit. Marc has shared his Mac app icon design workflow on the Bjango website today.
My favourite Mac app icons are simple enough to be easily read in the Dock, yet they contain interesting details when viewed up close. They have large vibrant areas of colour, yet they contain enough contrast and shading to give them a sense of volume.
If you’re a designer or just curious about how Marc designs those beautiful Mac app icons, you should read this.
iStat 3 for iOS and Mac Ships with a whole lot of Improvements
The last time we spoke about iStat was back in 2012 when Bjango had just shipped iStat 2, a major update to the remote server monitoring and stats app. It was a fantastic update that introduced a plethora of new features to the app and the fresh coat of paint it had received looked stunning on your screens. I wrote: It’s evident that a [...]
The Dialogue: Marc Edwards
We’re back with another one of our Dialogues. Today, we’re speaking to Marc Edwards from Bjango, who was kind enough to do this interview with me in the midst of building a new house, moving and working on Skala. I’ve respected him from the first blog post I read, and following him on App.net this past year has only made that [...]