Is there software (paid or free) to monitor temps for Mac?

I have one program now that shows me cpu utilization percentages on my two cores, but what is available to show me how hot they are getting or even the har drive and motherboard?

starbux48 wrote:
Great! One more question. Does anyone know what is good/acceptable temp range for either cpus or hard drive?
CPU doing light/medium work shouldn't get much over 70C
HD more like 40-45C

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That software is to get it to work with Final CUt Pro natively. What it doesn't do is convert the footage to QTs. There is also Raylight and Calibrated...but again, they are for FCP.
P2 is a professional format, and to use it you need professional software. iMovie won't work...nor will FCE. If you need to work with it in those formats, you need to have someone import the files and convert them to AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec).
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