
Control FanBar from Raycast: switch cooling presets (custom ones included), set a fixed fan speed, hand the fans back to macOS, and keep the CPU temperature in the menu bar.
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
| Switch Preset | Lists built-in and custom presets and marks the selected one. ↵ runs the preset's curve until the Restore automatic control timer in FanBar Settings; ⌘↵ keeps it until changed (--hold). |
| Fan Status | Mode, each fan's speed and range, CPU/GPU/SSD temperatures, and when macOS control comes back. |
| Fixed RPM | Holds every fan at one speed, checked against the range all fans accept. Tick Hold until changed to skip the restore timer. |
| Automatic | Hands the fans back to macOS and shows the result as a HUD. |
| FanBar Menu Bar | CPU temperature in the menu bar, refreshed every minute, with fans, temperatures, preset switching (⌥ to hold) and Automatic in its menu. |
The extension drives the fanbar command-line tool that ships inside
FanBar.app 0.7.0 and later. Install it on PATH from FanBar Settings ›
General › Command Line & Automation › Command-line tool › Install…, or by
hand:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
sudo ln -sf /Applications/FanBar.app/Contents/Helpers/fanbar /usr/local/bin/fanbar
Raycast does not load your shell profile, so the extension looks for the tool itself, in this order:
/usr/local/bin/fanbar (the Settings link);/opt/homebrew/bin/fanbar (Homebrew on Apple Silicon);/Applications/FanBar.app/Contents/Helpers/fanbar.When none exists, every command says so and offers the install command.
1 "FanBar refused the command" with the app's
message, 2 "fanbar did not understand the command", 3 "FanBar could not
be reached".builtin:2, custom:<uuid>), so a custom
preset that shares a name with a built-in still switches the right one.--no-launch, so it never reopens a
FanBar you quit; it shows "FanBar is not running" instead. Clicking a preset
in its menu is an explicit request and may start FanBar.Run a built-in or custom cooling preset's curve.
Show FanBar's mode, fan speeds and temperatures.
Hold every fan at a fixed speed.
Hand the fans back to macOS.
CPU temperature in the menu bar, with preset switching. Never starts a FanBar you quit.