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  1. js4jiang5

    BattOpt - Pro MacBook battery utility with location-aware charge limits & clamshell discharge

    Hi everyone! I’m the developer of BattOpt, a new battery management tool designed to help you prolong the lifespan of your MacBook battery with some unique features you won't find in other tools. Problem: MacBook batteries are Lithium-ion based. Keeping them at 100% leads to degradation from...
  2. js4jiang5

    I developed Battery Optimizer for MAC, and it's Free.

    BatteryOptimizer_for_MAC is a simple CLI tool. Its function is just like AlDente - set battery charge limit and schedule battery calibration for macbooks, only that this tool is free and open source. BatteryOptimizer_for_MAC is a light-weighted tool. It provides the functions of AlDente and...
  3. M

    Al Dente for a student?

    Hey everyone, I’m going to get a Macbook soon. Since this is my first Mac machine I’ve been doing some research, and as if there weren’t enough things to be aware of I found out about Battery Cycles ;) Now I’ve been doing some research about the topic and found out that quite a handful of people...
  4. T

    Aldente affects migration?

    hi I buy m1 pro 16 MacBook and now I'm ready to migration Mac(m1 13) to m1 pro 16 MacBook. but I concerns about the AlDente when I used on my previous 13 inch MacBook Pro. I'm usually use clamshell mode, so I only limit charge and I'm not calibration about battery. so I worried about when I...
  5. S

    Using AlDente or other battery charge limiters

    Is using charge limiters like AlDente bad for your battery? The app page says that it might confuse battery calibration and cause turning off at e.x. 40%. Are there anybody who uses AlDente? How is your battery health on your macbook? Have you noticed any drawbacks?
  6. pommephone

    AlDente App Stopped Working

    I've been using AlDente successfully for a while, but it's stopped working on Catalina 10.15.7 (19H15). I tried re-installing the app and the helper and restarting- no luck. Any suggestions? 2020 13" MBP.
  7. pommephone

    Can't Get AlDente App to launch

    2020 MBP 13" - Catalina 10.15.6 - AlDente 1.2: When I "open" the app from Applications folder nothing happens and I see no app UI, even though it shows as open in Activity Monitor. What am I doing wrong?