AlDente

I never use my battery, and Apple doesn't provide any guidance about how to deal with the situation, so I opt for following their guidance for long term storage and set AlDente to try to keep my battery's charge at a steady 50%. I'll note that it never hits 50% on the mark, but the 53% it does maintain is sufficient for my purpose. As noted by Aapple, AlDente works only while there's an active user. It doesn't work...allows my battery to charge while, for instance, I'm running an update/grade, so I've got to do a discharge afterwards. UGLY ****ed icon needs color at the least.

Well, that was underwhelming. Simply doesn't work. Took the charger out, got it down to 26%, started AlDente and set the limit at 80%, and now it sits at 89%. Great app. Not. Will be uninstalling now and will NOT recommend to other people.

I really looked forward to this working. I installed it on both users on my M1 MBP and set them to the same 80% limit. It worked, it seemed, as long as one of the users was active, but as soon as it was switched to the login screen, it charged to 100%. Perhaps one needs has to have an user active to make this work. Too bad there is no way to tell the developer of this unless I pay. Alas. If I knew the paid version did not have this problem, I would pay gladly.

I have been searching for an application to manage my MacBook's battery and reduce it's health quick drawing, I went through a lot of apps and articles to know the battery lifespan nature in order to understand how it works, most apps even the paid once did not do any thing except showing false battery health or send notification to charge unlike AlDente pro, the application provides charging limits and many useful modes to use and keep my battery in good health for very long time, the interface is very user friendly and easy to use. Additionally, the stop charging when overheating feature is a killing option that I searched about a lot, it made me no brainer plug my Mac and start working without any hassle when to unplug or when to reach a certain charging limit. I totally recommend this piece of software for any Mac user.

It's kind of ok. But it just fails every couple of days and then battery charge goes up. (Yes, it's the free version -- but since it is not functioning as advertised, why should I expect the paid version to function as advertised?)

My previous comments were about the free version. The Pro version addresses all of the limitations I've encountered so far, without having to install a driver. I'm impressed. Get the annual license if you're unsure, but get it!

I'm not finding it effective in my case. The Monterey MacOs "optimized battery charging" is unpredictable. But Al Dente is failing too. So what's the problem? I think it might be what is becoming the norm. It's where the macBook is bristling with power input from monitors, dongles, docks and hubs that get activated separately. Clamshell mode too. And then there is sleep, and auto logout, where Al Dente terminates, and has no influence. Evidently no algorithm is likely to handle all cases successfully. More options needlessly complicate things. Only one thing is for sure -- that I have never seen either MacOS or Al Dente reliably prevent that inescapable destructive charging to 100%. What I want is a hard unconditional charge limiter that I can set MANUALLY say to 85%, and that I can MANUALLY set higher when I want more battery capacity. Like on my Tesla. End of story.

"AlDente now locks the screen automatically if you close your MacBook while sleeping is disabled" Now, what the heck is that all about? I'm in this situation, and I do NOT want my screen to lock at AlDente's whim. AlDente is NOT a security app!!!

Simply the easiest and best way to preserve the battery. I love the app and the Pro version is well worth the small price.

I can't find a contact link to submit a feature request, so I'll post here. PLEASE reduce the padding around AlDente's menu bar icon! It is disturbingly hugely disproportionate to that of the icons of all my other apps...Apple and 3rd party.

Al Dente is great but I'm struggling to find links to old versions that still worked with Mojave. I'm running a machine that can't update past Mojave

Curious why is this is not on App Store?

Nw issue: Helper crashes once every morning. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Running the v 2.1 alpha with no significant problems, but when I tested "Allow discharge (Beta)," my battery stopped discharging at 97%...long before the 80% target. (Couldn't figure out how to post at GitHub.) Useful app for someone like me who virtually never runs on battery power.

v2.1 is the actual version just released. And note that it is an Alpha build, i.e. not for the faint of heart, not even a beta yet.

forgot the 5 stars ...

Runs nicely on my Mac and does its job very well !